Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-05-25 (Sunday)

On May 26, 2025 at 8:26:27 PM PDT, "Arthur Lipscomb"
<arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 5/26/2025 7:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

 On May 26, 2025 at 7:17:57 PM PDT, "Arthur Lipscomb"
 <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
 

 On 5/26/2025 6:52 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

   On May 26, 2025 at 8:38:38 AM PDT, "Dimensional Traveler"
 <dtravel@sonic.net>
   wrote:
  

   What Did You Watch?

  
   I watched FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN on the Netflix.

 
 Does it tie into the first three movies or is it standalone?  I've been
 on the fence about watching this.  I *almost* started watching it a few
 minutes ago before settling on a different movie.

 
 Well, the fact that there are three previous movies is news to me. This one
 doesn't seem to be tied to anything else. There were no scenes or characters
 that seemed like they were referencing something else.
 

The original trilogy came out in July 2021:
 
"Fear Street Part One: 1994" then "Fear Street Part Two: 1978" then
"Fear Street Part Three: 1666."  I don't remember the plots, but I'm
pretty sure I liked all three of them.  And even though each movie went
back earlier and earlier in time, they all tied together in a clever
way.  You actually do have to watch them in reverse chronological order
for them to make sense.  But because I can't remember anything about the
actual plots, I'm reluctant to dive in the latest one if it's not
standalone.  If it *is* standalone, why is it also called "Fear Street"? :-/

I read somewhere--- maybe IMDb?-- that the Fear Street moniker is in reference
to a series of books by R.L. Stine, the GOOSEBUMPS author. If that's the case,
the movie could be a completely different standalone story, just based on one
of the books.