Netflix is bringing us three times the terror this July with an experimental trio of horror films.
Over three weeks, a new Fear Street flick will be released each Friday, taking a recurring cast of victims and villains into the past of one cursed town to show its history of bloody supernatural horror.
Based on the best-selling series by Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine, the Fear Street trilogy kicks off on July 2 with Part One, set in 1994. Expect some Scream-inspired teen carnage, as the young inhabitants of Shadyside, Ohio try to stop a killing spree with historical implications.
Part Two, set in 1978, seems to be more based on Friday The 13th-esque summer slashers, with kids and counsellors at Camp Nightwing facing a horrifying mystery. And Part Three takes us even further into the past with a story of witch hunts and perhaps the revelation of Shadyside’s enduring curse, set in 1666.
All three films were shot over the same scary summer, with a rotating cast of the same performers acting as new characters in each film: some of the stars include Maya Hawke, Gillian Jacobs, Sadie Sink and Kiana Madeira as a character named ‘Deena’ who mysteriously appears in all three instalments. Hmm.
Tune in on July 2, July 9, and July 16 to check out each time-skipping horror movie event in this new trilogy.
Even if you’re a fan of the books from the nineties, you’re not prepared for Netflix‘s cinematic adaptation: as author R.L. Stine promises, “the book series is rated PG. But the movies are rated R.”
