Movie Review: Fear Street 1666

Title: Fear Street Part 3: 1666

Series: Fear Street #3

Previous movies in the series: Fear Street Part 1: 1994 | Fear Street Part 2: 1978

Based on Fear Street by R.L. Stine

Rating: R (strong violence and gore, language, some sexuality and brief drug use)

Release date: July 16th 2021

Run time: 1 hr 54 min

Genre: Horror, suspense, mystery

Production company: Chernin Entertainment

Director: Leigh Janiak

Stars: Kiana Madeira, Ashley Zukerman, Gillian Jacobs

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Synopsis: Thrust back to 1666, Deena learns the truth about Sarah Fier. Back in 1994, the friends fight for their lives — and Shadyside's future.

My rating: ★★★★☆

One of my favorite Fear Street series is the Fear Street Saga trilogy that talks about the origins of the Fears and their feud with the Goodes. That's why I was particularly excited to watch this movie! And I have to say, I really enjoyed it! Now, this movie doesn't follow that series exactly, but I do think it pulled at least a little inspiration from it.

Movie Review: Fear Street 1978

Title: Fear Street Part 2: 1978

Series: Fear Street #2

Previous movie in the series: Fear Street Part 1: 1994

Based on Fear Street by R.L. Stine

Rating: R (bloody horror violence, sexual content, nudity, drug use, and language throughout)

Release date: July 9th 2021

Run time: 1 hr 49 min

Genre: Horror, suspense, mystery

Production company: Chernin Entertainment

Director: Leigh Janiak

Stars: Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins

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Synopsis: Shadyside, 1978. School's out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.

My rating: ★★★★★

I don’t know why, but I am so surprised at how much I am enjoying these movies! I loved this one!

Movie Review: Fear Street 1994

Title: Fear Street Part 1: 1994

Series: Fear Street #1

Based on Fear Street by R.L. Stine

Rating: R (strong bloody violence, drug content, language and some sexual content)

Release date: July 2nd 2021

Run time: 1 hr 47 min

Genre: Horror, suspense, mystery

Production company: Chernin Entertainment

Director: Leigh Janiak

Stars: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr.

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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. Welcome to Shadyside.

My rating: ★★★★☆

I don’t normally do movie reviews around here, but guys, there are Fear Street movies coming out! I have been waiting for these movies since they were announced YEARS ago. You know I love my Fear Street even to this day... I’ve read about 85 Fear Street books so far, and that’s not including the ones I may have read back in middle school! I still have quite a few to go, but I’m just ridiculously excited that this series finally has an adaptation. And you know what? I really enjoyed it! So I HAD to talk about it!

Review: The Fear Street Saga (Collector's Edition) by R.L. Stine

Title: The Fear Street Saga

Series: The Fear Street Saga | Fear Street Collector's Edition

Books in this omnibus: The Betrayal (#1) | The Secret (#2) | The Burning (#3)

Author: R.L. Stine

Genre: YA, horror, mystery thriller, historical

Publication date: November 1996

Published by: Archway Paperback

Source: Purchased paperback

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Synopsis:

Fear Street is cursed.

It’s been that way for hundreds of years. Unspeakable horrors haunt those who’ve walked on its terrifying path. And it all started with one family—the Fears.

Go back to how it all began and discover the dark family secrets buried underneath years of terror, from who sentenced an innocent woman to burn at the stake, to why the Fear mansion caught on fire, and how forbidden love, a bloody feud, and dark magic unleashed the curse that has lasted for far too long.

And how Fear Street became the evil place it is today.

My rating: ★★★★★
This series is told as if Nora Goode is writing it—we get three stories in each book with some interludes from Nora as she tells the story of the Fears and the Goodes. This is literally what I remember from reading this series way back in the day: just Nora sitting at a desk writing by candlelight. Ah, the nostalgia.

Review: The Burning (The Fear Street Saga Trilogy #3) by R.L. Stine

Title: The Burning

Series: The Fear Street Saga Trilogy #3

Previous books in this series: The Betrayal (#1) | The Secret (#2)

Author: R.L. Stine

Genre: YA, horror, mystery thriller, historical

Publication date: October 1993

Published by: Archway Paperback

Source: Own paperback

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Synopsis:

The end... and the beginning

Simon Fear thought changing his name would stop the evil. He was wrong—dead wrong.

After generations of unspeakable horror, it is up to Daniel and Nora, brought together by their fateful love, to unite the feuding families. But is their forbidden love strong enough to withstand such awesome evil?

Poor Nora—desperate to tell the truth and bury the family curse... before it buries her.

My rating: ★★★★★
Nora is still persistent in writing the story of the Fears. And in this book we finally get to her story.

In the first story of this book we get more love at first sight shit when Simon Fear first sees Angelica. Ugh. This is the story of Simon Fear and how he met the love of his life. Angelica is actually already being courted by two guys, but Simon will do whatever it takes to win her over. Even kill.

Review: The Secret (The Fear Street Saga Trilogy #2) by R.L. Stine

Title: The Secret

Series: The Fear Street Saga Trilogy #2

Previous book in this series: The Betrayal

Author: R.L. Stine

Genre: YA, horror, mystery thriller, historical

Publication date: September 1993

Published by: Archway Paperback

Source: Own paperback

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Synopsis:

Buried Evil

What is the secret of Fear Street?

Why has its horror lasted so long?

Ezra Fier wants to find out. He searches for the answer among the rotting bones in the ghostly town of Wickham. But he find only betrayal and death.

Elizabeth and Kate are in love with the same boy. How can they know that they too are caught by the evil that will haunt this family forever?

My rating: ★★★★★
And we continue on with Nora telling us the story about the Goodes and the Fears (aka Fiers).

The first story starts off with Ezra Fier, who has his own family now, as he continues to search for the Goodes to exact his revenge on them. Oh no, he has not forgotten how William Goode killed pretty much his entire family and drove his aunt Mary insane (see last book for more details 😉). He is now dragging his wife and kids around looking for the Goodes until they arrive at a pretty literal ghost town... where they find death instead...

Review: The Betrayal (The Fear Street Saga Trilogy #1) by R.L. Stine

Title: The Betrayal

Series: The Fear Street Saga Trilogy #1

Author: R.L. Stine

Genre: YA, horror, mystery thriller, historical

Publication date: August 1993

Published by: Archway Paperback

Source: Own paperback

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Synopsis:

Why do so many horrifying things happen on Fear Street? Nora knows.

She knows how the terror began. She knows about the young girl who burned at the stake--and the bloody feud between two families that caused the unspeakable horror that has lasted 300 years!

She knows, and she wants to tell.

Are you sure you want to hear it?

My rating: ★★★★★
This book is told as if Nora Goode is writing it—we get three stories each with an interlude from Nora as she tells the story of the Fears and the Goodes. This is literally what I remember from reading this series way back in the day: just Nora sitting at a desk writing by candlelight. Ah, the nostalgia.