Netflix’s Fear Street: Prom Queen slasher brings blood, secrets and ’80s vibes

Are you ready for slasher season, Netflix fans? With the summer movie releases (and into October), we can expect a bunch of horror films. Some of these will be quite good, as horror is a relatively underrated genre.

Of course, it isn't for everyone. Many don't like to see gruesome murders, and that is entirely fair. Even though the filmmaking might be brilliant, it is difficult to get past all the gore. Being scary and chilling is good, but being gross to be gross is bad.

The good thing about most R.L. Stine adaptations is that they take the intentional campiness of the original material, add the gore, and give us something relatively short and entertaining. For instance, Fear Street: Prom Queen, which debuts on Netflix on Friday, May 23, is only an hour and 28 minutes long.

Netflix's Fear Street: Prom Queen will be arriving soon

The film is Netflix's fourth foray into Stine's Fear Street anthology. The first three, 1994, 1978, and 1666, all arrived in 2021. In the new movie, the year is 1988. That means we will most definitely get an '80s feel with a bunch of creepiness. The 1980s were home to the beginnings of many great horror franchises, such as Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th.

What is Fear Street: Prom Queen about?

According to Netflix's Tudum, Fear Street: Prom Queen will take us back to Shadyside (the setting for the Fear Street series), where it is, of course, prom season. A "gutsy" outsider is nominated as the prom queen, and the It Girls are not happy. The problem is that they disappear after the outsider is given the nod.

Who is in the cast of Fear Street: Prom Queen?

• India Fowler (The Nevers)
• Suzanna Son (Red Rocket)
• Fina Strazza (Above the Shadows)
• David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty)
• Ella Rubin (The Idea of You)
• Chris Klein (American Pie films)
• Lili Taylor (Mystic Pizza, The Conjuring)
• Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
• Ariana Greenblatt (Barbie, Avengers: Infinity War)
• Rebecca Ablack (Ginny & Georgia)
• Ilan O’Driscoll (Titans)

The director is Matt Palmer, who also wrote the film. He is no stranger to horror, so he should know exactly how to bring us jump scares as well as uncomfortable laughs.

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