Film Review – Fear Street: Prom Queen

Four years ago, Netflix attempted an ambush in film releasing, generating three features based on the “Fear Street” book series, created by YA writing machine, R.L. Stine. The three movies were released over the course of three weeks, introducing viewers to time jumps and troubles in the towns of Sunnyvale and Shadyside. The horror offerings found their target audience of genre fans and teenagers, and the brand returns for a new era of terror in “Fear Street: Prom Queen,” which brings the story to 1988 to examine more adolescent nightmares in school and social relationships. The picture is a throwback to slasher entertainment of long ago, putting co-writer/director Matt Palmer in charge of bratty characters, plenty of bloodshed, and a soundtrack filled with hits of the era. “Prom Queen” isn’t a revelatory viewing experience, but as junk food entertainment for the small screen, Palmer tries to keep the effort gory and passably pained as it deals with a lot of personalities and motives in a short amount of time. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com