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Time of India
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Netflix's Fear Street: Prom Queen movie draws backlash from Fear Street book series fans: 'Disrespectful to the original trilogy'
Fear Street: Prom Queen, based on the 1992 book The Prom Queen by R. L. Stine, was released on Netflix over the weekend with much anticipation, thanks to the strong fan following of the Fear Street book series and the previously released film trilogy. Directed by Matt Palmer, the film stars India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, David Iacono, Ella Rubin, Chris Klein, Ariana Greenblatt, Lili Taylor, and Katherine Waterston. Set in 1988, the story follows a masked killer targeting prom queen candidates at Shadyside High. Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666 were released on Netflix in 2021 on a weekly basis. While the film adaptation of the trilogy impressed fans with its mix of slasher horror and supernatural twists, this new entry has left many disappointed. What's the premise of Fear Street: Prom Queen? In 1988, Shadyside High's senior class gears up for prom, hoping to shake off the town's dark reputation. Lori Granger (India Flower), an outcast due to rumours surrounding her mother, runs for prom queen against the popular "Wolfpack," led by Tiffany Falconer (Fina Strazza). Vice Principal Brekenridge sees prom as a fresh start for the school, but the night before, candidate Christy Renault (Ariana Greenblatt) is murdered by a masked killer. On prom night, Lori arrives with her best friend Megan (Suzanna Son). A prank gone wrong creates a rift between them. Meanwhile, members of the Wolfpack and their dates are picked off one by one, Linda and Bobby are murdered, and Debbie dies in the basement. Lori receives anonymous flowers, while Tiffany taunts her about her mother's past. A dance-off ends with Lori stealing the spotlight, embarrassing Tiffany. After Tyler dumps Tiffany and flirts with Lori, he's murdered by the killer. Megan suspects the killer is Devlin, the vice principal's son, but Lori dismisses her theory. Megan discovers the bodies in the basement, and Lori narrowly escapes an attack. During the prom queen announcement, the killer strikes again, murdering students before Lori stabs him with her crown. He's revealed to be Tiffany's father, Dan Falconer. Dan is arrested, and Lori spends the night at Tiffany's, but the nightmare isn't over. Tiffany and her mother, Nancy, reveal they were also behind the killings. Nancy confesses she murdered Lori's father out of jealousy. Lori kills both Tiffany and Nancy in self-defence. As Nancy dies, her blood forms the Witch's Mark, suggesting evil still lingers. Why are fans disappointed by Fear Street: Prom Queen? Despite trending globally on Netflix, fans have voiced strong criticism against Fear Street: Prom Queen. Many took issue with the film's deviation from the original book, from character name changes to altering the killer's identity. Some felt the film took too long to get going, with many calling the first 30 minutes boring. One user wrote, "Why does Fear Street: Prom Queen not feel like Fear Street at all… It's not scary; everyone has iPhone faces, and everything they do is super cringe." why does fear street: prom queen not feel like fear street at all… it's not scary, everyone has iphone faces and everything they do is super cringe 😭😭😭 Another added, "Fear Street Prom Queen was so bad at making their characters distinguishable bc how did I JUST find out Tiffany's dad was a teacher in the high school." Fear Street Prom Queen was so bad at making their characters distinguishable bc how did I JUST find out Tiffany's dad was a teacher in the high school "Rewatching the Fear Street trilogy to make up for the disappointment that Prom Queen was," wrote another fan. rewatching the fear street trilogy to make up for the disappointment that prom queen was "Just finished FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN. almost feels like it could be a decent, entertaining time for the first half hour but it has like two tricks up its sleeve and just gets incredibly dull for most of the runtime. the most annoying characters of the year also. bleugh." just finished FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN. almost feels like it could be a decent, entertaining time for the first half hour but it has like two tricks up its sleeve and just gets incredibly dull for most of the runtime. the most annoying characters of the year also. bleugh. One user wrote, "fear street prom queen was so ass... i can't believe they ruined the crazy run that the Fear Street trilogy laid down." fear street prom queen was so ass... i cant believe they ruined the crazy run that fear street trilogy laid down "Fear Street: Prom Queen is now streaming on Street Prom Queen was the most predictable cliché movie I've ever seen. The moment 2 killers were shown, I automatically knew it was the parents... disrespectful to the original trilogy," one mentioned. fear street prom queen was the most predictable cliche movie ive ever seen 😭😭 the moment 2 killers were shown i automatically knew it was the parents... disrespectful to the original trilogy Fear Street: Prom Queen is now streaming on Netflix.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Fear Street: Prom Queen' ending explained: Who dies, who killed them, and who is crowned queen?
Based on a 1992 R.L. Stine novel, Fear Street: Prom Queen sees prom queen candidates brutally murdered at the big dance. India Fowler stars as Lori Granger, whose mother may or may not have murdered her father while she was pregnant with Lori. The body count reaches hits double Street, the series of teen slasher paperbacks that served as a horror gateway for countless millennials, found new life on Netflix in 2021 with a trilogy of gore-spattered films. Now, a fourth entry has hit the streamer. Like its predecessors, Fear Street: Prom Queen, a loose adaptation of R.L. Stine's 1992 novel The Prom Queen, honors the broader franchise by pairing teen melodrama with shockingly gnarly kills and a motley crew of suspects. Set in the series' trademark Shadyside in 1988, the story centers around Lori Granger (India Fowler), an outcast rumored to come from a cursed lineage. They say Lori's mother killed her father after he impregnated her and tried to hightail it back to the neighboring Sunnyvale. But Lori believes her mother is innocent, as does her best friend, the loyal (and demented) Megan (Suzanna Son). Lori doesn't want to be defined by her family's dark past, and hopes that becoming prom queen could help her reinvent herself. It's a curious thing, then, when Shadyside's prom queen nominees begin getting brutally killed off by a masked killer in red pleather. Who's the killer? And do they have any connection to Lori's past? Read on as we answer those questions and more with Entertainment Weekly's Fear Street: Prom Queen ending explainer. A lot of people die in Fear Street: Prom Queen. The majority of them belong to the it-girl clique of Tiffany Falconer (Fina Strazza), the popular girl with a penchant for bullying Lori about her mother's reputation. Linda (Ilan O'Driscoll), Debbie (Rebecca Ablack), Melissa (Ella Rubin), and Claire (Eden Summer Gilmore) get disemboweled, electrocuted, face-cleavered, and axed, respectively. Another prom queen candidate, the drug-dealing bad girl Christy (Ariana Greenblatt), takes an axe to the back. Their boyfriends, meanwhile, suffer the painful indignities of paper cutters, buzzsaws, and other sharp objects. And then there's hunky Tyler (David Iacono), who dumps Tiffany for Lori during the dance. Well, he gets a knife dropped into his skull before he and Lori can consummate their new relationship. We'll save the rest of the movie's kill count for below. A better question is, "Who are the killers?" While viewers are initially led to believe only one killer is roaming Shadyside, Melissa's murder reveals two killers are stalking the dance in knock-off Alice, Sweet Alice getups. One of those foes is exposed when Principal Wayland (Darrin Baker) crowns Lori as prom queen. As she takes the stage, warning of a killer on the premises, an axe-wielding masked murderer chops his way through the crowd. After lopping off Wayland's arm, Lori triumphs by jamming her tiara into one of the mask's eyeholes. After unmasking the killer, it's revealed to be Dan Falconer (Chris Klein), a teacher at the school and Tiffany's father. Tiffany was favored to become prom queen, with her mother, Nancy (Katherine Waterston), placing ample pressure on her to win the crown. When asked why he murdered Tiffany's competition, Dan replies, "Because I knew how much you wanted it. Both of you." He's promptly arrested. But there's still another killer on the loose. After Lori and Tiffany bond and retreat to Tiffany's house to recuperate, we discover that the second slasher is actually Nancy. When she climbs the steps to Tiffany's room with a butcher knife in tow, the girls try to escape. That's when we learn that Tiffany is in on it, too, making the murders a Falconer family affair. No, Lori's mom, Rose (Joanne Boland), did not kill her father. It was actually Nancy, who confesses that she killed Lori's father after he dumped her for Rose. "You really remind me of your two-faced dad," she says to Lori, knife in hand. "He was mine first, you know. Before your skank of a mother came along... My face was the last thing that he ever saw." For Nancy, the Falconers represent the glamorous side of Shadyside. As such, Tiffany deserves to be prom queen, which is why the couple sought to slaughter their daughter's competition. Lori's efforts to become prom queen were particularly grating. "You Grangers are always taking things that belong to us," Nancy hisses. "No one crosses the Falconers." Yes. After a bloody struggle, Lori vanquishes both Tiffany and Nancy. First, she kicks Tiffany off the second-floor landing of the Falconer home, impaling her on a decorative carving atop the bannister. Nancy chases Lori throughout the house, but Lori slugs her with the blunt end of a trophy, leaving her to bleed out on the carpet. As the life drains from her eyes, Nancy spits vitriol at Lori, calling her a "bitch" and "trash." Lori leaves, and Nancy cries out, "Who the f--- do you think you are?" Lori, taking ownership of her "cursed" name, declares, "I'm Lori f---ing Granger." Fear Street: Prom Queen is now streaming on Netflix. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
See - Sada Elbalad
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
"Fear Street: Prom Queen" Lands Release Date
Yara Sameh The next installment of Netflix's 'Fear Street' franchise, 'Prom Queen,' will be streaming just in time for prom season on Friday, May 23. The new movie takes the audience back to the cursed city of Shadyside in 1988 and comes nearly four years after Netflix's decades-spanning trilogy of Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666, which released over three weeks in summer 2021. The upcoming teenage horror movie is based on R.L. Stine's 1992 'Fear Street' novel, 'The Prom Queen'. Per the official logline, 'Prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school's wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of '88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.' The cast includes India Fowler ('The Nevers', 'Insomnia'), Suzanna Son ('Red Rocket,' 'The Idol'), Fina Strazza ('Paper Girls,' 'Above the Shadows'), David Iacono ('The Summer I Turned Pretty,' 'Cinnamon'), Ella Rubin ('The Idea of You'), Chris Klein ('Sweet Magnolias,' 'American Pie'), Lili Taylor ('Outer Range,' 'Manhunt'), and Katherine Waterston ('The End We Start From,' 'Perry Mason'). Yvonne Bernard, Joan Waricha, and Jane Stine will serve as executive producers alongside Caroline Pitofsky, who is overseeing production for Chernin Entertainment. Producers include Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and Kori Adelson for Chernin Entertainment. In January 2024, Stine confirmed that a new 'Fear Street' movie was in development at Netflix. 'Movie News: I can finally announce that a new Fear Street movie is about to go into production for Netflix. It's based on my Fear Street book, The Prom Queen. Good news!' Stine said in a social media post. This will be the fourth 'Fear Street' movie at Netflix after the Leigh Janiak-directed 2021 trilogy — 'Fear Street Part One: 1994', 'Fear Street Part Two: 1978', and 'Fear Street Part Three: 1666.' Netflix released one Fear Street movie a week for three weeks in 2021. While the trilogy was inspired by R. L. Stine's "Fear Street: 1994", "Fear Street: 1978", and "Fear Street: 1666", they were not based on any specific books written by Stine. The giant streamer announced back in November 2023 that a standalone Fear Street movie was in the works, and that this time, the movie will be based on a specific book. 'Obviously, there's a lot of books,' Netflix's Head of Film Scott Stuber previously told Collider. 'There's one standalone that we're working on right now that we're once again trying to get the script right, but I like it very much, and so does the team. So I feel like if we can get that script right there would be a great kind of extension of that franchise.'
