If you watched the R.L. Stine-inspired movie Fear Street Part 1: 1994 on the Netflix streaming service over the weekend and want to see how that cliffhanger ending turns out, you don't have long to wait. Fear Street Part 2: 1978 will be on Netflix this Friday, July 9, and Fear Street Part 3: 1666 is coming along to wrap things up on July 16th. Ahead of 1978's release, a trailer has arrived online and can be seen above.
Director Leigh Janiak shot all three Fear Street movies back-to-back-to-back. She also co-wrote all three films, crafting the story for part 1 with Kyle Killen and Phil Graziadei and part 2 with Graziadei and Zak Olkewicz. Janiak then wrote part 1 with Graziadei, part 2 with Olkewicz, and part 3 with Graziadei and Kate Trefry. Here's the synopsis:
In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected — and that they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine’s best selling horror series, the trilogy follows the nightmare through Shadyside’s sinister history.
The trilogy was produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and David Ready. Kori Adelson produced 1666 and executive produced the other two. Janiak executive produced the trilogy with Timothy M. Bourne, Yvonne M. Bernard, Joan Waricha, and Jane Stine.
1978 stars Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, McCabe Slye, Ted Sutherland, Jordana Spiro, Gillian Jacobs, Kiana Madeira, Benjamin Flores Jr., Ashley Zukerman, Olivia Scott Welch, Chiara Aurelia, and Jordyn DiNatale.
Fear Street Part 2: 1978 is the entry I have been looking forward to the most ever since the trilogy was first announced, because it's a summer camp slasher movie set in the past and I love the summer camp slasher movies of the past.