Review of Fear Street: 1978 (2021) by Chris Evangelista for Slashfilm — 07 Jul 2021
Fear Street Part 2 also thrives once it really gets going. There’s a certain rough patch at the start that the film thankfully shrugs off, eventually sucking us into its night-dark story of doomed youth.
A potential – and potentially questionable – romance that blooms between Ziggy and Nick Goode (Ted Sutherland), the boy destined to grow up and be sheriff, is charming in its clumsiness. A side character like punk rocker counselor Alice (Ryan Simpkins) seems annoying at first, only to blossom into someone we’re actively rooting for.
After two films, the real strength of Fear Street is in its characters, not its scares. No one is expendable meat here – but that doesn’t mean they won’t get ground up in the end.
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This review of Fear Street: 1978 (2021) was written by Chris Evangelista and published by Slashfilm on 07 July 2021.
Fear Street: 1978 has generally received positive reviews.
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