After the success of the Fear Street trilogy in 2021, it's been a surprisingly long wait for more installments in the franchise. The nostalgia train is still chugging steadily down its tracks, and the horror genre has seen an immense resurgence into the mainstream in the past couple of years, with slashers seemingly hitting that sweet spot of the perfect blend of reminiscence and gore. If they wanted to, they could keep turning out Fear Street movies as frequently as literary legend R.L. Stine does the books they're based on, and people would watch and enjoy them. Even in the hands of a different writer and director this time, there is something substantive about this series that gives the audience what they want. It may not be original or particularly imaginative, but it hits all the right beats, and easily has the potential to be the Friday the 13th of a new generation, spanning dozens of movies and seeing where the core story could take them.
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