1994: A maniac wearing a mask and a cape kills teenagers in Shadyside in search of a girl marked by Sarah Feir, a witch from the local past, the current killer being the most recent in a series that is repeated every few years.
1978: Slasher events at a summer camp where the two towns of Shadyside and Sunnyvale compete in fun games, events that reveal new clues about Sarah Feir's past.
1666: The true story of Sarah Feir and the explanation for the division of the Union town between Shadyside and Sunnyvale.
A horror experiment / event. Netflix has put together something interesting here, with a mix of horror genres and tributes to classics like Friday the 13th and Scream and many others.
The trilogy started weakly in 1994 with the first part, which seems to be just another slasher with some supernatural in the mix. The first part introduces some essential characters and only a glimpse of the plot that will follow. The atmosphere of the '90s is nicely maintained with the music of those years, even if more recent than '94 in some cases (Firestarter is from '96).
The second part continues where the first one ended, where the survivor of previous events tells in 1994 what happened in the summer camp of 1978. The story becomes a bit more captivating and well-knit, with the number two slasher being superior to the first.
The third part gradually reveals everything, with a detailed coverage of the events of 1666, the year in which Sarah Fier's story really took place. This last piece of the puzzle concludes the trilogy very satisfactorily as a horror movie and a detective movie at the same time. The third part is as alert as the first two, but full of surprises and a lot more dark supernatural feel to it.
Taken individually, the 3 parts are not equal, but all 3 are essential to complete the Fear Street experience and the satisfaction of the final part would not have existed without the first 2 films.
Director: Leigh Janiak
With: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, McCabe Slye, Ashley Zukerman, Gillian Jacobs
Rating: 8/10 (P1: 6/10, P2: 7/10, P3: 8/10)
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