Fear Street: Prom Queen – Movie Review
First Reaction – Fear Street: Prom Queen is a fun, easy to watch slasher.
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Director: Matt Palmer
Writer: Matt Palmer, Donald McLeary (Screenplay)
Writer: R.L. Stine (Books)
Cast
- India Fowler (The Agency)
- Suzanna Son (Red Rocket)
- Fina Strazza (Above the Shadows)
- Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
- Lili Taylor (The Conjuring)
- Chris Klein (American Pie)
- Ariana Greenblatt (Love and Monsters)
Plot: When the “it” girls competing for prom queen at Shadyside High start to disappear, a gutsy outsider discovers she’s in for one hell of a prom night.
Runtime: 1 Hour 28 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Fear Street: Prom Queen starts when high school student Lori Granger (Fowler) prepares for her final prom. She is one of the candidates for prom queen against the ruthless students Tiffany (Strazza), Christy (Greenblatt), Debbie (Ablack), Melissa (Rubin) and Linda (O’Driscoll).
On the eve of the prom, one of the candidates is murdered by a masked killer. However, the prom continues to go ahead as planned, the students prepare for the big night. The killer continues to hunt down the candidates, but who is behind the mask?
Verdict on Fear Street: Prom Queen
Recap
The movie follows a high school preparing for the prom and one student facing her mother’s past to overcome the odds to win prom queen. However, a killer is on the loose, picking off the other candidates.
Best Parts
If you want an 80s feeling slasher with every trope of a slasher movie holds, this is the perfect movie for you. A masked killer is hunting down high school students, while the rest get on with life, nothing else is happening. It creates a mystery about who is behind the mask and their motivation. We get good performances from the whole cast throughout the movie.
Worst Parts
The painful stereotypes of high school students come through heavy here. While entertaining, it doesn’t offer too much different from most of the other slasher movies out there.
Final Thoughts –Fear Street: Prom Queen is an entertaining slasher.
