Rl stine fear street the betrayal6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Rather than repeating a staid formula, or even progressing a story in a linear way, the second film would leap back in time to trace the origins of a curse, one that’s turned law-abiding residents of Shadyside into bloodthirsty killers, before going back even further in the final chapter. But after last week’s premiere of Fear Street Part 1: 1994, a surprisingly effective and ambitious start to a bold new trilogy based on RL Stine’s teen novels, we’d been told, with lapel-grabbing confidence, that all bets were off, that whatever comes next will be nothing like what’s come before. ![]() It doesn’t always translate to a dull ride but it’s most likely a predictable one, often deeply unnecessary, and such no-fucks-given laziness has given an already scorned subgenre an even gnarlier reputation. ![]()
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