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Cosmopolitan
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Netflix's 'Fear Street: Prom Queen' Ending, Explained
Netflix takes viewers back to the fictional murder capital of the United States—Shadyside, Ohio—for another installment to the Fear Street movie franchise. The year is 1988, and the title of Prom Queen is up for grabs at Shadyside High. Six teens are in the running for the coveted crown: outsider Lori Granger (India Fowler), rebel Christy Renault (Ariana Greenblatt), queen bee Tiffany Falconer (Fina Strazza), and Tiffany's three "Wolf Pack" minions. They're also the girls at the top of the masked serial murderer's kill list. Fear Street: Prom Queen is a slasher that spares no one from the clutches of brutal, bloody murder. Innocent high schoolers and grown-ups meet their untimely, gory doom—on prom night, no less. But who survives the night? Is the killer put to justice? becomes Prom Queen?? Here's the ultimate breakdown of the end of Fear Street: Prom Queen. It doesn't take long for the Prom Queen candidate pool to dwindle. Christy already died a couple of nights before prom, and the Wolf Pack have been getting picked-off one-by-one as the senior prom goes on. First, Linda gets her guts cut out, and her date Bobby gets his hands guillotined off. Debbie dies via electrocution after her boyfriend, fifth-year senior Judd, gets his face sawn off. And Melissa—who we were just beginning to like after she stands up to Tiffany's bullying—gets an axe to the face, thanks to the tag-teaming of two red-hooded, masked killers. Lori and Tiffany are the last two girls standing, and haven't seemed to notice or care about the disappearance of their fellow candidates. They've been too busy all night, facing each other in a dance-off, gunning for the crown, and fighting over a boy named Tyler Torres (David Iacono). It's been clear throughout the movie that Tyler doesn't really want to be with Tiffany, who imposes all her expectations and plans for the future on him. He's really just with her because she rules the school. So when the queen bee gets taken down a peg after losing a dance battle with supposed cursed loser Lori, he doesn't see the need in keeping up appearances anymore. Tyler breaks things off with Tiffany, and heads straight to Lori—who he's been attracted to for some time now. Just as Tyler is about to kiss Lori on the dance floor, Lori's best friend, Megan (Suzanna Son), cuts in. Unlike Lori, she's been paying attention to the screams, the sudden disappearance of the Wolf Pack, and the glitching power lines. Instead of going to investigate with her best friend, she and Tyler head somewhere quiet where they can be alone together. The two find solace in the school's theater, backstage. Tyler wants to do more than just kissing, and Lori becomes hesitant, thinking things are moving faster than she'd like. She insists on going back to the prom, when Tyler gets abruptly stabbed in the head right before her eyes. After Tyler's death, Lori bolts precisely because her life depended on it. But she stops when she hears Megan's screams. She goes down to the basement, where her friend had just discovered the dead bodies of all the missing high schoolers and the school janitor. The two get trapped in the basement as the killer prepares to get them next. But after a close call, they make a narrow escape through a basement window—which winds up injuring Megan's hand. After surviving the near-death experience together, the besties run straight into prom to try and warn everyone else about what's going on. Just as she bursts through the doors of the gymnasium and runs into the crowd, the announcement is made that Lori Granger has won the title of Prom Queen. But instead of tears of joy, her face is running with tears from fear of the killer chasing her and Megan. She and Megan try to warn everyone, but nobody listens before the killer takes the lives of two more student, and amputates the principal. A whole fight scene ensues and Lori is once again close to the kiss of death when Megan comes to her rescue. Then, when Megan's life goes under threat, Lori uses her newly-garnered crown as a weapon and pierces the killer's eye. This is when they catch the killer, whose identity is then revealed as Dan Falconer (Chris Klein)—Tiffany's father, and teacher at Shadyside High. This comes as a shock to everyone. His reason for doing it? Dan says that his murderous rampage was all for Tiffany and his wife Nancy (Katherine Waterston), because he knew how badly they wanted to win the crown. His own wife then suggests that the school call the cops, and Dan is taken away in handcuffs. After the cops come, the dead bodies are taken away, injured people (including Megan) are taken to the hospital, and Nancy Falconer is told to hang back for questioning. This leaves Tiffany in shock and alone. When the police officers offer her a ride home, it's clear that she's still scared and in need of company, and Lori (who lives right across from her) volunteers to ride with her. In the car, we see what looks to be a change of heart in the mean girl. She apologizes to Lori, and says that the pressure from her parents to succeed and win is what got to her head. All is forgiven, and when the officers offer to keep Tiffany company, Tiffany tells Lori not to leave and the Shadyside Prom Queen decides to stay until Mrs. Falconer gets home. When Nancy Falconer gets home, the two teens are fast asleep in Tiffany's bedroom. But the sound of her climbing up the stairs wake them. She has a knife in hand, ready to finish what her husband started at the school. Both Lori and Tiffany run into another room to hide in a closet, and Tiffany goes into a scared rant which immediately shifts into a mischievous monologue. Tiffany then pulls out a small knife from behind her, and Lori quickly realizes that mother and daughter are on the same side. We find out that the real reason why they despise the Grangers, why Tiffany insists on bullying Lori, and why they want to kill her is because Lori's father (who was a handsome golden boy from uppity town Sunnyvale) left Nancy Falconer for Lori's mother Rosemary Granger. And while Rosemary (Joanne Boland) has been accused of killing the Sunnyvaler after getting her pregnant and supposedly leaving her, Nancy confesses that the truth: she had actually killed him. Just as Nancy comes in for the kill, Tiffany says she wants to do the honors. But Lori is able to gather all the strength she has to kick Tiffany of off her, which launches her arch nemesis flying down the stairwell where a falcon statue's sharp wing goes straight through her. Lori is then chased by the last Falconer standing, but she is able to grab a heavy trophy that knocks Nancy down to the ground. In the mid-credits, we see Nancy lying on the ground, bleeding from her head injury. And we see her blood pooling on the carpet forming the Witch's Mark (also known as the Devil's Mark). This is a reference to the rest of the Fear Street trilogy. It hints that Nancy is somehow connected to the Goode family, who made a deal with the devil to secure their status and the prosperity of Sunnyvale by sacrificing the lives of Shadysiders. If you want to learn more, you might want to watch the trilogy (or read through the original book series by R.L. Stine). And expect more Fear Street to come, because Netflix is set to release three more confirmed films to follow Prom Queen.
Tom's Guide
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
I just streamed Netflix's latest ‘Fear Street' movie expecting a killer time — but ‘Prom Queen' kinda forgot to bring the fear
As a horror fan first and foremost, I tend to be a little more critical when it comes to new scary flicks. The genre is so oversaturated these days (stories regurgitated like leftovers reheated one too many times) that it's a real challenge for movies to stand out. Unfortunately, that's exactly the case with 'Fear Street: Prom Queen,' a new Netflix horror movie about about a night that turns deadly as the prom queen candidates start dropping like flies. Coming in as the latest installment in the 'Fear Street' franchise, 'Prom Queen' had a lot riding on its back, especially since it's been four years since the original trilogy. The first three movies surprised me, and I enjoyed them quite a lot for managing to be entertaining without feeling shallow. Sadly, this new standalone sequel knows the dance but forgets the steps. 'Fear Street: Prom Queen' was one of my most anticipated Netflix releases this month, and I'm sure many viewers have been ready to dive into a chaotic, bloody prom night. I'm not here to say skip it outright, but if you want the lowdown before you add it to your watchlist, here are my honest thoughts. 'Fear Street: Prom Queen' marks the latest return to Shadyside in Netflix's horror franchise, drawing inspiration from R.L. Stine's 1992 novel. Set in 1988, the story follows Lori Granger (India Fowler), a quiet, ostracized teen whose name lands on the prom queen ballot alongside some of the school's most notorious girls. While the nomination should be cause for celebration, it only paints a bigger target on her back. Rumors have long swirled that Lori's mother murdered her father on prom night years ago, making her an easy punching bag for bullies. Leading the charge is the 'Wolf Pack,' a ruthless clique of popular girls commanded by the sharp-tongued and relentless Tiffany Falconer (Fina Strazza). Also in the mix is Christy Renault (Ariana Greenblatt), a rebellious drug dealer who doesn't care about popularity but winds up in the crosshairs anyway. As prom night arrives, the glitter and gowns give way to blood and chaos when a masked killer begins stalking the queen candidates. It's disappointing to say that 'Fear Street: Prom Queen' is easily the lowest-ranked movie in the franchise, and I already established that within the first five minutes. Not only do we get a lengthy voiceover from the main character, Lori, explaining every character we're about to meet, but those characters are instantly introduced with painfully stereotypical traits. And unfortunately, that made this a hard watch. Of course, in any high school setting, it's apparently a rule that you need a spiteful 'queen bee' and her loudmouth followers, a rebellious teen dealing drugs, and a quiet, shy girl with exactly one friend. So, yeah, absolutely no sign of actual personality anywhere. These traits feel like boxes being ticked, which makes it impossible to connect with anyone. 'Prom Queen,' in that respect, has the right vibes for a summer slasher but none of the right victims. Queen bee Tiffany exists solely to torment Lori, and it's made clear that she's under immense pressure to please her parents, which has presumably twisted her morals. Her group of friends are there to trail behind her and echo her cruelty. The only one with even a flicker of individuality is Melissa (Ella Rubin), who kind of grows a backbone later on. And then there's Lori, the final girl you're supposed to root for. But I honestly struggled to like her at all. She treats her best friend terribly the moment she becomes obsessed with finally winning prom queen, and things only get worse when she starts crushing on Tiffany's boyfriend, Tyler (David Iacono), just because he thanked her for some fries. Tiffany may be awful, but Lori trying to steal her boyfriend just feels gross. The only character who really stood out was Lori's friend, Megan (Suzanna Son), the one person with a clear head on her shoulders, and who genuinely cared about Lori despite being mistreated. She feels like the movie's most underused asset, reduced to little more than a vague nod at queer representation. The main cast are talented, but it's the source material that lets them down, giving us a group of characters that are incredibly unlikeable. I was hoping that, by the time I could overlook the characters, I'd at least enjoy the story and the creative flair the 'Fear Street' franchise is known for. But it also pains me to say that none of those aspects really delivered either. Some of the deaths were pretty brutal, including one involving guillotine paper cutters, but even those were dampened by cartoon-y sound effects and gore that felt more arts-and-crafts than artery-splitting. I know I've been pretty negative so far, so I do want to give credit to a couple of surprises I didn't expect (can't spoil them, of course). They show up in the final act and actually make the script feel a little richer. Still, these small surprises were not enough to maintain my interest since I came away disappointed. 'Fear Street: Prom Queen' could've been a bloody good time. It's at this point I'd usually tell you to go watch the movie I've just rambled about. But in this case, I'd suggest revisiting the original 'Fear Street' trilogy instead. 'Prom Queen' was, unfortunately, a letdown for me, and I imagine it might feel the same for fans of the first three movies who were genuinely excited to see another chapter in the universe. That said, if there's one thing that might redeem it, it's the nostalgia of classic summer slashers. The retro vibes and prop pieces absolutely give it that 'Fear Street' feel. Plus, anyone who is interested in the world's lore will probably find something to enjoy when unpacking the Easter eggs and hidden references. 'Fear Street: Prom Queen' is now streaming on Netflix, but expect a dull night at Shadyside. For more streaming recommendations, see what else is new on Netflix in May 2025.
Daily Mail
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals secret to successful Freddie Prinze Jr. marriage... but it's only for the wealthy
Sarah Michelle Geller and Freddie Prinze Jr. have been married since 2002, and are still going strong. So what is the secret to marital success? Apparently the answer has to do with having one's own personal space. The actress who was in Paris for Fashion Week in March, shared the secret on Thursday when she stopped by the Today studios for a chat with Jenna and Friends host Jenna Bush Hager and her guest host Tiffany Haddish. 'Separate bathrooms,' she state authoritatively to the astonished hosts. 'That's it? It's that simple?' Hager queried. 'It's that simple,' the Dexter: Original Sin star, 48, confirmed. Comedian Tiffany Haddish had a different idea, inspired by the golden age of television. 'See, I was thinking it was like the Lucy and Ricky thing [ from I Love Lucy] where you both had twin beds, and then when y'all want to get together, you push them together, and when you want to be apart, you push them apart,' she suggested. 'I had not thought of that,' the Wolf Pack star admitted, adding, 'that is actually a really good idea.' Geller and Prinze, 49, met on the set of 1999's I Know What You Did Last Summer, which is getting a reboot. The action star revealed on social media in November 2024 that she was with Prinze in Australia for production on the fright flick. A new trailer for the gory thriller was release on Tuesday. Geller's Helen Shivers was killed in the 90s film. Prinze, 49, reprises his role as Ray Bronson and Jennifer Love Hewitt, 46, returns as Julie James. The couple first met on the set of 1999's I Know What You Did Last Summer; seen here with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ryan Phillippe Geller also admitted the long awaited Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot was also in the works, but said she wasn't allowed to talk about any details. 'We won't do it until we know we're 100-percent ready and we're confident that we are giving you something that the audience is asking for, that's also original in its own right.' The rebooted Buffy will make it to the small screen sometime in 2026. The new I Know What You Did Last Summer debuts in theaters July 18.
Associated Press
31-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Grand Sierra Resort quietly seeks public financing, legislative help for basketball arena
When Alex Meruelo unveiled plans for a $1 billion expansion to his Grand Sierra Resort in Reno 18 months ago — including a $400 million state-of-the-art sports arena to house the Nevada men's basketball team — there was barely a mention of the financing. Meruelo compared his planned venue to the privately financed, $375 million T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and said the school was off the hook. 'One thing that I made sure that I said over and over again — this arena will not cost the university one dollar,' Meruelo said at the September 2023 announcement inside a Grand Sierra Resort night club that was attended by cheerleaders, Wolf Pack mascots, school President Brian Sandoval and Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve. Nobody asked whether Meruelo would seek public financing. A year later, it's clear the answer is 'yes.' Grand Sierra is seeking $97 million in public money from the City of Reno through tax increment financing (TIF). The financing could raise close to 10 percent of the overall arena costs and fund other development elements, including a new hotel tower and non-gaming enhancements such as a Top Golf-style driving range surrounding the existing resort. TIFs are a public funding mechanism that work by freezing property taxes in a given area, and then diverting property tax revenue generated from a new project back to the developer to pay for the construction costs. Proponents of TIF projects say they help reduce blight and fund infrastructure investments in areas that otherwise wouldn't be developed, but opponents say their structure can be overly opaque and keep tax dollars away from municipal governments, which still have to provide services to the region. Simultaneously, state lawmakers are considering legislation that would benefit the project by extending the timeline of TIF funding for the city's redevelopment plans. Lawmakers and project proponents have noted that no public funding will come from the state, which is facing financial headwinds as the federal government weighs possible funding cuts. But the plan is being opposed by a coalition of competing resort operators who don't believe TIF money should be used. The group, which includes owners of the Eldorado and Silver Legacy, Sparks Nugget and Peppermill, said the TIF funds are normally targeted at blighted areas to provide economic growth. '(Grand Sierra Resort) is clearly willing and able to pay the up-front construction costs,' Joshua Hicks, an attorney from McDonald Carano that is representing the group, wrote in a letter to the Reno City Council on March 11. 'It seems clear that the (Grand Sierra) intends to use TIF not for construction costs, but instead to offset ongoing operational costs. We do not believe this is an appropriate use of TIF under Nevada law.' In a statement provided to The Nevada Independent on Friday, Meruelo said his company has 'put forward a proposal that places all of the risk on the (Grand Sierra), which is why it's surprising the other local gaming operators are opposing this transformational development.' Meruelo said downtown Reno 'has enjoyed the benefits of TIF funded projects for the past 30 years,' including the 9,100-seat Greater Nevada Field, home to the Triple-A Reno Aces, and the National Bowling Stadium. 'While these facilities have provided substantial direct benefits to the downtown casinos, they have also burdened the City of Reno with large debts,' Meruelo said. In an interview Wednesday, Schieve said the initial discussions with Meruelo's group took place before the September 2023 announcement and the plans were 'very vague,' but her impression was that 'they were looking at certain economic development tools.' The mayor said she is requesting Grand Sierra representatives and the university make a full presentation to the city council on April 9 'on exactly what the project is. That needs to happen before we can move forward.' Developers said in October that the arena's construction was contingent on the Grand Sierra qualifying for the financing and would reduce future property taxes by $89.7 million. Andrew Diss, senior vice president for Meruelo Gaming, which operates the Grand Sierra and the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, questioned why there is opposition. 'We can't figure it out. In Vegas, there is a mentality that something built near the Strip, whether it's Allegiant Stadium or the Sphere, benefits everybody,' Diss said in an interview last week. 'We're building a 10,000-seat arena, and we only have 2,000 rooms at (Grand Sierra). So people coming in for concerts or anything else are going to be staying at all these other properties.' Diss said seeking public financing assistance had always been an option, especially for the arena component, which includes a public ice skating facility and a large parking structure. Hicks, speaking on behalf of the coalition, said in an email the properties were initially supportive of the arena plans but felt obligated to speak against it when they learned the extent of the public financing request. 'We feel strongly that redevelopment funds should be reserved for blighted areas in need of public assistance and should not be committed to areas that are already developed,' Hicks wrote. TIFs in Reno Use of TIF funding structures is common in Reno — projects funded through the public financing system have helped fund development of the baseball and bowling stadiums, the city's Locomotion Plaza in 2021 and the 7,000-seat Reno Events Center, which opened in 2005. Meanwhile, to address the funding mechanism's expiration in 2035, Sen. Edgar Flores (D-Las Vegas) is sponsoring SB401 on behalf of Meruelo Gaming. The redevelopment district that includes Grand Sierra was established in 2005, and under Nevada law, redevelopment district plans terminate after 30 years. The bill would extend the termination timeline for redevelopment plans affecting blighted areas from 30 to 50 years in the city of Reno. Flores said he probably wouldn't need to propose the law if the pandemic hadn't happened, leading to a slowdown in construction and longer development timelines, and the Grand Sierra Resort wasn't the only entity that reached out to him about extending the timeline. He stressed that the bill does not intend to provide state funds for the project. 'We just want to look at what was out there now and allow them to utilize the full breadth of its timeline,' he said. Though financial records show Flores received $3,500 from gaming industries, Meruelo did not donate to the senator. Schieve, who could eventually vote on the TIF issue as a Reno City Council member, said she hasn't seen the bill from Flores and the devil is in the details. But she believes she could support expanding the redevelopment period because developers lost a lot of time with the COVID-19 pandemic and housing shortage. Diss said extending the lifespan of TIF helps build projects such as Grand Sierra in phases. In addition to the arena, parking structure and ice skating venue, plans call for a new hotel tower to expand the nearly 2,000-room resort, condos for staff, a walkable promenade, driving range, fountain show and dining venues near the lake at the south entrance of the 150-acre property. 'You have to build a project like this in phases, and let's face it — tariffs are in place and structural changes, such as the cost of steel for the arena, have gone up 25 percent,' Diss said. 'In 10 years, we could be north of a billion dollars.' Schieve said she wants to ensure the project benefits the city and sparks economic development and tourism. 'TIF is one of our tools (and) we're certainly looking at (it),' she said. 'We need to stay competitive.' Diss said the bill 'needs to be approved in the next few weeks' because of the arena's construction timeline. Developers want the venue to be ready in fall 2027 for the start of the basketball season. Public financing in other venue projects The request by Grand Sierra Resorts isn't the first time public financing has been used on sports venues in Nevada. Public financing — about one-third of which was covered by Washoe County's car rental tax — helped build Greater Nevada Field in Reno. The managing partners of SK Baseball were Manhattan Capital Sports Fund executives Stuart Katzoff and Jerry Katzoff, but real estate developer Herb Simon put in $50 million in private money. Although Howard Hughes Corp. privately financed the $150 million Las Vegas Ballpark in Downtown Summerlin that houses the Las Vegas Aviators, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority helped with an $80 million naming rights agreement. The LVCVA is funded by hotel room taxes paid by visitors to Strip and downtown casinos. Two large stadiums in Las Vegas — the $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium and a planned $1.75 billion baseball park — were the subject of public funding bills during two legislative special sessions. Allegiant received $750 million in public financing during a 2016 special legislative session. In 2023, Major League Baseball's then-Oakland Athletics won approval from state lawmakers for a $380 million public financing package. Striking out in Phoenix This isn't the first time Meruelo has faced pushback on an arena he's tried to build. A few years ago, Meruelo failed to construct a hockey arena in Phoenix for the NHL's Arizona Coyotes, which he bought in 2019 for $300 million. In 2023, residents of Tempe, a Phoenix suburb, rejected a $2.1 billion entertainment district that would have included a 16,000-seat hockey arena. Meruelo sought other locations, including a portion of a 100-acre site in Scottsdale that was ultimately rejected by the city. The Coyotes played two seasons in the 4,600-seat Mullett Arena at Arizona State University before the NHL ordered the franchise sold in 2024 to a Utah group for $1.2 billion. The group moved the team to Salt Lake City. Meruelo is suing the Arizona Board of Regents to recover a $3.5 million security deposit paid to the school for use of the arena, saying the 'forced sale' of the team excused the franchise from the final year of its lease agreement. Challenging financial times The financing request comes amid unprecedented uncertainty about the state's budget status and as the City of Reno faces a $3.7 million shortfall in its $862 million annual budget. Alongside the financial uncertainty, Northern Nevada casino operators told the Reno City Council in the letter that it should not award any TIF funds to the Grand Sierra because using the financing mechanism for hotel-casino 'does not appear to be lawful' — it is designed to revitalize blighted areas that would otherwise remain stagnant. 'As many of these parcels are well-kept and only serve the resort and guests, there is little need for redevelopment in this area and thus little need for redevelopment funding support,' Hicks wrote. Diss said Grand Sierra began seeking TIF funding because the property is in an area of Reno designated as a redevelopment district. 'We weren't sure if we could do it all on our own,' Diss said. 'Nothing is getting cheaper. To do projects at this scale, (utilizing public financing) is the only way it pencils out that it will be successful.' He said the public financing would generate returns for the city — a theory supported by a Reno city government staff report. 'The city wants the arena built first because of the sales tax generation it will create,' Diss said.
Washington Post
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Nevada plays Fresno State in MWC Tournament
Fresno State Bulldogs (6-25, 2-18 MWC) vs. Nevada Wolf Pack (16-15, 8-12 MWC) Las Vegas; Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wolf Pack -12.5; over/under is 137.5 BOTTOM LINE: Nevada plays in the MWC Tournament against Fresno State. The Wolf Pack have gone 8-12 against MWC teams, with an 8-3 record in non-conference play. Nevada scores 72.3 points and has outscored opponents by 4.2 points per game.
