I remember being a preteen and reading the Fear Street books. They blew my mind at the time. They were so much more violent then Goosebumps, so much darker. The heroes almost never won. In Goosebumps, yeah you could get the bad ending but most of the time the bad guy lost. In Fear Street the evil almost always won. Most kids I knew read Goosebumps but it almost felt like a secret club of us read Fear Street.
@@famousthaneus9810 I remember a friend at school lent me her copy of 99 Fear Street #1. I had never heard of the series before that. After that I went to my library and got as many as the library would lend me. They blew my mind at the time.
"A training bra for Stephen King" 🤣🤣 As someone who started with Goosebumps, moved to Fear Street, and then became a Constant Reader, the lie detector test determined you are telling the truth.
I was ready for them to find a way to save her or make it so she comes back... but no, she got shoved into that thing and STAYED dead. Props to the series for not copping out
As someone who grew up reading these books. They were always more violent and for an older audience than Goosebumps was. Netflix just took that to the next level and went full R-rated with it.
Which I do not mind lol. I too grew up on Fear Street and not Goosebumps because I was older. People don’t get that just because it’s R.L. Stine doesn’t mean it’s not going to be gory. True fear street readers get it like yourself
If I remember the Fear Street novels were actually that if you ever get a chance reread the trilogy that started the curse in the first place because holy crap the eighties and nineties were a different time man..
I was an avid fan of the Fear Street series in my youth, but I never found anyone else familiar with it-even after Goosebumps gained widespread popularity. It’s strange hearing people suddenly talking about it. In any case, yes, the books were unapologetically violent-one of this reasons I loved reading them as a 13-year-old. From what I gather from the movie reviews, it sounds like the adaptation toned down the violence, if anything.
I loved reading the Fear Street books when I was a teen back in the 90's. The great thing about them, was everyone who lived on Fear Street were crazy. Also, identity politics didn't matter back then. I'm sure that will change now. Christopher Pike teen books were the other books I read.
Yes… definitely had all the fear street books- like book shelf after bookshelf in my house. Loved Christopher Pike. I’d read them so fast and it got to the point where my mom stopped buying them and made me go to the library because I’d read like a book a day. 😂
I watched this last night and I was intrigued. I had almost all the R.L Stein and Sweet Valley High books as a youth so this was nostalgic for me ☺️. I can’t wait to watch 1978 tonight.
i enjoyed the 1978 more than 1994 but it's still a good slasher film. I hope the 1666 will have the same vibe like The witch (2015) film, i know it's not a slasher genre film but at least it will give us something new and a way more darker tone of the story.
Middle school me used to live for Fear Street. I had fun with Goosebumps, but after my first Fear Street book there was no going back. I was so scared after each one and told myself I wouldn’t read any more. It wasn’t long before I was back on my bullshit and reading the next one though 😂
Something I dont see a lot of people commenting on is the editing in 1978, when the guy is using the axe to break down the door, the editing and filming is a lot like Kubrick's Shining
As much as I love and adore "Carrie", nothing shook me to my ultimate core like the Fear Street series did. 😱 I don't remember what the specific book was called, and I don't think I ever finished it either, because the first few pages just traumatized me so much, but it had something to do with a girl being in love with a seemingly perfect boy, believing wholeheartedly that he returned her feelings, and when she gets accused of being a witch one day, he turns on her, and... idk, just the way it was told, it was so impactful, because at the time, I just watched nothing but Disney movies and lived and breathed happy endings. It blew my mind to realize that not everyone... is what they appear to be, probably what may have been the very beginning to my trust issues I struggle with to this day. 😅 Like the idea of a loved one, someone you trusted completely, being so unbelievably cruel to you for no reason at all just made me sick to my stomach. 🤢 Getting PTSD flashbacks, just thinking about it, tbh. *shivers* 🤕
I wouldn’t be a rapper today if wasn’t for R.L. Stein. I read goosebumps as a kid which led to me writing short scary stories for class in elementary. Which read to lyricism as a pre teen til today! He’s my fave author of all time
"Oh teenagers and takes place in the past" - Oh that's Stranger Things.. how did I know, that seems to be every critic's answer for anything that takes place in the past and has teenagers, sure it doesn't help that one of the actors is in stranger things
LOL Josh wasn't a creep, he was literally the expository through line to give everyone vital information. They just put the whole guise of nerd on him, but remember, its 1994. Nowadays we all have information literally at our finger tips (Smartphones). Josh was just ahead of the curve.
I used to love fear street, I think I've read this whole series more than a few times. And watching this trailer I was so excited like oh boy, it's on lol then when I watched the movies I was like, wtf lol this definitely ain't your mother's fear street lol but I'm gonna keep watching, it's good!!
I read the Fear Street books and these movies are definitely following suit. Fear Street books were more mature, had more blood and gore. People see R.L. Stine and immediately think goosebumps and expect it to be kiddy horror or just a spooky story but if you read Fear street you know he’s more of a horror writer than what was represented in Goosebumps.
6:41. Goosebumps books were the only books I liked to read as a kid. I read over 30 of them. I was sick and tired of the boring books they made us read in school 😭
when martin said "when they got hired" about the killers, i just thought of a really cool 'horror' movie where killers try to outkill each other to get hired to be killers of a town...does that exist??
Corey really loves spinning these counter-factual narratives doesn't he. R.L. Stine had already published more than a dozen Fear Street books before even starting Goosebumps.
I loved Fear Street and read the Fear Street Saga. So many of his books made up my childhood. I started with Goosebumps, but when I read Fear Street, I loved the cliffhanger endings for him
There’s strong language, sexual situations and graphic violence. But, at the end of the day, these movies feel like an extended episode of Goosebumps covered in a gritty exterior. Not bad, but definitely was not impressed.
I think I had like 60 titles including the Fear Street cheerleaders trilogy and the first Fear Street saga trilogy, which these films borrow alot of the content from. Def the most brutal books in the series as well.
As someone who is easily squeamish, I found the excess violence endearing and even somewhat humorous because the films did not take itself too seriously. It's not like watching the Hatchet movies.
I turned off FS 1994 when they started doing the annoying back to back playlist shit. Netflix 80s/90s nostalgia shows feel artificial and cliché, they cater to the expected millennial/post millennial fetishized superficial aspects of those decades' aesthetic, but they forget about real details of everyday things, from something as basic as hair styles, to the subtextual socio-political issues and how they affect people's identity. In a way Netflix's retro 80s/90s aesthetic is its own genre, "late 20th century exaggerated fetish." Like That 70's Show it feels like a gag, instead or an earnest attempt at depicting a period.
🎯 I wish I could infinitely like this comment. After the first 10 minutes I legit made predictions on what artists would start playing throughout the episode, and got a couple right. That said.... I'm such a vintage pop culture junkie I don't care if its cheap or well done lol. If it's fun I'm into it 😄😄 And I think That 70s Show did a good job of telling funny adolescent sitcom stories without banking purely on cheap nostalgia.
Completely agreed. It's the equivalent of playing a gong every time you cut to China. Netflix knows 90's nostalgia the same way conservatives think the 1950's was all about diners and Elvis.
I will agree with you for Fear Street 1994, but Stranger Things is far superior in terms of attention to detail and doesn't heavily rely on period relevant hits.
@@Redscape_ yeah, my mom was commenting on how accurate the little stuff was, seeing products and popular dinner ware she had in her own house as a young adult. I’d rather just watch stuff from these eras than bad imitations, but apparently that one is at least close
I think it has to do with where they are getting it from . It seems like they are basing the 80s on 80s movies. Go back and watch some of those movies and they really are just filled with the most exaggerated version for the 80s.
Part 1 was a goody scream without the clever plot. Part 2 was Stine taking 30 years of pent up rage for kids who laughed at how silly his books were and let it rip. Had literally no plot. Oddly, I think part 2 should have aired first. It establishes more of the universe and it retcons several plot points.
I didn't read the books, but so far, 1978 is the best. The characters and story were much more fleshed out and the performances by Sadie Sink (who we already know is talented) and Emily Rudd elevated the movie further. 1994 was solid as well, but not as good. It should be interesting what 666 will be like.
So are they going to tell they story of Simon Fear and horrors he unleashed on the town and the curse surrounding the Fear name. I remember loving the first horror.
Yeah, the Fier Saga books were amazing, but they're doing a different story for the movies. There isn't even a "Fear Street" in the movies, just Shadyside in general.
Big thanks to Martin for offhand recommending American Horror Story 1984 in the stream. Never really been an R Murphy fan, but I watched me 5 episodes straight of that shit. Good call, sir.
@@twinmum01 Martin called Fear Street "AHS 1984 for dummies" and I have to agree. Never once felt any unintentional cringe, or my time being wasted in all 9 episodes. And since we seem to be recommending things that are similar but much better than Fear Street, look for the French teen-horror series Marianne on NetFlix.
I loved the Goosebumps books. When I was in school, I belonged to the Goosebumps club where you would get a set of three or four books and candy shaped like eyeballs, spiders, and things like that. I loved getting them every time then I moved up to Fear Street. My favorite Fear Street book is The Runaway and I read it like once a year. The first Goosebumps book is the first book I ever read in one day and I was really proud of myself back then lol. Oh to have the low bar of a fourth grader. My mom was a fourth grade teacher and she took some of the Goosebumps books I was going to donate and used them as prizes. Those things were like hotcakes!
I liked 1994 way better than 1978. It was a bit more believable and at least a few characters to root for, but all the kids in 1978 were annoying as fuck. And what kind of camp are they binding your wrists and tying you to a tree? What in the caucasian hell type of shit was that???
After watching all three, I really liked 1978 the most. It had great pacing throughout and the nod to Friday the 13th was so strong, I liked it better than the Friday the 13th remake. Sadie Sink was great, and fitted perfectly. It was distracting at first, but then all I saw was her character. Great job.
Thank you for reviewing these, Im absolutely loving the horror cheese! I grew up with R,L Stine and shows like Are you afraid of the dark. I love this shit!
You can't say it's for teens and adults shouldn't expect to be into this when it's rated R. It is for adults. In fact it's clearly for the adult audience that grew up with Fear Street.
This trilogy was GREAT for what it was - a campy horror saga that doesn’t take itself too seriously yet pays homage to the genre. I loved it; not sure bout the whole lesbian love story being the crux of it but it made sense within the context of the story. It was a great series nonetheless and a lot of fun …. Even tho the ending twist was fairly obvious
1978 my fav so far though I enjoyed both looking forward to 1666. For sure didn't get Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark vibe from this that movie was boring. I agree with Chris the Stephen King bullies were too much in 1978 they annoyed me. You can tell the many horror influences here. Which I liked. They definitely had nudity in the film. It wasn't egregious but there were quick glimpses. The soundtrack was dope for both films there was nothing about the cast that was on the nose none of the actors were known minus Mya Hawke & Sadie Sink. Martin such a drip swear I feel sometimes him & Korey just too old to be doing some of these reviews
I don’t understand why the Fear Street movies weren’t released to theaters after movie theaters reopened with less restrictions. A Quiet Place 2 and other movies were released on different dates after changed released dates.
probably cause there are 3 and i dont know how that would work unless they released them months apart? It makes sense for netflix since it was cool having them a week after each other.
I used to read Fear Street and Ghost of Fearstreet which was aimed at younger audiences. The one I remember most was one about these vampires at the beach and this one GOFS book about a girl who turns into a werecat
Always, and I MEAN ALWAYS, remember slasher films mean stupid people making stupid decisions, everyone wants to dance with the devil UNTIL the devil shows up, now they want to run. I like it.
The 1994 one is literally adhd personification. I LOVE the music. But can you play a whole song, movie?? Two seconds in and they change the music. Over and over. Ugh. And the dumb, you had an effective weapon, so drop it and run away cliche! I might finish that craptastic movie, eventually. Maybe I’ll give the second one a watch.
I mean those attributes are pillars to the genre. I didn’t really love it either, but for those reasons you listed just come with the territory. Cheesy cinema!
As far as I understand from others (I never read book series myself) they were kinda like Dark Shadows with this greedy centuries old war between aristocratic bloodlines. This one is more like It-remake on steroids and I prefer it that way.
I enjoyed both parts so far, but man I was frustrated as hell with the decisions that these characters were making. I think I said "run bitch" about 5 or 6 times in the 1978 part.
I'm always kind of impressed with movies willing to put teens in peril and kinda act their age. That bread slice kill in 94 was certainly a stand out moment for me.
The main thing I disagree with is the comparison to Stranger Things. The two properties have like nothing in common and I wish people would stop calling everything in the past with teenagers Stranger Things lol. Oh, and that it’s Goosebumps (bc it’s not!) But I’m glad you had fun watching!!
I remember being a preteen and reading the Fear Street books. They blew my mind at the time. They were so much more violent then Goosebumps, so much darker. The heroes almost never won. In Goosebumps, yeah you could get the bad ending but most of the time the bad guy lost. In Fear Street the evil almost always won.
Most kids I knew read Goosebumps but it almost felt like a secret club of us read Fear Street.
I think I read maybe 3 or 4 Goosebumps books before I came across Fear Street in my school’s library. Never looked back after that
@@famousthaneus9810 I remember a friend at school lent me her copy of 99 Fear Street #1. I had never heard of the series before that. After that I went to my library and got as many as the library would lend me. They blew my mind at the time.
For me, it was like accessing a new treasure trove. I remember thinking to myself “WHERE HAVE THESE BEEN ALL MY LIFE???”
I never heard of Fearstreet until now. Sounds like I really missed out.
@@Argos-xb8ek Fear Street was more violent then Goosebumps but that's what made it fun. RL Stine really hated teens.
This movie is when RL Stine said hold my beer to Stephen king
As a fan of both authors, I lived.
@Rik Michael That cocaine and alcohol from the past caught back up with him
"A training bra for Stephen King" 🤣🤣
As someone who started with Goosebumps, moved to Fear Street, and then became a Constant Reader, the lie detector test determined you are telling the truth.
Lol, yes. Went right from Stine to King and Koontz.
I am absolutely OBSESSED with these movies right now. Especially 1978. They're very heavy handed but also a ton of fun.
Cool!! I am going to watch it now!!
It came out of nowhere and is nostalgic as crack, it’s candy. Eat it and forget it
Facts.
phew good thing it didnt add 80s
got tired of 80s
Any movie that book ends itself with the Nirvana and Bowie version of Man Who Sold the World is cool with me.
That bread slicer kill from 1994...HOLY SHIT MAN! To quote Dead Meat, thats the golden chainsaw of this series so far
Yeah, that shit was insane. Got to give them props for the visual effects.
I was ready for them to find a way to save her or make it so she comes back... but no, she got shoved into that thing and STAYED dead. Props to the series for not copping out
This is what happens when you take a typical slasher movie like scream or Friday the 13th with a Steven king/RL stine twist and that's awesome
Scream is not typical lol. It's meta style has been copied a thousand times but it's innovative as hell and revitalized the genre.
@@tellemstevedave5559 altho wes cravens new nightmare served as its precursor
Not the kids coming in and calling horror classics "typical"
As someone who grew up reading these books. They were always more violent and for an older audience than Goosebumps was.
Netflix just took that to the next level and went full R-rated with it.
Which I do not mind lol. I too grew up on Fear Street and not Goosebumps because I was older. People don’t get that just because it’s R.L. Stine doesn’t mean it’s not going to be gory. True fear street readers get it like yourself
If I remember the Fear Street novels were actually that if you ever get a chance reread the trilogy that started the curse in the first place because holy crap the eighties and nineties were a different time man..
As someone who was too much of a wuss to read R.L Stine books I still think Fear Street movies are TONS better than Goosebumps
The Friday the 13th homage or tribute has become a genre in of itself in horror due to these anthology series
Shadyside sounded like a retirement community to me lol
I'm sure that whole town wishes they could live long enough to be in an retirement community
@@Solqueen86 So very true
I was an avid fan of the Fear Street series in my youth, but I never found anyone else familiar with it-even after Goosebumps gained widespread popularity. It’s strange hearing people suddenly talking about it.
In any case, yes, the books were unapologetically violent-one of this reasons I loved reading them as a 13-year-old. From what I gather from the movie reviews, it sounds like the adaptation toned down the violence, if anything.
I honestly enjoyed the movies. There is still violence present and the way some of the killings were executed well
The violence is toned down? Then I can't imagine what it's like in the books.
I loved 1994 except Deena. She got her friends killed and even almost got her little brother killed for Sam. Deena was just unlikeable.
Completely agree
Facts
No lies detected
when did her brother die?? He survived
Totally agree!!
I loved reading the Fear Street books when I was a teen back in the 90's. The great thing about them, was everyone who lived on Fear Street were crazy. Also, identity politics didn't matter back then. I'm sure that will change now. Christopher Pike teen books were the other books I read.
Loved Christopher Pike… especially the Last Vampire’ series!
That’s the other teens horror books from the 90’s good shot. I would read my sisters Christopher Pike books. They were awesome
I've been waiting for some Christopher Pike adaptations
@@nadirmuhammad9357 which one. He wrote alot of dark shit
Yes… definitely had all the fear street books- like book shelf after bookshelf in my house. Loved Christopher Pike. I’d read them so fast and it got to the point where my mom stopped buying them and made me go to the library because I’d read like a book a day. 😂
Kate really was "a cut above the rest."
That’s how you get a head in life It’s heady stuff
She was the 'best thing since Sliced Bread'
@@SaturnFrost too soon man 😥😥
@@Anthonydavis65 🤣
My favorite Fear Street books was the Fear Street Saga series.
Heather Jones same here, the sagas are sooo fun and creepy.
I watched this last night and I was intrigued. I had almost all the R.L Stein and Sweet Valley High books as a youth so this was nostalgic for me ☺️. I can’t wait to watch 1978 tonight.
i enjoyed the 1978 more than 1994 but it's still a good slasher film. I hope the 1666 will have the same vibe like The witch (2015) film, i know it's not a slasher genre film but at least it will give us something new and a way more darker tone of the story.
I like 1978 better too
Actually the saga books were a bit gruesome. So possibly of slasher scenes and stabbing will commence. I believe.
This man made Goosebumps??? Yeah I gotta watch these
Stick to reading the "On fear street books" they're much better
Middle school me used to live for Fear Street. I had fun with Goosebumps, but after my first Fear Street book there was no going back. I was so scared after each one and told myself I wouldn’t read any more. It wasn’t long before I was back on my bullshit and reading the next one though 😂
Something I dont see a lot of people commenting on is the editing in 1978, when the guy is using the axe to break down the door, the editing and filming is a lot like Kubrick's Shining
That obvious tho doesn't need to be pointed out it happens constantly in slashers and horror.
I pointed that out to my hubby that was a nod to The Shining.
Their instagram page actuslly specifically points it out which is partially what led to me watching it
I loved Fear Street when I was a teenager, the covers always caught my interest and the stories were always engaging and spooky.
Same here!
I'm not usually into slasher type movies. But I love that this has more supernatural and mystery elements. Fun films.
As much as I love and adore "Carrie", nothing shook me to my ultimate core like the Fear Street series did. 😱 I don't remember what the specific book was called, and I don't think I ever finished it either, because the first few pages just traumatized me so much, but it had something to do with a girl being in love with a seemingly perfect boy, believing wholeheartedly that he returned her feelings, and when she gets accused of being a witch one day, he turns on her, and... idk, just the way it was told, it was so impactful, because at the time, I just watched nothing but Disney movies and lived and breathed happy endings. It blew my mind to realize that not everyone... is what they appear to be, probably what may have been the very beginning to my trust issues I struggle with to this day. 😅 Like the idea of a loved one, someone you trusted completely, being so unbelievably cruel to you for no reason at all just made me sick to my stomach. 🤢 Getting PTSD flashbacks, just thinking about it, tbh. *shivers* 🤕
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I wouldn’t be a rapper today if wasn’t for R.L. Stein. I read goosebumps as a kid which led to me writing short scary stories for class in elementary. Which read to lyricism as a pre teen til today! He’s my fave author of all time
Cool
"Oh teenagers and takes place in the past" - Oh that's Stranger Things.. how did I know, that seems to be every critic's answer for anything that takes place in the past and has teenagers, sure it doesn't help that one of the actors is in stranger things
Well also the director is married to one of the directors of stranger things.
Well this show features two actresses from Stranger Things as well 😅
LOL Josh wasn't a creep, he was literally the expository through line to give everyone vital information. They just put the whole guise of nerd on him, but remember, its 1994. Nowadays we all have information literally at our finger tips (Smartphones). Josh was just ahead of the curve.
I used to love fear street, I think I've read this whole series more than a few times. And watching this trailer I was so excited like oh boy, it's on lol then when I watched the movies I was like, wtf lol this definitely ain't your mother's fear street lol but I'm gonna keep watching, it's good!!
I read the Fear Street books and these movies are definitely following suit. Fear Street books were more mature, had more blood and gore. People see R.L. Stine and immediately think goosebumps and expect it to be kiddy horror or just a spooky story but if you read Fear street you know he’s more of a horror writer than what was represented in Goosebumps.
6:41. Goosebumps books were the only books I liked to read as a kid. I read over 30 of them. I was sick and tired of the boring books they made us read in school 😭
They literally killed the Black and Asian kids in the SAME SCENE...
That was in the 2nd movie.
To be fair, I think they killed combinations of just about every ethnicity in the same scene in this trilogy LOL
I've never even heard of this series. Guess I was a Goosebumps kid... now I gotta watch
I was obsessed with the Fear Street books as a kid. The second movie is my favorite so far.
Teenager walking down the street
RL Stine: *ON SITE*
😂
Lmao 🤣.
Yea the 1994 had a nod to screen and the 1978 was a nod to jason.
when martin said "when they got hired" about the killers, i just thought of a really cool 'horror' movie where killers try to outkill each other to get hired to be killers of a town...does that exist??
It’s 1978* guys, but I’m looking forward to your review as always!
Corey really loves spinning these counter-factual narratives doesn't he. R.L. Stine had already published more than a dozen Fear Street books before even starting Goosebumps.
I loved Fear Street and read the Fear Street Saga. So many of his books made up my childhood. I started with Goosebumps, but when I read Fear Street, I loved the cliffhanger endings for him
Huh kids weren't always fine in Goosebumps
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There’s strong language, sexual situations and graphic violence. But, at the end of the day, these movies feel like an extended episode of Goosebumps covered in a gritty exterior. Not bad, but definitely was not impressed.
I think I had like 60 titles including the Fear Street cheerleaders trilogy and the first Fear Street saga trilogy, which these films borrow alot of the content from. Def the most brutal books in the series as well.
As someone who is easily squeamish, I found the excess violence endearing and even somewhat humorous because the films did not take itself too seriously. It's not like watching the Hatchet movies.
I turned off FS 1994 when they started doing the annoying back to back playlist shit. Netflix 80s/90s nostalgia shows feel artificial and cliché, they cater to the expected millennial/post millennial fetishized superficial aspects of those decades' aesthetic, but they forget about real details of everyday things, from something as basic as hair styles, to the subtextual socio-political issues and how they affect people's identity. In a way Netflix's retro 80s/90s aesthetic is its own genre, "late 20th century exaggerated fetish." Like That 70's Show it feels like a gag, instead or an earnest attempt at depicting a period.
🎯 I wish I could infinitely like this comment. After the first 10 minutes I legit made predictions on what artists would start playing throughout the episode, and got a couple right. That said.... I'm such a vintage pop culture junkie I don't care if its cheap or well done lol. If it's fun I'm into it 😄😄
And I think That 70s Show did a good job of telling funny adolescent sitcom stories without banking purely on cheap nostalgia.
Completely agreed. It's the equivalent of playing a gong every time you cut to China. Netflix knows 90's nostalgia the same way conservatives think the 1950's was all about diners and Elvis.
I will agree with you for Fear Street 1994, but Stranger Things is far superior in terms of attention to detail and doesn't heavily rely on period relevant hits.
@@Redscape_ yeah, my mom was commenting on how accurate the little stuff was, seeing products and popular dinner ware she had in her own house as a young adult. I’d rather just watch stuff from these eras than bad imitations, but apparently that one is at least close
I think it has to do with where they are getting it from . It seems like they are basing the 80s on 80s movies. Go back and watch some of those movies and they really are just filled with the most exaggerated version for the 80s.
Part 1 was a goody scream without the clever plot.
Part 2 was Stine taking 30 years of pent up rage for kids who laughed at how silly his books were and let it rip. Had literally no plot.
Oddly, I think part 2 should have aired first. It establishes more of the universe and it retcons several plot points.
I thought 2 had a good story but yeah maybe this should’ve came out before part 1
I didn't read the books, but so far, 1978 is the best.
The characters and story were much more fleshed out and the performances by Sadie Sink (who we already know is talented) and Emily Rudd elevated the movie further. 1994 was solid as well, but not as good.
It should be interesting what 666 will be like.
So are they going to tell they story of Simon Fear and horrors he unleashed on the town and the curse surrounding the Fear name. I remember loving the first horror.
Yeah, the Fier Saga books were amazing, but they're doing a different story for the movies. There isn't even a "Fear Street" in the movies, just Shadyside in general.
The first kid movie kill that shocked me was in Summer of 84.
The kills here were good but didn’t give me the shock like in Summer of 84.
that was an excellent movie in my opinion.
I knew they were gonna roast this joint Fear Street was good but I like the 2nd movie better.
The second was 🔥🔥🔥
I’m very happy the Fear Street movies are serious Rated R movies based on the R.L. Stine Fear Street books.
Big thanks to Martin for offhand recommending American Horror Story 1984 in the stream. Never really been an R Murphy fan, but I watched me 5 episodes straight of that shit. Good call, sir.
I love AHS - some seasons are better than others - but it's fun to watch them all to see the different actors in different roles through the seasons.
@@twinmum01 Martin called Fear Street "AHS 1984 for dummies" and I have to agree. Never once felt any unintentional cringe, or my time being wasted in all 9 episodes. And since we seem to be recommending things that are similar but much better than Fear Street, look for the French teen-horror series Marianne on NetFlix.
Oh and don't forget R.L. Stine also did The Haunting Hour which arguably had darker stories than Goosebumps despite being aimed at kids
So I'm watching it now, and I wasn't expecting something from RL Stine to be so.. mature
I loved the Goosebumps books. When I was in school, I belonged to the Goosebumps club where you would get a set of three or four books and candy shaped like eyeballs, spiders, and things like that. I loved getting them every time then I moved up to Fear Street. My favorite Fear Street book is The Runaway and I read it like once a year. The first Goosebumps book is the first book I ever read in one day and I was really proud of myself back then lol. Oh to have the low bar of a fourth grader.
My mom was a fourth grade teacher and she took some of the Goosebumps books I was going to donate and used them as prizes. Those things were like hotcakes!
I loooved the fear street books growing up. I still have mine.
Some of the kills here were high tier. The very definition of a high rental for me.
RL Stine vs Tim Burton vs Steven King whose greater at creating "gothic" horror meaning scary but entertaining.
King with The Dark Tower series. It's mostly a fantasy/Syfi story. But it has killer Lobsters 🦞that bite off fingers and toes.
I liked 1994 way better than 1978. It was a bit more believable and at least a few characters to root for, but all the kids in 1978 were annoying as fuck. And what kind of camp are they binding your wrists and tying you to a tree? What in the caucasian hell type of shit was that???
Martin:
"I had money on you😒, get up!"
@10:21
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Can’t wait for you to review Fear Street Part 3: 1666
Deena was the first female simp to every be portrayed in a movie
The second one better than the first one but the review better than both of them
Goosebumps was a huge part of my childhood.
The second one was good. The first one had to many unnecessary jump scares and sound effects.
The soundtrack also wouldn't shut up for the first half of 1994 either
@@briankaslewicz6130 def overkill
That scene with the two people having a romantic conversation while the killer was right outside makes sooo much more sense after watching 1666. Lol
Jurassic Park needs to take notes from 1978. KIDS NEED TO DIE WHEN THEY HAVE IT COMING😂😂😂
I still need to watch pt 2. They killed my favorite character in part 1 in a cool way though
Man I guess this the support group comment section for ppl pissed they favorite character gets killed in these movies
After watching all three, I really liked 1978 the most. It had great pacing throughout and the nod to Friday the 13th was so strong, I liked it better than the Friday the 13th remake. Sadie Sink was great, and fitted perfectly. It was distracting at first, but then all I saw was her character. Great job.
I remember my gma taking me to thrift store as a kid and I would buy goosebumps books for 50 cents
I thought 1994 was "meh" BUT 1978 really turned it around and 1666 was a little slow but the 2nd and 3rd act was great!👍
Thank you for reviewing these, Im absolutely loving the horror cheese! I grew up with R,L Stine and shows like Are you afraid of the dark. I love this shit!
You can't say it's for teens and adults shouldn't expect to be into this when it's rated R. It is for adults. In fact it's clearly for the adult audience that grew up with Fear Street.
The screen writer took his own liberties with the books... typical Hollywood. Not RL Stine fault for the crazy shit.
This trilogy was GREAT for what it was - a campy horror saga that doesn’t take itself too seriously yet pays homage to the genre. I loved it; not sure bout the whole lesbian love story being the crux of it but it made sense within the context of the story. It was a great series nonetheless and a lot of fun …. Even tho the ending twist was fairly obvious
I'm can't wait to hear what the music playlist for the 1666 movie lol 😆
1978 my fav so far though I enjoyed both looking forward to 1666. For sure didn't get Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark vibe from this that movie was boring. I agree with Chris the Stephen King bullies were too much in 1978 they annoyed me. You can tell the many horror influences here. Which I liked. They definitely had nudity in the film. It wasn't egregious but there were quick glimpses. The soundtrack was dope for both films there was nothing about the cast that was on the nose none of the actors were known minus Mya Hawke & Sadie Sink. Martin such a drip swear I feel sometimes him & Korey just too old to be doing some of these reviews
1978 was better than I expected. I kinda like it more than 1994
@@TheatricsOfTheAbsurd me too
I enjoyed the fear street movies. Hopefully the third one is good.
Yooooooo I literally just finished watching the last one 😭😭 the matrix glitching again
Damn I'm watching the first one right now and didn't know RL Stine wrote it. Glad he's still terrorizing people
I don’t understand why the Fear Street movies weren’t released to theaters after movie theaters reopened with less restrictions.
A Quiet Place 2 and other movies were released on different dates after changed released dates.
probably cause there are 3 and i dont know how that would work unless they released them months apart? It makes sense for netflix since it was cool having them a week after each other.
I used to read Fear Street and Ghost of Fearstreet which was aimed at younger audiences. The one I remember most was one about these vampires at the beach and this one GOFS book about a girl who turns into a werecat
I read that it's nothing like the books.
Always, and I MEAN ALWAYS, remember slasher films mean stupid people making stupid decisions, everyone wants to dance with the devil UNTIL the devil shows up, now they want to run. I like it.
I never even heard of fear street Before the movie.
I love these movies even though they are corny. I can’t wait for the third
I was mad when Ziggy got killed!
Bruh you not alone. I’m mad about 1994 but Heah makes you wanna watch the last one
@@TheatricsOfTheAbsurd Yeah I fell in love with her character.
Lmao oh yeah? Feeling better?
The 1994 one is literally adhd personification. I LOVE the music. But can you play a whole song, movie?? Two seconds in and they change the music. Over and over. Ugh. And the dumb, you had an effective weapon, so drop it and run away cliche! I might finish that craptastic movie, eventually. Maybe I’ll give the second one a watch.
I mean those attributes are pillars to the genre. I didn’t really love it either, but for those reasons you listed just come with the territory. Cheesy cinema!
As far as I understand from others (I never read book series myself) they were kinda like Dark Shadows with this greedy centuries old war between aristocratic bloodlines. This one is more like It-remake on steroids and I prefer it that way.
I enjoyed both parts so far, but man I was frustrated as hell with the decisions that these characters were making. I think I said "run bitch" about 5 or 6 times in the 1978 part.
1994 to much of a love story got on my nerves
For real. Like damn why y’all kill the cool kids like that
I'm always kind of impressed with movies willing to put teens in peril and kinda act their age. That bread slice kill in 94 was certainly a stand out moment for me.
"Rapport" is Juicy’s new favorite word!
1978 not 1987 😂 but I thought both of them were alright, nothing too special but enjoyable.
94 was like a 90s slasher 78 is like the 70s/80s.
23:41 the shows Just getting started 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
1978 > 1994
The main thing I disagree with is the comparison to Stranger Things. The two properties have like nothing in common and I wish people would stop calling everything in the past with teenagers Stranger Things lol. Oh, and that it’s Goosebumps (bc it’s not!) But I’m glad you had fun watching!!
I only watched the second one. It was straight up horrible. People lost their damn minds talking about these movies being good.
Watch part one so far and it was crap
I read like 35 Goosebumps books as a kid. I loved RL Stine. He was like the Stephen King for kids
So when is the Haunting Hour, Fear Street, Goosebumps crossover?