Thursday, 5 August 2021

VOD: Fear Street 1666 (aka Fear Street Part 3 - 1666) (dir: Leigh Janiak, 2021)

"We need a Plan B right now!"
"No - we just need more Plan A!"

The trilogy-closer of Netflix's brave three-successive-weeks release pattern pays off well, but this final film is very much a game of two halves.  The first half of the film takes us back to the origin of the Shadyside Curse in 1666 and is perhaps less successful, playing like a weak teen drama version of the era, but the rip-roaring finale that brings everything from the three time periods together is a relentless blast of daft slasher fun that just about hangs together in a satisfying way.  This Fear Street trilogy has handled its plotting and the different filmic time settings efficiently overall, and for horror fans it has delivered well on the throwback entertainment front.


 

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