And the story of the witch is a campfire tale around the compound, so there’s a bit of an urban-legend-come-to-life vibe to it, too. Of course, the camp setting draws obvious comparisons to the Friday the 13th movies, but there’s also just as much Carrie and The Shining in there as well. Although it does lean heavily on its late-seventies/early-eighties influences, it avoids becoming a complete tribute like its predecessor. Since the possession element is known from the beginning, Fear Street Part 2: 1978 isn’t as much as a straight slasher as one might expect from watching Fear Street Part 1: 1994. It’s very much reminiscent of the gateway horror movies of the early eighties. Stine’s Fear Street series so much as it captures its overall spirit. Also again, the movie doesn’t really follow any specific one of the books in writer R.L. Once again, director Leigh Janiak wrote the screenplay for Fear Street Part 2: 1978 with her writing partner Phil Graziadei, this time with help from Lights Out producer Zak Olkewicz.

( Fear Street Part 2: 1978, theatrical release poster, courtesy Netflix) Her story is similar to theirs, and as she tells them of the possessed killer who stalked and slaughtered her friends at Camp Nightwing, the resourceful kids hunt for clues that might help them break the curse and save their town. It begins with the surviving kids from Fear Street Part 1: 1994 tracking down the survivor from a 1978 camp massacre and getting the story of her ordeal.

The fun continues this week with Fear Street Part 2: 1978.įear Street Part 2: 1978 takes place in, you guessed it, the year of 1978. Stine’s Fear Street trilogy kicked off on Netflix with Fear Street Part 1: 1994, an enjoyable little nineties homage slasher. Stine Fear Street books and directed by Leigh Janiak. James Jay Edwards reviews Fear Street Part 2: 1978, a teen horror film series inspired by the R.L.

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