'Fear Street: Prom Queen' Review: Retro Netflix Slasher is Better Than 'Prom Night,' Worse Than 'Prom Night II'
We don't talk enough about Leigh Janiak's impressive "Fear Street" film trilogy, based the young adult horror novels by R.L. Stine. Four years ago Janiak unveiled, one week after another, three mostly-fantastic interconnected horror films inspired by different historical eras. The first was based on slasher movies from the 1990s. The second was based on slasher films from the 1980s. The third was based on folk horror . . . and also slasher movies from the 1990s. They all told a complete story with rich and fascinating characters. They were also scary as hell. The time has come - . . .