This was incredibly terrible. I don’t understand why a rated R movie would have a narrative aimed at middle schoolers.
I mostly enjoyed it, until right before the end that is.
Sticking their pal with numerous EpiPens after they drowned her was just too fucking stupid. People knew basic CPR in 1994 for fucks sake.
PS: I'll never look at sliced bread in the same light ever again.
You can also think of the 3 Fear Street movies as a 6 episode limited series.
1994 - is basically an homage to the movie Scream and starts asking all sorts of questions that are answered in the 2 follow-up movies.
1978 - is essentially an homage to Friday The 13th and is a proper slasher film.
1666 - answers all the questions we had and some we didn't even think about.
In other words, the story we thought we were watching in 1994 and 1978 suddenly takes a turn and 1666 gives us a whole new story. In hindsight, the clues were there.
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
[Netflix] A slasher that has all the virtues and defects of this subgenre, but it only makes sense today if it works as a tribute, because it feels something repetitive with respect to the formula used in "Scream: The TV series" (2015-2019 ). In this sense it is a well-directed slasher and has, even for today's horror cinema, good gore scenes, but it is not clear what its contribution is.
3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Fear Street Part One: 1994’:
Lemme tell you… I loved it! It was nostalgic. It was an homage to so much that has come before (that intro had ‘Scream’ written all over it). But it also had a hefty dose of originality. Great characters you cared about. It took risks. It surprised you. And it was a LOT more mature than I expected it to be. I loved the books way back when, and this made me wanna read them again. Bravo.
I LOVED the LGBT twist in the beginning! Did NOT expect that person to be Sam. Solid execution.
It had a bit of a Hocus Pocus vibe to me, which made the character deaths and the paths into “Rated R” territory that much more effective. It was a weird and welcomed mix.
Bonus Thought: I legit can’t wait for the next one. Super invested.
Its Scream meets The Blair Witch but it still manages to transcend both of those films to become its own thing too. An intriguing setup for the next two Fear Street movies and I for one am looking forward to them.
The very beginning feels like it wanted to be Scream. Then the movie becomes about witches, girls in love and possessions.
It is basically more for you if you enjoyed movies like Goosebumps and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Though it throws in some brutal deaths when you don’t see it coming.
Screenplay by: People who never worked in a mall.
Music by: Someone who cannot research song release years.
Directed by: Who cares…
It’s awful.
the scenarios, the setting and the care for nostalgia are positive points without being too exaggerated. even some cinematography techniques are reminiscent of 90s movies.
I couldn't care less by the LGBT surprise because... why a lesbian character is a surprise? it is so much a surprise as a straight couple... i don't get it why some people are praising this. we are all the same.
I'm noticing a growing trend on killing major support characters after a long development and this is somewhat positive for the audience to react with more emotion to the story, BUT i fear that this could get old very quickly.
overall it's a good movie and the trilogy release strategy it's an interesting one.
The first installment of the Fear Street Trilogy is a mid 90s slasher horror flick which is tedious, unexciting and doesn't fit the good standards. With dull writing and excessive gore this mediocre slasher is barely watchable. The plot twists are dreary. Watch it only if you are interested in this genre for a few cheap thrills.
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Best line: "Let's Timothy this bitch."
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I didn’t really grow up reading Fear Street, I was more a Goosebumps kinda girl, so I went into this without any expectations. And yet I was disappointed.
Look, I‘m not against cliches in horror movies, some of them are fun and mostly when played a bit tongue-cheek (hello Scream), but this film played all its dreadful cliches so straight it was unintentionally hilarious (when it wasn’t boring).
The story is convoluted and messy and tries way too many things at the same time (one can only hope the other parts make it make sense) and the characters are paper thin at best and highly unlikeable at worst. Especially the leads get the short end of the stick. Deena is just super annoying and unlikeable and Sam as boring as a brick. I mean I applaud the movie for making the main romance a lesbian couple without making a fuzz about it and treating it as normal as it is, but that doesn’t make characters likeable or a relationship interesting. Since the movie stupidly decided to start with them broken up and fighting for half of it, it’s hard to invest in their love and why Deena would sacrifice two more likeable characters to save Sam instead.
But I‘m ranting away. The movie is not even interesting enough for that. Let’s just hope the other parts deliver.
2 out of 10
Was it too much to ask that they all died?
It's a great time travel movies, they took a bunch of morons and dropped them into 1994 to get butchered
really Good movie first movie to make me feel like in in a slasher setting vibe in a long time
They really set the tone for the 90s slasher film right from the get go; very Scream and Urban Legends style mixed with Goosebumps, and rightfully so because director Leigh Janiak did a couple of episodes of the Scream TV series. I find it to be a perfect fit for this three-part Fear Street film series based on the books by RL Stine. The pacing is great, keeps you interested throughout, but do expect the typical horror tropes of this era. I was able to spot a Stephen King novel and a few of the Fear Street books (as Robert Lawrence aka RL Stine :wink:) in that book store, a Nintendo Game Boy at school, Josh using AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), wearing an Iron Maiden shirt, playing Castlevania on Sega Genesis, and soundtrack included songs from Nine Inch Nails, Garbage, Radiohead, Cypress Hill, The Prodigy, White Zombie. It was oozing with 90s nostalgia, even if they were inaccurate with them. I liked the use of colors reds and blues, and the lighting for the night time scenes. I won't say much about the story, but these three films do involve going through different periods of time which I find really intriguing. The end of 1994 got me really excited for the next two installments which will have us go to a 1978 camp setting :camping: and then 1666 when the cursed started :mage:. That's also what I noticed on the movie poster art is that each of the weapons represents the generation or year that each of films are set in. It's a fun one, so I recommend watching this (and the rest of the trilogy) with a friend who also enjoys spooky time if you can. :knife:
i’ve seen the movie ( and fully trilogy) before when it initially came out and i am still angry about the ending…
truthfully i know they did it for plot reasons and whatnot but i think kate and simon could’ve survived. they were good characters and i truthfully would’ve loved to see them more.
Poor movie... I don't recommend.. The movie start well but , but can't keep up. Honestly, I'm surprised by the good scenes because the direction is terrible, the editing sucks and the cast is weak.
Leigh Janiak's "Fear Street" trilogy, a three-part horror event on Netflix, kicks off with "Fear Street Part One: 1994." The trilogy is based on the novels of RL Stine and tells the story of Sarah Fier, a witch who was executed in 1666 and placed a curse on the town of Shadyside, causing death and misery for centuries. The first installment, "1994," has all the elements of a classic slasher film and pays homage to the movie "Scream." The film has some pacing issues and some of the characters can be forgettable, but Benjamin Flores Jr's portrayal of Josh stands out. The story revolves around a group of teens being stalked by a masked killer and searching for clues, with a subplot of a rocky relationship between the lead character Deena and her ex-girlfriend Sam. Despite some shortcomings, the film is visually pleasing, and has a good score. Overall, "1994" sets up the trilogy well but could have gone deeper in its premise and had more horror elements.
La trilogía "Fear Street" de Leigh Janiak, un evento de terror de tres partes en Netflix, comienza con "Fear Street Part One: 1994". La trilogía está basada en las novelas de RL Stine y cuenta la historia de Sarah Fier, una bruja que fue ejecutada en 1666 y lanzó una maldición sobre la ciudad de Shadyside, causando muerte y miseria durante siglos. La primera entrega, "1994", tiene todos los elementos de una película slasher clásica y rinde homenaje a la película "Scream". La película tiene algunos problemas de ritmo y algunos de los personajes pueden ser olvidables, pero se destaca la interpretación de Josh por parte de Benjamin Flores Jr. La historia gira en torno a un grupo de adolescentes acosados por un asesino enmascarado y en busca de pistas, con una trama secundaria de una relación difícil entre el personaje principal Deena y su ex novia Sam. A pesar de algunas deficiencias, la película es visualmente agradable y tiene una buena puntuación. En general, "1994" configura bien la trilogía, pero podría haber profundizado en su premisa y haber tenido más elementos de terror.
Fear Street 1994 is mostly a forgettable movie with some good parts sprinkled in between. Like many other horror movies, characters suffer from random spells of stupidity. The soundtrack does create a 90s horror-comedy vibe, like Scream, which I personally dislike. If this movie had a darker soundtrack, like The Terminator, it would already be 1.5 points higher imo.
Fear Street 1978 is much better. The acting is better and the sound is less cheesy.
Well, I'm just thankful it doesn't take place in 1980's, with it being set in 1994, just so it's not one of those 80's tribute type of entertainment we get most days, even though this doesn't look very 1994.
Anyway,
This was a lot of fun and decent characters. It did make me interested in checking out part 2.
Yeah, how about no. There's one thing this movie has nothing to do with, and that's 1994. Uh, I was there. This rewrite of history shit is so nauseating. I got 20 minutes. How far can you get?
Holy crap this movie rocks. Dialog is good. Plot was subversive, yet fun. Music was 90's af. Everyone kicks ass and the ending made me kinda sad. Looking forward to the next two.
Way too long. Should have been 90 minutes, tops. I wasn't sold on the story and the rules. I did like the characters, though.
The soundtrack had great songs but I hate when a movie throws a bunch of radio hits without rhyme or reason. Insane in the Brain followed by Creep? No.
It's a decent horror / thriller movie.
There's some slow moments but overall it manages to hold the attention and provides with gore and excitement.
this is just terrible unlogical movie.. hope other two sequels make it up for this pc crap
What Works:
My favorite slasher/ horror movie of all time is Scream and this movie feels like a love-letter to Scream. There are a couple of scenes that are shot in the same manner, especially the opening sequence, but Fear Street puts its own spin on things. That's true of the entire movie. It definitely shows respect and admiration to what came before, but is willing to be it's own movie, which is the best of both worlds.
I didn't know this movie was rated R going in, so I was caught off guard by the amount of blood, which I was very ok with. Most of the kills won't blow your minds, but there are few fun ones, especially near the end when the movie proves that nobody is safe.
One of the best parts of slasher movies is seeing the creative design they create for the killer. Well, Fear Street triples down on that front and gives us three killers on a rampage. They each have their own distinct personality and all get some very fun and brutal moments. Most slasher movies only have 1 killer walking around, but having three makes this movie feel a lot more dangerous.
I really appreciate how smart the core cast of characters are here. They make a lot of really intelligent decisions. They try to get the cops involved, but figure out pretty quickly that the cops are useless, so they take matters into their own hands and make moves to stop the overall threat. And later on, when they recognize the cops won't believe this insane story, they dull it down to make it more believable and get the problem to go away. It's refreshing to watch.
This movie also explores themes of classism, racism, and homophobia. It's not subtle at all, but that's fine. Slasher movies aren't the most subtle of movies. They explore the topics by diving straight on it and sometimes movies need to do that to get their point across.
Finally, the 3rd act showdown takes place in a grocery store. This is a solid setting that I haven't seen used a whole lot in the slasher genre. It gives us some creative sequence and the best kill of the movie.
What Sucks:
The biggest problem with the movie is the main protagonist, Deena (Kiana Madeira). I believe that a protagonist needs to be likable or interesting for our audience to get invested in the. Deena is neither. She's a poor, angsty, and angry high schooler and has a really negative attitude throughout the entire movie. She is also in conflict with her ex-girlfriend, Sam (Olivia Scott Welch). This would be fine, except the movie wants us to be on Deena's side over their conflict when I think Sam is definitely the more sympathetic of the two. I found myself very annoyed with Deena for the first half of the movie and it was tough for me to become invested in her survival.
The other problem is some of the humor doesn't land. The movie tries to reference other horror movies to varying degrees of success and the majority of the comedy failures come from Simon (Fred Hechinger), who is very hit-or-miss as the comic relief.
Verdict
Besides a few character problems, Fear Street Part 1: 1994 is a very fun movie with some solid kills, interesting themes, smart characters, cool killers, and an awesome 3rd act. I can't way to see where this series goes next. Part 1 certainly has got it going on.
7/10: Really Good
What a disappointing first part of a trilogy. 1 point for representation but I expected so much more. It starts out pretty well with that suspenseful opening sequence that draw inspiration from Scream and it has a cool introduction, those got me really excited but my excitement stops there. I find this film very generic and too stupid to be taken seriously. This film feels very made-for-trilogy that it can't really stand on its own. The direction and editing are often baffling to me. It tries to fit too many 90s songs into one film. Most of the protagonists are unbearable. They're supposed to potray 90s teenagers but failed miserably and the dialogue is far from good. It tries to copy too many horror films without adding its own spin. I admit the last moments are pretty fun until they put the trailer for the second film in the end :neutral_face:. Overall i'm not impressed but it's pretty watchable. I'll probably watch the next two parts anyway.
Not great, not terrible. Like an okay “made for tv” movie.
They really put the blame on the friends that helped em? Calibri font was released in 2007. More human than human was released in 1995.
10/10
All Gold
Fear Street: Part One 1994
I Really Really appreciate and enjoy this
Trilogy, what a fun time you have with it.
I Loved the 1994 setting and the story and
history and lore it's all so
bloody interesting and so well thought out.
the high production value and the
vfx are amazing and the Horror
of it all with the deaths and the chaos
going down is Sensational.
Netflix is absolutely knocking it out
the ball park with excellent
Outstanding Horror movies
and Shows which is a massive massive
Kudos to them,
At this juncture they are unmatched
by any other platform.
X FINAL THOUGHT:
Fear Street: 1994 is a fun and very very
entertaining ride
it has the best of all my favourite horror franchises
cleverly woven in, this Trilogy is very traditional
and takes from all the great iconic classics
but at the same time it feels fresh and
new and it's
all cool and runs so smooth,
and out of the many many other teen Slashers
out their this Awesome movie definitely stands
on it's own merits as being one of the best
in the genre sharing that spot now with
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre"- 2022.
To Be Continued
Fear Street: part two 1978
as my 31 days of Horror continues
I really enjoyed part 1, definitely that classic slasher feel and loved all the cast.. bring on part 2!
I had a great time with it. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
i love this movie so much. absolutely iconic, great storytelling, fave thing. i think 1978 is better for me, but this is such an incredible start to the trilogy i really adore it
Zero likable characters. Soundtrack for the first half hour was basically a 90s Spotify playlist that served no purpose other than “Hey! This is the 90s!”
Not bad. Hugely derivative, but not bad.
Fun teen scream. I'll probably forget about it in a month
entertaining, and exceeded expectations since i heard that it wasn't going to live up to the nostalgia of the actual series. it definitely has that kid-friendly gore vibe that rl stine always managed to find, and it's quirky and silly in the way you'd expect a throwback slasher film based on a series like this to be.
that said, the music choices were hit or miss for me, and occasionally the silliness just felt jarring. specifically i'm thinking of the scene where a character wildly stabs a drowned person with five epipens without stopping then suddenly deciding oh, now i should try chest compressions.
If you've ever seen any Netflix series for teens, well, it's the same but with certain touches of classic horror movies (mostly slasher and supernatural elements).
For teens or if you have nothing better to watch, it's entertaining.
Going in, I had no knowledge of the RL Stine books. I really enjoyed the pop fizz version of slasher horror it served up. It reminded me of the good parts of Scream and I found the story fairly strong. Entertaining throughout.
Boring, bad acting, very dull story
It was much better than I expected. It is like a throwback to some of the old slasher films I remember in the 80s, but adds an additional witch/supernatural element to keep it fresh. Fun and lightweight with some fine splatter in the film.
My disappointment with this one is actually immeasurable. It's so horribly generic, uninspired and cliché-ridden that it was just a chore to sit through.
I don't know why this was even set in the 90s, remove the scene with a character using an AOL chatroom and all the 90s songs played at every. conceivable. opportunity. and this could have been set in present day.
Extra star for the bread scene though.
Made me imagine a version of Panic in modern times hahahaha
Incredibly basic. Doesn't even try to represent the '90s other than through its poorly edited soundtrack which, itself, includes songs released after 1994... the characters DO NOT talk or behave like they're in the 1990s and if it wasn't for the title including the year it'd be easy to confuse the setting for 2020. Great gore, cool kills, everything else was excruciatingly mediocre.
This was a bad movie. Acting was bland, characters were unlikable. I wished somebody killed that lead girl at the beginning of the movie itself. I just couldn't stand her! With positive reviews, people tricked me into watching this crap! I didn't feel like i was watching a movie that's taking place in the 90s.
I love R. L. Stine and his books i have not read this one, but i know his style, so i know it is a good boog, but this movie tells how much downhill acting and films have gone. I'm not saying this is a bad movie, just that you can feel it's a 2021 film. i like the film on its own and is one of the best i watched the last five years, but if i take all movie, i watched then this one is bad, the acting is mediocre at best, they are trying too hard to keep the old school horror mix in with the modern way of making movies and it kind of works. i give it seven because it's a good movie, but i want really want to give its less because it could have been so much better.
Imho this is an okay Horror/Mystery/Thriller kind of movie. Not many jump scares which is a good thing but also a lot of build up while still maintaining a solid story on its own. I guess I liked it.
This is not a Horror Movie.
It is a Movie about Teenagers affairs with Random Sex Scenes.
Not a bit Horror but Music is nice.
Or different: Music is the only good Part
definitely one of the better horror movies in the last years. not really scary but modern, smart and funny. im looking forward to the next ones and hope they wont be the same. maybe same same, but different.
Was pleasantly surprised with this, definitely get the scream vibes which I love cus who doesn’t love scream?
Definitely an original gore/supernatural film which is hard to find these days a massive thumbs up to Netflix now if they can create more content like this would be super
So far have watched this and the second one and looking forward to the third :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
All the random sexual stuff throws me off really hard because I don't remember a single sexual thing in R.L. Stine books? Sure I haven't read them since middle school, but regardless. I'll never understand the weird fascination with having to add sex scenes in every horror movie, including ones based on books for 12 year olds.
The soundtrack was literally a 90's hits compilation where I'm convinced they were more focused on shoving in as many hits as they can without actually attempting to match the movie's scenes remotely.
All in all the entire movie just felt disjointed, generic and waaaaaay too reminiscent of Scream for me. The beginning scene where the first victim is slayed is almost an entire copycat of the first victim (Drew Barrymore) from Scream.
The only redeeming part of the movie for me was the witch plot point adds something new to the slasher genre.
Meh. Struggled to get through this, 3rd time I barely made it. It's OK. Too much teenage angst for me to get in to it.
Lots of homage and nostalgia the build up is a bit lacklustre and heavy handed but the brutal deaths were unexpected and the ending interesting.
Curious to see what we get as we journey further back.
Refreshing to have an LGBT romance at the centre of this type of film too. I like that the norm is being shaken up a bit
Scream with a sprinkle of witches, it was one of those movies that you just watch and not think too much about because if you did then you would end up losing brain cells in the process. I mean come on now, why was she swallowing the pills without water?? Overall, it was an okay movie that brought nothing new to the genre (the soundtrack did slap though). I'm going to give the other two instalments of the trilogy a watch as I am curious to see where the story goes and how they end up expanding the lore.
Story = 6
Cinematography = 7
Soundtrack = 7
Production Design = 7
Acting = 6
Overall score = 6.5/10
Enjoyed this one a lot more than i thought i might. Good solid entertainment,will certainly watch the next one
Fear Street is a glimpse into the undeniable charisma of a neatly done slasher movie. A few good moments here and there, catchy needle drops and lots of gore should work just fine to keep you pumped throughout the runtime. Great start for the trilogy.
R L Stine is the Judy Blume of horror.
Shadyside is the 'bad' town and Sunnyvale is the 'good' town and the mascot of the Shadyside high school team is the Witches? In 2021? After a witch was burned at the stake in the town's past!? And her name is Fier, pronounced 'fear'!?!? What does he think I am, 8?
Thank God the 3rd act saved this from becoming a total waste...
If you like scary movies, this one is a fresh approach while still being nostalgic to the hardcore fans of the genre. It has the modern vibe, easy comedy from happy death day, the goonies kids from stranger things, the lgbt angle missing in this genre, a irresponsible cop and a group of serial killers that easily connect with some of the bigger ones. A scream like intro was also a big moment as the brutal kills in the supermarket.
So happy to see my favourite genre back
The next one is a direct reference to Friday the 13. Mixed feelings on it. I loved the AHS season around it, and the Jason with a bag looks great but it may easily lose the freshness of the 1st given it’s has been done several times!!
I‘m not really sure yet if it was a good idea to make a witch story out of it. I feel like they should‘ve focused more on building in actual horror elements to make the movie scarier instead of telling a supernatural story.
So dissapointed.. I am an avid collector of the RL Stine books. There is nothing in this disappointing movie that tells you how Fear Street really is, not even about Sarah Fier.. Everything is continuous inconsistencies of events. I really had high expectations of this film. And at the end, they blame Kate and Simon? For what? For killing their own selves?? Why the cops didn't ask who killed them? And why this Deena girl always win? Even when fighting with the devil? Like really?? All I see throughout this film is this annoying girl Deena rampaging all over the place, causing trouble for everybody.. So sad, this moving is not giving justice to the books.
I really like the idea and this release strategy, a trilogy of films in 3 weeks. So far after the first movie, it is mostly successful with a few nitpicks here and there. I like that this isn’t the typical Goosebumps fare as these are rated R with the language and moments of gore to match. They kind of drop you in as they start to dole out the lore and peel back the curtain of what is happening, so far I’m intrigued and I’m interested in how they will pay it off. One gripe is the amount of needle drops borders on parody as apparently our 90s disc changer is set on random and constantly skipping from track to track. I also wish the world didn’t feel so empty through most of the film but it ends strong and I’m left wanting more so pack your bags gang, we’re headed to 1978
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Not what I expected. I guess most of the kids who read this stuff are much older these days. When the gore started creeping in I was surprised. Watched this one blind of course.
There's a scene where one of the teens babysits 2 young kids and then has the kids play with drugs and its supposed to be funny. The writers are twisted and sick for putting that in there.
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A Netflix movie that's....actually pretty good?? How did they not make this suck. Good job.