US EditionFear Street: Prom Queen Review
- Netflix released Fear Street: Prom Queen in 2023 as a stand-alone slasher film set in 1988 Shadyside, Ohio, featuring prom queen candidates stalked by a masked killer.
- The film follows familiar high school slasher clichés from 1980s genre entries without referencing the prior Fear Street trilogy's supernatural mythology.
- Directed by Matt Palmer and co-written by Donald McLeary, the film centers on Lori Granger and her BFF Megan, amid a clique called the Wolfpack led by Joanne Boland.
- Critics note the movie’s pacing holds attention but fault its tonal uncertainty, underdeveloped characters, poor special effects, and a predictable killer reveal occurring late in the film.
- Despite fan anticipation, Prom Queen falls short of the original trilogy's quality, resulting in mixed reviews that regard it as a modestly entertaining but uninspired entry.
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Legendary Horror Series Drops New Movie, But Does It Beat The Old Films?
"Fear Street: Prom Queen" is now streaming on Netflix.Basic info:The first three original "Fear Street" films - "1994," "1978" and "1666" - hit Netflix back in 2021, and the story created by R. L. Stine immediately took the entertainment world by storm.All three were original, refreshing, full of fun plot details and were all very entertaining. Fans have been waiting for years to return to the world of Shadyside, and it's finally happening.Netfl…
‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Review: Franchise Growing Pains Can’t Hold Back Matt Palmer’s Gnarly Winner
Can an even meaner “Carrie” actually end well for the prom queen? In Netflix’s new “Fear Street” adaptation, Matt Palmer argues yes and no with a whip-smart teen horror movie co-written by the director and Donald McLeary. An even gorier “Heathers” crowned in the pitch-black comedy era of “Bottoms,” “Fear Street: Prom Queen” is anchored in the same vicious and girly roots as the original film trilogy from 2021 — albeit missing some of the scope a…
Fear Street: Prom Queen Review
When critiquing a movie – not a film, a movie – like Fear Street: Prom Queen, it helps to approach it with a generous spirit. Shallow characters, predictable storylines, wooden performances, “high schoolers” in their mid-30s: All of these can be forgivable, even charming, in the context of an ’80s-set teen slasher. But certain rules have to be followed in order to receive this grace, the most important of which is that the kill scenes have to de…
‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Review: Death Stalks High School Halls in Overfamiliar Netflix Slasher Filled With Old Tropes
Insanely prolific “Goosebumps” author R.L. Stine’s other major publishing franchise, the young adult “Fear Street” series, made a decent splash on Netflix four years ago with the premiere of three interlocking features, each set in the same fictitious “cursed” town during a different era. All directed by Leigh Janiak, the trio (“Fear Street: 1994,” “1978” […]
Fear Street: Prom Queen film review
Fear Street: Prom Queen is based on the books by R.L. Stine and follows Lori (India Fowler), who is not the most popular person at school and often finds herself the target of bullies. Her school is having prom and Lori decides to run for prom queen. However, she’s unaware that a killer is targeting […]
‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ is a Solidly Entertaining Slasher that Doesn’t Stray Far from Conventionality: A Review
Table of Contents What is Fear Street: Prom Queen About? Lori Granger takes the competition for prom queen seriously. Fear Street: Prom Queen is a whodunit slasher set almost entirely during Shadyside High’s prom night in 1988. Lori Granger wants to be prom queen. She’s not particularly popular, and her best friend Megan doesn’t even fully understand why Lori wants the crown, but she has her reasons. Most of those reasons are tied to her mother…
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