Fear Street: Prom Queen

Screened on Netflix

If I recall correctly (OLD), I quite enjoyed the first entry in these adaptations of the Fear Street books from R.L. Stine, which for the record I'd never heard of before these starting coming out on Netflix during the COVID years. The second and third, not so much. But the marketing had me hyped for this, just check out the additional RAD poster recreations below of classic 70s and 80s horror films. But still I went into this rather unconvinced, at my near age of 50 now, that I would enjoy this. However, I did.

Overall, I don't feel I'm going to watch this ever again, and likely won't remember much of it after a few hours have passed, and thus I'm writing this immediately after. And no question, this film has its issues. A few too many nostalgia flexes here and there, the kills were nothing spectacular but still effective enough, and a few other qualms I had. But to focus on those too heavily is to deny one a good time, and I thought this was definitely that. I was never bored, I was pulled in and not focusing on the clock in front of me. Some good tunes, even a 4AD reference for those who catch that. And some other references were clever as well. The pacing was spot on, I really liked the lead character's conflict with herself. It was nothing deep by any means in how it was written, but I thought the acting made it work.

Nothing to write home about really, but for horror fans, it's a fun, harmless watch, with a couple beheadings throw in for good measure. There's hope yet for the continuation of this franchise. Give it a shot, it's a breezy 87 minutes and I have no serious complaints. Recommended.