Fear Street Part One: 1994

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2021

1h 45m

Horror

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A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside.

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Critics Consensus

Fear Street Part One: 1994 kicks off the trilogy in promising fashion, honoring the source material with plenty of retro slasher appeal.

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Audience Consensus

It has more enthusiasm for its throwback setting than actual inspiration, but Fear Street's first installment does just enough to make slasher fans interested in its sequels.

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Samuel V

This movie is a bit odd. It attempts to be scary, but some scenes come off as bizarre rather than genuinely frightening. After watching it, I even looked it up online to see if it was supposed to be a horror-comedy, but apparently not. Despite this, I'd still recommend giving the sequels a try. They improve on things.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/20/24

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Alec C

Prepare yourself for a new trilogy bound to inspire some chills! In the town of Shadyside, a group of teenagers find themselves targeted by a dangerous curse that has plagued their town for centuries, spurring them to fight back and discover the cause of the curse. Honoring the traditional thrillers of old, we are thrust into a world of murder and mystery, with some quirky moments of levity in-between!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/18/24

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Leandro T

Great story and one of my favorite slasher movies. It had its fair share of blood and gore, but had a good message and Is a great movie. iD RECOMMEND IT

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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xavier e

THIS MOVIE WAS AWESOME. This movie is fantastic, the story was great and so were the characters. I'm going to go use my bread cutter now.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/27/23

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Lloyd S

Very awful vfx, the head of the girl turned into a cake. Can't be seen in a movie in 2021!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/18/23

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Elliott H

One of my favorite horror movies of all time. I thought it was better than the New Nightmare on Elm Street or Jason movies. It has a good amount of suspense and violence. Really good writing and the acting is amazing. If you don't like gore, this horror movie isn't for you. Some horror films try and scare the audience while avoiding gore. And those movies are cool, just not my favorite. I love all the Evil Dead movies and shows. So this series is just a more serious and scary version of the Evil Dead stuff.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/22/23

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Leigh Janiak

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Kiana Madeira

Deena

Olivia Welch

Samantha Fraser

Benjamin Flores Jr.

Josh

Gillian Jacobs

C. Berman

Fred Hechinger

Simon

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Deena and Sam's romance is a push-pull between two paper-thin characters whose relationship never gains the contours that make you care about its survival.

Jul 30, 2021

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

1994 leans very much on recognizable nostalgia to build a sense of place-hell, the movie opens at a mall!-before getting into the bloody business at hand.

Jul 24, 2021

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Autostraddle

This easy-to-swallow conceit lets Fear Street gleefully, bloodily romp around, channeling the "trashy low-brow horror" of the mass market paperbacks it honors.

Jul 16, 2021

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Lindsey Romain

Nerdist

The young cast is excellent. The lore points and witchy nursery rhyme hint at more twisted fun to come. And Janiak’s eye for crisp horror keeps things refreshingly propulsive and infinitely surprising.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 14, 2024

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Jennifer Bisset

CNET

If you're looking to get more into horror, or even introduce your older teens to the genre (and I mean 15/16 plus – there are some over-the-pants action and sex scenes, which are just not fun to watch as a family), I really recommend these movies...

Mar 31, 2023

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Aaron Phillips

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Fear Street Part 1 encapsulates what made 90s thriller movies so popular.

Rated: 9/10

Jan 16, 2023

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Synopsis

A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside.

Director: Leigh Janiak
Producer: Kori Adelson, Yvonne M. Bernard, Timothy M. Bourne, Leigh Janiak
Screenwriter: Phil Graziadei, Leigh Janiak
Production Co: Chernin Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Drug Content|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 2, 2021
Runtime: 1h 45m

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