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Fear Street: 19782021

Name: Fear Street: 1978
Genre: Slasher, Witchcraft & Occult, Supernatural, Folk Horror
Released: 2021-07-08
Rating: 6.8

“Find the truth.”

Directed by Leigh Janiak

6.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.7Rotten Tomatoes 88%Metacritic 61TMDB 7.2

✍ Review

On the charts

#5·Top Horror Movies of 2021

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Year

2021

Runtime

111 min

Box Office

Budget

$10,000,000

🏆 1 win & 3 nominations total

The premise

In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.

Horror Vault's take

Set against the sun-scorched backdrop of Camp Nightwing in 1978, this middle chapter of the Fear Street trilogy digs deeper into the generational curse haunting Shadyside. When something sinister awakens among the campers, old rivalries between the town's haves and have-nots are suddenly the least of everyone's problems. Two sisters find themselves at the heart of the chaos, forced to confront a darkness far older than any campfire legend. It's a blood-soaked love letter to slasher cinema that earns every scare.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Intense Peril Involving Teens, Jump Scares