Synopsis
After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.
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Cast
- Kiana MadeiraDeena Johnson
- Olivia Scott WelchSamantha 'Sam' Fraser
- Benjamin Flores Jr.Josh Johnson
- Julia RehwaldKate Schmidt
- Fred HechingerSimon Kalivoda
- Ashley ZukermanSheriff Nick Goode
- Jordyn DiNataleRuby Lane
- Noah Bain GarretSkull Mask
- Lloyd PittsNightwing Killer
- Maya HawkeHeather Watkins
Recommendations
- 90
IGN
Fear Street Part 1: 1994 is a film rich with character, world-building, Easter eggs, and scares. Horror fans will be grinning over a visual allusion, then be pulled to the edge of their seat by this slaughter-packed adventure, then catch themselves screaming at a harrowingly portrayed murder. - 80
The Guardian
There’s real, seat-edge fun to be had here, the sort of fun that’s too often missing from modern horror. - 75
Slashfilm
Fear Street is like a big soup pot full of everything – there are shades of Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Stephen King’s It, Halloween, Friday the 13th, and more. Watching Fear Street brings back memories of wandering around musty video stores and browsing the HORROR section for the most lurid VHS box art you can find. There was something sacred about that experience, like going to church. - 75
New York Post
1994 plays more like television than a theatrical film. The more limited scope isn’t bothersome, though, because you can only watch it on your TV, after all, and two more films/episodes are soon on the way. - 69
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
While Janiak is able to easily tick off the hallmarks of the genre, and perhaps convince those actually alive in the nineties that the entire decade must have been backlit in aggressive neon, her film doesn’t quite scream (or Scream) out for two more films’ worth of context. - 60
Variety
“Fear Street” may look like countless horror movies that have come before, but it’s desperately trying to be original, and that may pay off in the two installments to come. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The dialogue can be clunky and easy to guess in advance, and there’s an unfortunate reliance on jump scares. The thing to remember is this is all part of a larger story, and without spoiling anything, that story does get significantly more interesting. - 58
IndieWire
If the Day-Glo antics of Fear Street Part 1: 1994 are as tonally insecure as its teenage characters and a bit too broad to get under your skin, rest assured that this overstuffed slasher cuts much deeper when it’s contextualized as the latest chapter of an American horror story that’s been in the telling for more than 300 years.
