Taglines: Three movies. Three weeks. One killer story.
Fear Street Part One: 1994 Movie Storyline. In 1994, Heather Watkins, a bookstore employee, is murdered by her friend Ryan, who had previously shown no indication that he planned on killing her. After murdering her and several mall employees, he is shot to death by the police. The media report the massacre as the norm for Shadyside, which they dub the murder capital of the United States. Meanwhile, the neighboring town of Sunnyvale is its polar opposite, as it is considered one of the richest and safest cities in the country. Many of the Shadyside teenagers believe that this is the result of the witch, Sarah Fier, who placed a curse on the town before being executed for witchcraft in 1666.
Deena Johnson does not believe in the Fier witch and has recently broken up with her closeted girlfriend Sam, who has since moved to Sunnyvale. Meanwhile, her brother Josh spends his time researching the town’s history and her friends Simon and Kate sell drugs. Deena and Sam meet again at a vigil in Sunnyvale for the victims of the mall killings, where a brawl between the students of Shadyside and Sunnyvale breaks out. The Shadyside students’ attempt to retaliate causes a car accident that lands Sam in the hospital. However, before she is taken away, Sam sees a vision of the Fier witch.
The following night, Deena and her friends begin to be stalked by whom they initially believe to be Sam’s boyfriend Peter and his friends. However, when Deena and her friends visit Sam, one of Shadyside’s past killers murders Peter and several others in the hospital. After hearing about Sam’s vision, the group realizes that the accident disturbed the grave of Sarah Fier and that Sam bled on her bones. They also realize that the killers only want Sam and that they cannot be stopped by reburying the body or destroying the killers.
Fear Street Part One: 1994 is a 2021 American teen slasher film directed by Leigh Janiak, with a script co-written by Phil Graziadei and Janiak, from an original story by Kyle Killen, Graziadei, and Janiak. Based on the book series of the same name by R. L. Stine, it is the first installment in the Fear Street trilogy and stars Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Ashley Zukerman, Darrell Britt-Gibson and Maya Hawke. The film follows a group of teenagers in Shadyside who are terrorized by an ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued the town for centuries.
Produced by Chernin Entertainment, a film adaptation of Fear Street began development at 20th Century Studios in 2015, with Janiak hired to direct and rewrite Killen’s script with Graziadei in 2017. Filming for the trilogy took place back-to-back from March to September 2019 in Georgia with the film set for a theatrical release in June 2020. However, the trilogy was pulled from the schedule because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, Chernin Entertainment ended their distribution deal with 20th Century Studios and gave distribution rights to Netflix in August 2020.
Fear Street Part One: 1994 premiered at the Los Angeles State Historic Park on June 28, 2021, and was released on Netflix on July 2, 2021, with the other entries, Part Two: 1978 and Part Three: 1666, to follow in subsequent two weeks. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021)
Directed by: Leigh Janiak
Starring: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Ashley Zukerman, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Maya Hawke, Jordana Spiro, Jordyn DiNatale
Screenplay by: Phil Graziadei, Leigh Janiak
Cinematography by: Caleb Heymann
Film Editing by: Rachel Goodlett Katz
Costume Design by: Amanda Ford
Set Decoration by: Jess Royal
Art Direction by: Sean Brennan
Music by: Marco Beltrami, Marcus Trumpp
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence, drug content, language and some sexual content.
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date: June 28, 2021 (Los Angeles), July 2, 2021 (United States)
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Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021)
Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021)
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