Synopsis: After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.
My thoughts: When R.L. Stine introduced the Fear Street books it was meant to be for an older audience that had graduated past his famous Goosebumps books but a lot of kids still read them as they were pretty tame still by horror standards. That being said the films are not tame by any stretch. The film plays up the 1994 nostalgia big time (which I definitely can appreciate) but overall this movie pulls more from the 1980's as far as slasher influence goes with lots of blood, hormonal teenagers and mystery abound. This series may just invigorate the genre and back away from the self-referential stuff we've seen since Scream popularized it a few years after this film takes place.
Final verdict: 4 Supermarket massacres out of 5.
Synopsis: A summer of fun turns into a gruesome fight for survival as a killer terrorizes Camp Nightwing in the cursed town of Shadyside.
My thoughts: This one didn't hit me as hard as the other two installments did. Maybe it's just because it lacks the 1994 scenes that I can appreciate nostalgia-wise or maybe it's because the camp genre has been done many many times before, though I suppose you could argue that it's a nod to slasher films past. Ultimately this is just a weird middle prequel movie that doesn't offer much information for the storyline and mythos, just meant to give us more violence at the expense of sexually charged and drug using teenagers. That said the visuals were excellent and the C Burman twist was a nice touch so kudos to the writers for that.
Final verdict: 3.5 naughty campers out of 5.
Synopsis: In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a witch hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, while teenagers in 1994 try to put an end to their town's curse before it is too late.
My thoughts: Part Three was the toughest watch of the three films. Movies set in the 1600's is a tough sell for most, myself included and those parts did little for me. I had already come to the conclusion after part two what was happening although I did ultimately get one thing wrong the point remained the same so that section didn't offer much but midway through the movie when we switch back to 1994 is the best section of any of the films which does ultimately save this film and gives the trilogy an excellent ending to which all viewers should be satisfied.
Final verdict: 4 Old-timey accents out of 5.
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