The Fear Street trilogy on Netflix is one of my most anticipated things of this summer, as it feels like an event. Three weeks – three new horror movies. The first one, Fear Street Part 1: 1994, premiered on July 2. With this new film, it knows its identity from the jump as it pays homage to the slashers of the 1990’s.
It starts by paying homage to one of its biggest inspirations in Wes Craven’s Scream. Heather (Maya Hawke, Robin on Stranger Things) works alone at Shadyside Mall’s bookstore, which sells versions of R.L. Stine’s Fear Street novels (they say they’re written by Robert Lawrence, the R.L. in R.L. Stine). As the mall is closing for the night, she encounters a man in a Skull Mask and a fight ensues.