Budget: Unknown
Directed By: Leigh Janiak
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This one was my favourite of the three movies. This is more like a straight up killer slasher flick. Again these movies seem like a vehicle for stranger things actors. Max actor Sadie Sink showing up in this one as a troubled teen
Ziggy Berman.
This one as the title would suggest is set in the 70s in a camp ground that seemed popular with kids back then. Though talking to American friends seem to have died off now. Again an adaptation of an R. L. Stein book in a series that follows a story about a potentially dangerous witch.
So this is the last time the killings happened (78), except this time its different to the past someone survived.
One of two sisters. This is who the survivors of the last movie go to, to get help with their current problem, the witch possessed girlfriend.
She's very reluctant obviously thinking they should just kill their friend and get away from her and the town. There's a few twists and turn here, Ziggy is accused of being the witch by the bullying town overs kids. They even attempt to set her on fire until she's saved by one of the counsellors.
She's the outcast always in trouble sister of course, her older sister being the good more popular one. Ziggy does make friends with a boy though (who ends up being the sheriff in the first and third films). They plat a few pranks on the other kids.
The movie is quick to get to the killing which is good in my eyes, it's initially the possessed boyfriend of the good sister. Then later on when they try to solve the problem some of the past killers start to turn up too.
There's two twists which I saw a mile off but it's a decent story so I won't spoil them. The future kids do glean some useful information from the story though. These lead into the 3rd movies plot and direction.
Fear Street 1978 is a decent slasher flick and maybe even with a few changes could be a stand alone story too. THN awards this movie a strong 3 out of 5 stars.
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