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Fear Street Part Two: 1978

20211 hour 51 minsREnglish

HorroRated verdict
Highly Recommended

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2020sSlasherSummer CampTeen HorrorSupernatural
Directed by
Leigh Janiak
Written by
Phil Graziadei, Leigh Janiak, Zak Olkewicz, R.L. Stine
Produced by
Jenno Topping, David Ready, Kori Adelson, Timothy M. Bourne, Leigh Janiak, Yvonne Bernard, Joan Waricha, Jane Stine, Peter Chernin
Collections
Franchise

Why it’s HorroRated

Sadie Sink nearly walks off with the whole trilogy right here, playing Ziggy as a scrappy, wounded kid who bites back at every Sunnyvale bully. Emily Rudd gives the uptight older sister real depth, and the strained bond between them lands harder than any jump scare. The camp setting lets Janiak salute the Friday the 13th era of slashers, from creaky cabins to a mess hall under siege, while the gore stays merciless. The 1994 framing occasionally slows the momentum, but this is the chapter to show anyone who doubts a streaming trilogy can deliver a proper summer-camp bloodbath.

Synopsis

The middle film of Netflix's Fear Street trilogy, Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021) is a summer-camp slasher that rewinds to the Camp Nightwing massacre, told as a survivor's account to Deena and Josh in 1994, with a centuries-old curse underneath it all. Sadie Sink and Emily Rudd star as Ziggy and Cindy Berman, estranged sisters on very different sides of camp life, alongside Gillian Jacobs, Ryan Simpkins, Ted Sutherland and McCabe Slye. Leigh Janiak directed again and co-wrote the script with Zak Olkewicz, staging the camp scenes at a Georgia state park; oddly, this middle chapter was the final one of the trio to be filmed. It followed Part One onto the streamer a week later, on July 9, 2021.

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SlashersTeen HorrorSupernatural

Where to watch Fear Street Part Two: 1978

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Netflix

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Quick facts

Release date
July 9, 2021
Runtime
1 hour 51 mins
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Content rating
R
Entry type
Movie

Content notes

  • Axe killings at a summer camp
  • Graphic, bloody kills
  • Bullying, including a lighter burn
  • Strong language

Tags

2020sSlasherSummer CampTeen HorrorSupernaturalCurseWitchcraftPeriod HorrorBullyingLiterary AdaptationFranchise Horror

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