All roads lead to Fear Street…
Today, the trailer debuted for Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy at the first-ever Geeked Week (@NetflixGeeked), a virtual fan-facing event revealing first looks and celebrating all things genre entertainment at Netflix.
In the trilogy, a group of teenagers discovers the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected – and they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine‘s best-selling horror series, Fear Street follows Shadyside’s sinister history through a nightmare 300 years in the making.
FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994
A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounters the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside.
FEAR STREET PART 2: 1978
Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.
FEAR STREET PART 3: 1666
The origins of Sarah Fier’s curse are finally revealed as history comes full circle on a night that changes the lives of Shadysiders forever.
As a filmmaker making Fear Street, but also just as a movie lover, I was so excited to pay homage to some of the great eras of horror movies. For 1994, Scream stood above all rest — it’s peak ’90s horror and, I think, one of the most brilliant movies ever made, period. Then for 1978, I got to look at the heyday of slasher films – Friday the 13th, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street. For 1666…I found the best inspiration for me lay in the beautiful world made rotten of Terence Malick’s The New World.” Director Leigh Janiak states.
“The thing that ties Fear Street to people all over the world is that we all have the same fears. It doesn’t matter what country you’re in, everyone is afraid of the dark, or afraid somebody’s lurking in the closet, or afraid of being in some strange new place they’ve never been before. We all have the same fears.” R.L. Stine, Author of the best-selling horror series Fear Street says.
Directed by Leigh Janiak, the trilogy will be released over three weeks with Part I: 1994 premiering on July 2, followed by Part II: 1978 on July 9, with the final installment, Part III: 1666 arriving on July 16.
