Matt Palmer’s 'Fear Street’ sequel revives the gnarliest parts of 1980s slasher movies — but leaves the bad parts in too

This article contains spoilers about “Fear Street: Prom Queen,” now streaming on Netflix. Growing up in the U.K., “Fear Street: Prom Queen” director and co-screenwriter Matt Palmer wasn’t too familiar with R.

Netflix 's "brutal" Fear Street sequel is now available to watch on the platform. Fear Street: Prom Queen follows on from the 2021 trilogy of movies, all based on the RL Stine books, and centres on a prom night in 1988 as a bloody murderer is on the loose.

Prom Queen, we wanted to take a look at the horror genre, and explore Netflix's rather limited list of titles. Here

Taking place, like its predecessors, in the hard-luck town of Shadyside, where murderous tragedy is a constant, and where everyone lives in the shadow of wealthy neighboring Sunnydale, Fear Street: Prom Queen is set in a Stranger Things version of 1988 awash in every decade-specific cliché imaginable.