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Fear Street: 1978 (2021)
Take It or Leave It
Mostly everyone can agree: better than the first but is not breaking any new horror movie boundaries.
The villain in this movie was plain. A guy with an axe is as generic as you can get when it comes to horror movies bad guys. No where near as memorable as other slasher film stars like Jason Voorhees nor Michael Myers because Tommy Slater just doesn't have the "it" factor. You can argue that it's hard to create new horrifying movie icons after so many popular films before it, but Tommy Slater is as default as you can get. Surely if they can come up with an elaborate plot about a witch, they can give their villain a little more depth. I really don't know why I'm getting so passionate about this lmao.
Though entertaining, I still found myself thinking of how a large portion of the film reminded me of other movies. Not to say that's entirely bad, but to say I wish it drifted from that pit of references.
I liked the soundtrack, I liked the acting more than the first, but, like the title suggests, you can really take it or leave it.
Fear Street: 1994 (2021)
Background Noise To Listen To While Doing Your Laundry
It's easy to criticize the worst of this movie.
At its worst, the characters aren't memorable or likable, there are plenty of plot holes, and they fall so short when trying to get it seem like it takes place in the 1990s.
It's hard to root for main character Deena when she's aggressive and constantly yelling. Deena seemed not to have the right personality for main character. Viewers often like characters who are relatable, who have a backbone, who grow throughout the film, but none of these traits are represented in her. Her character didn't seem to have much depth other than being annoyed.
Even as a person who enjoys 90s music, the soundtrack seemed forceful. It was almost as if they were playing songs back to back to just remind you that it took place in 1994. There were good songs that played, but they weren't used just right. I think we all wanted an epic ending scene with the teens vs. The villains with a 90s pop song playing in the background as they fight to the death. Dreamers we must be.
The best of it was the beginning scene, which unfortunately set up the expectations for the movie too high. Also can't complain about how overall the movie looked well made.
They tried hard for this movie to be like of one the greats, yet they missed the mark. Personally I don't think I'll be watching it again any time soon, but it's a neutral pick for background noise while doing your laundry or something because it's not that interesting but at least it's there.