Cast: India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, Katherine Waterston, Lili Taylor, Chris Klein, Darren Baker, Ella Rubin, Ariana Greenblatt, Christy Renault, David Iacono,  Ilan O'Driscoll, Ryan Rosery, Damian Romeo, Dakota Taylor, Luke Kimball
Director: Matt Palmer
Rating: 2/5
Runtime: 88 min

Following closely on the heels of the well-received 2021 trilogy, Co-writer/director Matt Palmer’s Fear Street: Prom Queen is part of the new series of horror movies, based on the books of R.L. Stine. This is largely a generic slasher movie that follows a by-the-numbers beat. A few stray references to the previous films do not mark this as a sequel.

It’s 1988, the town of Shadyside, has already seen murders and supernatural events in the past but life goes on and Prom Night has to be celebrated. Terror nights are common in a town like this and the fresh young teens who are out to have a good time don’t care a hoot. Even horror movies have an avid audience here - not to say anything about horror tricks played on each other for fun. Horror seems to be a commonplace occurrence and it seems like no one is afraid until the slaughtering begins at school.