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Fear Street Part One: 1994

20211 hour 48 minsREnglish

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Highly Recommended

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2020sSlasherTeen HorrorSupernaturalCurse
Directed by
Leigh Janiak
Written by
Leigh Janiak, Phil Graziadei, Kyle Killen, R.L. Stine
Produced by
Leigh Janiak, Yvonne Bernard, David Ready, Jenno Topping, Adam Wingard, Timothy M. Bourne, Kori Adelson, Joan Waricha, Jane Stine, Peter Chernin
Collections
Franchise

Why it’s HorroRated

Deena and Sam's messy, hopeful romance is the beating heart here, and Kiana Madeira and Olivia Scott Welch make the pair easy to root for even mid-massacre. Janiak stages the kills with genuine nastiness, turning a grocery store and a high school into hunting grounds, and the rotating lineup of Shadyside killers gives each set piece its own flavor. The wall-to-wall 1990s needle drops can feel like a mixtape on shuffle, and a few characters mostly exist to set up the next two chapters. Even so, it works as a satisfying slasher by itself and makes pressing play on Part Two feel urgent.

Synopsis

Leigh Janiak opened Netflix's Fear Street trilogy with Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021), a supernatural slasher set in Shadyside, a town so soaked in murder that its teenagers blame a witch hanged there in 1666. Kiana Madeira plays Deena Johnson, who teams up with her history-obsessed brother Josh (Benjamin Flores Jr.) and friends Kate and Simon (Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger) when her ex Sam (Olivia Scott Welch), now living in wealthy neighboring Sunnyvale, becomes a target. Inspired by R.L. Stine's young-adult book series and filmed in Georgia in 2019 alongside both sequels, it debuted July 2, 2021, as the first of three weekly Netflix chapters. Expect a neon-tinged 1990s teen slasher with a queer romance at its core and a mystery built to run across all three films.

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SlashersTeen HorrorSupernatural

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Netflix

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Quick facts

Release date
July 2, 2021
Runtime
1 hour 48 mins
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Content rating
R
Entry type
Movie

Content notes

  • Brutal stabbings and axe attacks
  • Graphic slasher deaths
  • Brief sexual content
  • Strong language

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2020sSlasherTeen HorrorSupernaturalCurseWitchcraftMall HorrorQueer HorrorSmall Town HorrorMasked KillerLiterary AdaptationFranchise Horror

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