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49. Fear Street Part 1: 1994 (Netflix)

I was always looking forward to re-watching this series. I really loved it a lot!

Fear Street 1994 is about a group of kids who accidentally awaken a curse that sends serial killers throughout their town's history to come and kill them, and they must survive them!

There's something that feels very special about the Fear Street series. I think the most tragic part about it is that the pandemic ruined something potentially revolutionary. The trilogy was created in mind to release the three entries within months of each other. It's an idea that I think would have probably worked. They're great movies, they've got some really good lead-ins to one another, and they make you want to see each installment of the series. Releasing them so soon one after another ensures people are engaged enough to want to see the next. Unfortunately, the pandemic happened and ravaged theaters for long enough that they had to release the series weekly on Netflix. Still cool, but this could have been a special release that may have had other series trying the same thing.

But this movie is great. It's a vicious movie that doesn't hold back. The kills are pretty awesome and it has a rather compelling plot through the whole thing. The idea is awesome too. Serial killers in the same town running around and trying to kill our protagonists is great. And all of them are unique and fight in different ways. And the teenagers in this movie feel like actual teenagers in a rough town, and they hit issues that may otherwise be taboo as well.

Leigh Janiak directs this whole trilogy, who I learned directed Honeymoon--a movie I've wanted to re-watch for a while because I really enjoyed it! Very different style, but I think that Janiak does a great job with the presentation of this. So many shots are outstanding and really deliver the fear factor here.

It also makes some very bold choices with the narrative that I'm a little bit equal parts disappointed by but intrigued by as well. Like it's hard to be disappointed by this series, and especially this entry. It's such a great movie and I love the way that each of these movies, despite being a trilogy, really feel like that one story has come to a conclusion.

If you haven't checked out this trilogy. I think you definitely should. It's really awesome and word is they're trying to make another one, which I think will be great. Bless R.L. Stein for delivering us these fun series for so long.

Rating: 8/10