Three films, three weeks, one “killer” story. So Netflix is trying to attempt something bold in the horror film genre. In a first for the streamer, Netflix announces that the upcoming “Fear Street Trilogy” will be released as an epic summer movie event over three consecutive weeks this July. Here are the release dates, and all three films are directed by Leigh Janiak, the director of the 2014 critically-acclaimed indie horror “Honeymoon.“
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FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994 releasing globally on Netflix on July 2, 2021. FEAR STREET PART 2: 1978 releasing globally on Netflix on July 9, 2021. FEAR STREET PART 3: 1666 releasing globally on Netflix on July 16, 2021.
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“We filmed all three Fear Street movies over one crazy, bloody summer,” Janiak said in a statement. “It’s a dream that audiences now get to experience the story in the same way – back to back to back, with only a week of waiting in between. I can’t wait to welcome everyone into the world of Fear Street in 1994, 1978, and 1666!”
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“Fear Street fans are in for a treat – and some major surprises,” – R.L. Stine, author of the best-selling horror series Fear Street said in another statement. ‘Readers know that the book series is rated PG. But the movies are rated R. That means a lot more thrills – and a lot more terror! I have seen Leigh Janiak’s epic trilogy releasing on Netflix in July, and I can tell you the scares and the SCREAMS are more than I ever expected. What fun to see the horrors of Shadyside come to life!”
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Here’s the official synopsis
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In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected — and that they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling horror series, the trilogy follows the nightmare through Shadyside’s sinister history.
“FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994” stars Maya Hawke, Jordana Spiro, Kiana Madeira, and Ashley Zuckerman. “FEAR STREET PART 2: 1978” stars Gillian Jacobs, Jordana Spiro, Ryan Simpkins, and “FEAR STREET PART 3: 1666” features much of the same casts, including Sadie Sink, Olivia Scott Welch, and more. Watch the new teaser for the “Fear Street” trilogy below.