18 July
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THE FEAR STREET TRILOGY Director Leigh Janiak has taken a love of R.L. Stine’s book series from the 1990s and turned it in a satisfying new trilogy for Netflix. Janiak’s vision was part creative new take on a trilogy, part homage to the horror genre all while telling a queer love story at the heart of it. Unlike most trilogy, this went in reverse order in telling the story of Sarah Fier and the curse that’s been haunting Shadyside for years. Here are my reviews of all three parts. Have you watched it yet? Do you have a favorite? Follow me on social media andRead More →

16 July
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FEAR STREET PART THREE: 1666 Director: Leigh JaniakStarring: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Gillian Jacobs,Sadie Sink, Ashley Zukerman, Fred Hechinger Netflix’s new Fear Street trilogy comes to an end after three weeks of nostalgic and thrilling scares. The final chapter, Fear Street Part Three: 1666, is now streaming. Director Leigh Janiak has taken a love of R.L. Stine’s book series from the 1990s and turned it in a satisfying trilogy and Part Three: 1666 goes back to where it all started with the legend of the witch Sarah Fier. She’s played by Kiana Madiera who played Deena in the 1994 and 1978Read More →

07 July
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FEAR STREET PART TWO: 1978 Director: Leigh JaniakStarring: Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, McCabe Slye, Kiana Madeira, Benjamin Flores Jr., Gillian Jacobs, Ted Sutherland Most trilogies leave you waiting years in between entries. Not the case for Netflix’s new Fear Street trilogy as Fear Street Part Two: 1978 will be streaming on July 9, just one week after the release of Fear Street Part One: 1994 We last left Deena and her brother Josh shook by the fact that the urban legend of a witch named Sarah Fier had struck again killing many of Deena’s friends at Shadyside High School. Now, Deena and JoshRead More →

01 July
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FEAR STREET PART ONE: 1994 Director: Leigh JaniakStarring: Kiana Madiera, Olivia Scott Welch, Julia Rehwald, Richard Flores Jr, Maya Hawke, Fred Hechinger My early pre-teen years were filled with reading any R.L. Stine “Fear Street” book I could get my hands on. These were a little edgier and scarier than his “Goosebumps” series. They’re now the basis for a spooky new trilogy from Netflix. Fear Street Part One: 1994 hits the streaming service July 2. The town of Shadyside has been hit with a series of teen slayings dating back years. Now, the Skull Mask Killer has struck again. A young woman working at theRead More →