Growing up as the youngest of four, I inherited a ton of hand-me-downs from my older siblings, including a spooky gene that really embraced horror movies and Halloween. Consequently, it’s no surprise that I gravitated to the creepy, shimmering R. L. Stine paperbacks that would occasionally pop-up on the shelves in my room. I’d stay […]
Fear Street
From ‘Scream’ to ‘The Exorcist’, Netflix Gives a Closer Look at ‘Fear Street’ Trilogy’s Horror References [Video]
The opening kill of Fear Street Part 1: 1994 recreated the shocking demise of Drew Barrymore’s character in Scream, marking the first of many nods and homages to horror’s best for the trilogy. But how many references did you catch? Netflix released a nearly 10-minute long video to help, giving a closer look at the […]
‘Fear Street’ Blooper Reel Shares Lots of Laughs…and Broken Props From Netflix’s Trilogy! [Video]
Making a movie is a truly intimate experience that can often be likened to summer camp. While it is work and oftentimes grueling, the cast and crew form bonds that can last a lifetime. Netflix was a participant in the San Diego Comic-Con virtual edition, and since the streamer’s Fear Street trilogy is already out, […]
‘Fear Street’ Co-Writer Phil Graziadei Talks Queer Representation with the Horror Queers! [Podcast]
Queer Street. It’s not often that a popular IP gets adapted with explicit queer content added in, but that’s exactly what happened with Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy, a groundbreaking event that puts two queer characters front-and-center in a major horror release. Now that all three films have been released, we’re releasing a spoiler-filled interview with the […]
‘Fear Street’ Shines a Light on Horror’s History With a Patriarchal Society
A woman fearful she’ll lose all she holds near and dear. A man with a knife or an ax or a couple of lacerating words as his weapon. That’s usually how most horror flicks start. The woman runs for dear life only to not run fast enough. The killer catches her; cue the opening title […]
The Future of “Fear Street”: Leigh Janiak Hopes to Make More Teen Horror for Netflix!
One of the more ambitious horror projects to come along in recent years, Netflix‘s three Fear Street movies were shot back-to-back by director Leigh Janiak, who played with different tones, styles, time periods, and subgenres throughout the trilogy. The story wrapped up in Fear Street Part 3: 1666, but there’s endless potential for the future […]
All Three ‘Fear Street’ Soundtracks Getting Vinyl Release With Cover Art Inspired by the Original Books!
With the entire trilogy now streaming on Netflix, Waxwork Records has announced today that the soundtracks for all three Fear Street movies are being released on vinyl. Coolest of all, the art for each film pays tribute to the classic illustrations found on the covers of R.L. Stine‘s original books, which Leigh Janiak‘s movies are […]
‘Fear Street’: Sadie Sink Uncovers the Easter Eggs You Might’ve Missed in Netflix’s Trilogy [Video]
“Spoilers ahead,” Sadie Sink cautions. All three films in Netflix and director Leigh Janiak‘s Fear Street franchise are now streaming on Netflix, with Fear Street Part 1: 1994 kicking things off and both Fear Street Part 2: 1978 and Fear Street Part 3: 1666 mostly serving as prequel tales that build out the mythology and […]
Finding Stephen King at the End of Fear Street [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
Curses. Mysteries. Murder. The streets of Shadyside are stained with blood and the teens are always in danger. This is the perilous world of R.L. Stine’s Fear Street, the ’90s young adult series that inspired an entire generation of readers to vanish into the stacks in search of the spooky. Naturally, many of them became […]
[Review] ‘Fear Street Part 3: 1666’ Closes Out the Netflix Trilogy With a Whimper
The first two-thirds of Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy delivered solid love letters to the slashers of yesteryear, connected by an overarching supernatural curse that’s plagued Shadyside since 1666. Director Leigh Janiak demonstrated a much-appreciated mean streak when killing off characters that audiences actively rooted for; she injected her slashers with emotional stakes. For its conclusion, Fear Street jumps even further back […]
From 1666 to 1994, Lengthy ‘Fear Street’ Featurette Goes Behind the Scenes of Entire Trilogy [Exclusive]
Directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon), R.L. Stine‘s Fear Street books come to the screen with Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy, and the FINAL chapter of the trilogy is on the way tomorrow. Bloody Disgusting has the following exclusive featurette, a lengthy 4-minute long look behind the scenes of the making of all three films with the entire cast and crew, not to […]
Custom Action Figures from Readful Things Bring Two of the ‘Fear Street’ Slashers to the Toy Shelf
We’d love to see Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy follow in the footsteps of “Stranger Things” and get its own official toys, but for now, we’ll have to rely on customs being made by fans. If you’re a fan of horror toys you absolutely need to be following Readful Things on all your social media platforms, […]
‘Fear Street Part 3: 1666’: The 300 Year Nightmare Comes to an End This Friday! [Trailer]
Directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon), R.L. Stine‘s Fear Street books come to the screen with Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy, and the FINAL chapter of the trilogy is on the way this week. This time around, we’re heading all the way back to 1666… In the Fear Street trilogy, “In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their […]
‘Fear Street: 1978’ Was Filmed at the Same Camp Location as ‘Friday the 13th: Jason Lives’!
Now streaming on Netflix, Fear Street Part 2: 1978 (read Meagan’s review) is the middle piece in director Leigh Janiak‘s trilogy of films inspired by R.L. Stine’s teen horror novels, taking a (mostly) new group of characters to Camp Nightwing for a retro slasher inspired by “Golden Age” films like Friday the 13th and Sleepaway […]
[Review] ‘Fear Street Part 2: 1978’ Pays Tribute to Classic Slashers with Higher Body Count
The second entry in the Fear Street trilogy digs deeper into the Fier curse that’s plagued Shadyside for centuries by traveling backward in time. It leaves behind the high energy of the ‘90s in favor of the laid-back late ‘70s. While the formula bears many familiar beats as its predecessor, director Leigh Janiak continues her streak with […]