What order should you watch the Fear Street movies in?

The Fear Street movies, which started scaring up an audience Friday, July 2, have been one bloody ride for Netflix subscribers.

The movies, based on the books by R.L. Stine, take viewers to the town of Shadyside where murder is eerily common place. The residents are so used to it that they refer to their horrifying circumstance as a curse they all bear.

Irreverent in their discussions of the killings that happen frequently in town, the teens of Shadyside joke about Sarah Fier as if she isn’t real. It isn’t until Sam accidentally disturbs the witch’s grave that they realize the legend that’s been passed down for generations is no laughing matter. Sarah’s vengeance is cold and deadly, and no one is safe once she sets her sights on you.

Fear Street is a tale that jumps time periods, pulling viewers deeper into the tangled web of what happened to the witch centuries ago. So, it’s important the audience watches the movies in the correct order.

Should the Fear Street movies be watched in order?

The movie series isn’t an anthology, so viewers can’t hop into the trilogy wherever they want. At least, not if you want to understand what’s happening. Here’s the order of the films.

Fear Street Part 1: Set in 1994, the movie series opens in a less than idyllic Shadyside where yet another mass murder has occurred. It’s another day ending in y for the residents, but for a small group of teens, their night is about to be turned upside down. It all starts with the volatile rivalry between Shadyside and Sunnyvale, a disturbed grave, and the sudden rise of past Shadyside killers.

Fear Street Part 2: There’s never been a problem at Camp Nightwing, outside of the usual dust-ups between campers, until 1978 when a murder spree drenches the ground in blood. With a murderer on the loose, two girls are put in the position of stopping the witch before it’s too late. Unfortunately, not everyone survives the night.

Fear Street Part 3: Finally, the truth about what happened to Sarah Fier is revealed, but in order to see her story, we’ll have to be yanked back centuries. The year is 1666 and the consequences of messing with the witch will reverberate for longer than the villagers will ever live to know, that is if they escape her wrath.

Part 3 of the Fear Street trilogy premieres Friday, July 16 on Netflix.