Summary
- Fear Street: Prom Queen has been given an R rating by the MPA, exciting fans for the next installment.
- The movie will be set in 1988, featuring an “outsider” Prom Queen nominee and multiple student disappearances.
- Fans hope the film pays homage to classic horror tropes, leans into its ’80s setting, and embraces the R rating.
Netflix made R.L. Stine fans very happy when the Fear Street trilogy was released in 2021. After reading the horror author’s work as a kid and enjoying the Goosebumps TV show, I hoped for more movies and am thrilled that Fear Street: Prom Queen is up next. According to Bloody Disgusting, Fear Street: Prom Queen has been given an R rating by the MPA, and fans are excited that the fourth movie in the horror franchise is coming in 2025.
I’m intrigued by Fear Street: Prom Queen since this is a nostalgic setting for horror movie fans. The big dance inspires excitement and anticipation, and when there’s a killer on the scene, that’s going to
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Here’s What I Think Should Happen In R.L. Stine’s Fear Street: Prom Queen
Since Fear Street: Prom Queen has an R rating, I think there should be a high body count. According to Bloody Disgusting, this new entry in the horror franchise will be set in 1988 and feature an “outsider” who gets nominated to the Prom Queen court. As several students go missing, the main characters have to figure out how to stop the killer and, of course, not die themselves. It’s great that the next Fear Street movie is set in Shadyside as this creepy small town is the stuff of horror movie fans’ dreams. But without at least a handful of characters being killed, the movie isn’t going to be as frightening as it should be.
I also want to see some classic horror movie tropes that work well with the prom night setting. From Prom Night starring Jamie Lee Curtis to Stephen King’s beloved Carrie, which will be a TV show from Mike Flanagan, the horror genre has a long history of stories that take place during this exciting and memorable milestone. Carrie, for instance, uses the horror tropes Deadly Prank, Coming Of Age Story, Be Careful What You Wish For, and Adults Are Useless. I think these tropes could all be present in Fear Street: Prom Queen.
Most of all, it would be fun if Fear Street: Prom Queen paid homage to Carrie and featured a character playing a prank on someone else. It already has some shades of Stephen King’s classic teenage story Carrie since there are popular students and someone who doesn’t fit in. It’s hard to tell a scary story about high school students that doesn’t include this exploration of who’s popular and who isn’t, so it’s good to hear that this movie will feature those types of characters.
I also want Fear Street: Prom Queen to lean into its ’80s setting while sticking to the R rating. The movie should have fun fashion moments along with popular music from that decade. Although Fear Street would make a great TV show, I’m looking forward to seeing the fourth movie and think the ’80s setting will be fun and nostalgic.
What Did R.L. Stine Say About The Fear Street Movies?
Like Stephen King who often comments on the movie and TV adaptations of his brilliant and scary work, R.L. Stine has talked in several interviews about what he thinks of the Fear Street franchise. Stine has been positive about the Netflix movies. He also commented on the R rating of the first three Fear Street movies. Since he writes books aimed at young adult and pre-teen audiences, it’s definitely interesting that the Fear Street film adaptations have R ratings.
In an interview with Pop Culture Planet, Stine compared these movies to the adaptations of his beloved Goosebumps and said:
“It was a horrible shock to me. I shouldn’t say horrible, should I? I’ve never had anything R-rated before. Nothing. Even my life isn’t R-rated. [These films] were much scarier than Goosebumps and much more than Fear Street, but I was thrilled with the response. I mean each one of them made #1 on Netflix.”
In an interview with Salon.com, Stine mentioned the R rating again and said:
“it was kind of liberating for me to see I could get away with that. Because it never would occur to me to do that kind of a movie. Also, it helped that they were really well done. They were well directed and well written, and the young actors were all fabulous, and that helped a lot. But it sort of loosened me up a bit.”
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