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{{Infobox film
| name           = Fear Street: Part Three: 1666
| image          = Fear Street, Part Three - 1666 teaser poster.png
| alt            = 
| caption        = Release poster
| director       = [[Leigh Janiak]]
| screenplay     = {{plainlist|
* Phil Graziadei<ref name="Fear Street Trilogy_Collider">{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/fear-street-trilogy-trailer-rl-stine-netflix/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|title=First 'Fear Street' Trailer Reveals Netflix's Ambitious Horror Trilogy, Which Will Be Released This Summer|last=Santer|first=Kristen|date=May 19, 2021|access-date=May 19, 2021|archive-date=May 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519152004/https://collider.com/fear-street-trilogy-trailer-rl-stine-netflix/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Leigh Janiak]]
* [[Kate Trefry]]
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Fear Street]]''|[[R. L. Stine]]}}
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Peter Chernin]]
* [[Jenno Topping]]
* [[David Ready]]
* Kori Adelson
}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Kiana Madeira]]
* [[Ashley Zukerman]]
* [[Gillian Jacobs]]
* [[Olivia Scott Welch]]
* [[Benjamin Flores Jr.]]
* [[Darrell Britt-Gibson]]
}}
| cinematography = Caleb Heymann
| editing        = Rachel Goodlett Katz
| music          = {{plainlist|
* [[Marco Beltrami]]
* Anna Drubich
}}
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* [[20th Century Studios]]{{efn|Uncredited}}
* [[Chernin Entertainment]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Netflix]]
| released       = {{Film date|2021|7|14|Los Angeles|2021|7|16|United States}}
| runtime        = 114 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $10 million
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Fear Street Part Three: 1666''''' (titled onscreen as '''''Fear Street 1666''''' for its first half and '''''Fear Street 1994: Part 2''''' for its second half) is a 2021 American [[Supernatural film|supernatural]] [[historical drama|period]] [[horror film]] directed by [[Leigh Janiak]], who co-wrote the screenplay with Phil Graziadei and [[Kate Trefry]]. Based on the [[Fear Street|book series of the same name]] by [[R. L. Stine]], it is the third installment of the [[Fear Street (film series)|''Fear Street'' trilogy]] after ''[[Fear Street Part One: 1994|Part One: 1994]]'' and ''[[Fear Street Part Two: 1978|Part Two: 1978]]'', and stars [[Kiana Madeira]], [[Ashley Zukerman]], [[Gillian Jacobs]], [[Olivia Scott Welch]], [[Benjamin Flores Jr.]], and [[Darrell Britt-Gibson]]. The film follows the origins of Shadyside's curse in the mid-17th century and the survivors in 1994 who try to put an end to it.

Produced by [[Chernin Entertainment]], a film adaptation of ''Fear Street'' began development at [[20th Century Fox]] in 2015, with Janiak hired in 2017. Filming for the trilogy took place back-to-back from March to September 2019 in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], with the intention of a theatrical release in June 2020. However, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and the [[acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney]], Chernin Entertainment ended their distribution deal with 20th Century Studios and sold rights to [[Netflix]] in August 2020.

''Fear Street Part Three: 1666'' premiered at the [[Los Angeles State Historic Park]] on July 14, 2021, and was released by Netflix on July 16, 2021. It received generally positive reviews from critics. A fourth film, ''[[Fear Street: Prom Queen]]'', was released on May 23, 2025.

== Plot ==
===''1666''===
[[Fear Street Part Two: 1978|After reuniting the severed hand of Sarah Fier with the rest of her corpse]], Deena has a vision showing the events of 1666 from the perspective of Sarah Fier. She lives with her father, George Fier, and her younger brother, Henry Fier, in Union, the original settlement before it was divided into Shadyside and Sunnyvale.

One night, Sarah and her friends Hannah Miller and Lizzie meet a reclusive widow to gather potent berries for a party, where Sarah stumbles on a [[Grimoire|book]] of [[black magic]]. The three then join Isaac and Abigail Berman at the party, where Sarah and Hannah are harassed by Caleb. Sarah and Hannah run off and start kissing, unaware they are being watched by an unknown figure. The next day, the pastor, Cyrus Miller begins acting strangely, and the town's food and water supply have been poisoned. Sarah confides in Solomon Goode about her relationship with Hannah and wonders if she is responsible for the town's bad luck. The town then discovers that Cyrus has murdered twelve children in the meeting house, including Abigail's younger sister, Constance Berman and Sarah's brother Henry. Sarah is attacked by Cyrus, but he is killed by Solomon using a pitchfork. That night, a town meeting is held at which the townspeople decide that [[witchcraft]] is the cause of the recent events, and Caleb claims that Sarah and Hannah are the [[Witch hunt|witches]] responsible. Hannah is captured while Sarah escapes, and the town declares that Hannah will be executed at dawn.

Sarah sneaks into the meeting house where Hannah is confined, and the two profess their love. Sarah decides to retrieve the widow's book and use it to make a [[deal with the Devil]] to save Hannah, but she discovers that the book is missing and the widow has been murdered. She flees to Solomon's house and hides after he is ambushed by the townspeople that are looking for Sarah. While hiding, she finds tunnels under his house and discovers a ritual and the widow's book. Solomon reveals he took the book to [[the Devil]] after the loss of his wife and child, offering Cyrus to be [[Spirit possession|possessed]] in exchange for power and wealth. He offers to share it with Sarah, but she rejects his offer, and a fight ensues, with Sarah's hand being cut off in the struggle. Sarah escapes to the meeting house only to be captured by Solomon and the townspeople. At her and Hannah's execution, Sarah convinces the town to spare Hannah's life by proclaiming she is the witch and swears vengeance to Solomon before she is [[hanging|hanged]]. Later, Lizzie, Isaac, Hannah, and Abigail grieve Sarah and properly bury her body.

===''1994: Part 2''===
Back in 1994, Deena realises that the Goode family is responsible for the Shadyside curse, as the firstborn of each generation repeats the ritual begun by their pilgrim ancestor Solomon. Because of this, Sunnyvale has always prospered while Shadyside has become worse. Sheriff Nick Goode finds Deena and Josh, but the two escape in Nick's car and arrive at Ziggy's house. The trio deduces they must kill Nick to end the Shadyside curse. After they recruit the help of Martin, the mall janitor, the group devises a plan to lure Nick to the mall and set traps to have the Shadyside killers murder him.

The group manages to trap the killers, and Ziggy pours a bucket of Deena's blood over Nick, causing the killers to attack him. As Nick escapes into the tunnels, Deena and a possessed Sam follow him while the others fight off the killers. Sam attacks Deena, but she breaks Sam out of her possession temporarily before incapacitating her. Nick nearly kills Deena, but she exposes him to the pile of beating organs in the tunnel, which gives him visions of all of the killers' victims, causing him to go into a state of shock as he panics while the visions surround him. As he turns to flee, Deena kills Nick by stabbing him in the eye, causing the curse to cease and making the killers vanish.

Some time later, the Goode family is exposed for their actions, while life improves for the residents of Shadyside. Josh meets his online friend in person; Ziggy reunites with Nurse Lane; Kate, Simon, and Heather are commemorated by the school, and Deena and Sam have a picnic date at Sarah Fier's grave, naming her the first Shadysider.

In a [[Credit cookie|mid-credits scene]], an unknown person steals the widow's satanic book from the tunnels.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Kiana Madeira]] as Sarah Fier / Deena
** Elizabeth Scopel as "real" Sarah Fier
* [[Ashley Zukerman]] as Solomon Goode / Nick Goode
** Ted Sutherland as young Nick Goode
* [[Gillian Jacobs]] as adult Ziggy / C. Berman
** [[Sadie Sink]] as Constance / young Ziggy Berman
* [[Olivia Scott Welch]] as Hannah Miller / Samantha Fraser
* [[Benjamin Flores Jr.]] as Henry Fier / Josh
* [[Darrell Britt-Gibson]] as Martin
* [[Randy Havens]] as George Fier
* [[Julia Rehwald]] as Lizzie / Kate
* Matthew Zuk as Alderman Goode / Mayor Will Goode
* [[Fred Hechinger]] as Isaac / Simon
* Michael Chandler as "The Pastor" Cyrus Miller
* [[Emily Rudd]] as Abigail / Cindy Berman
* Lacey Camp as Grace Miller / Mrs. Fraser
* McCabe Slye as Mad Thomas / Tommy Slater
* [[Jordana Spiro]] as The Widow / Mrs. Lane
* Jeremy Ford as Caleb / Peter
* Jordyn DiNatale as Ruby Lane
* [[Mark Ashworth]] as Jakob Berman
* [[Ryan Simpkins]] as Alice
* Todd Allen Durkin as Officer Kapinski
}}

==Production==
On October 9, 2015, it was announced a film adaptation based on Stine's ''Fear Street'' book series was being developed by [[20th Century Studios]] (then known as 20th Century Fox before its [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition by Disney]]) and [[Chernin Entertainment]].<ref name="thewrap">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thewrap.com/goosebumps-author-r-l-stines-fear-street-books-headed-to-big-screen-exclusive/ |title='Goosebumps' Author R.L. Stine's 'Fear Street' Books Headed to Big Screen (Exclusive) |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=October 9, 2015 |website=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328042744/https://www.thewrap.com/goosebumps-author-r-l-stines-fear-street-books-headed-to-big-screen-exclusive/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On February 13, 2017, [[Kyle Killen]] was hired to write the script for the film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tracking-board.com/kyle-killen-to-write-r-l-stines-fear-street-movie-for-fox-chernin-exclusive/ |title=Kyle Killen to Write R.L. Stine's 'Fear Street' Movie for Fox, Chernin (Exclusive) |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |date=February 13, 2017 |website=The Tracking Board |access-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328031435/http://www.tracking-board.com/kyle-killen-to-write-r-l-stines-fear-street-movie-for-fox-chernin-exclusive/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In July, the project was announced as a trilogy, with Janiak set to direct and rewrite the scripts with her partner Phil Graziadei.<ref name="thr">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/fox-developing-rl-stines-fear-street-as-theatrical-movie-series-released-months-apart-1020909 |title=Fox Developing R.L. Stine's 'Fear Street' as Theatrical Movie Series Released Months Apart |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=July 13, 2017 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328031441/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/fox-developing-rl-stines-fear-street-as-theatrical-movie-series-released-months-apart-1020909 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/r-l-stine-fear-street-three-fox-movie-1202495348/ |title=R.L. Stine's 'Fear Street' in Development for Three Fox Movies |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |date=July 13, 2017 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328031516/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/r-l-stine-fear-street-three-fox-movie-1202495348/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The films would be set in different time periods and shot back-to-back, with the intention of releasing them one month apart.<ref name="thr"/>

In March 2019, filming began on the first film in [[Atlanta]] and [[East Point, Georgia]].<ref name="FloresJrCast">{{cite web |last=N'Duka |first=Amanda |title='Fear Street': Benjamin Flores, Jr. Joins Fox and Chernin Entertainment's R.L. Stine Adaptation |url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/fear-street-benjamin-flores-jr-fox-and-chernin-entertainment-r-l-stine-movie-1202574503/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=May 3, 2019 |date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327233614/https://deadline.com/2019/03/fear-street-benjamin-flores-jr-fox-and-chernin-entertainment-r-l-stine-movie-1202574503/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mynews/east-point/east-point-has-nothing-to-fear-but-fear-itself/85-37dd8b15-856d-49af-a388-019a0a2a74ee |title=East Point has nothing to fear but 'Fear' itself |last=Williams |first=Dorjan |date=March 13, 2019 |website=[[WXIA-TV]] |access-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628225213/https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mynews/east-point/east-point-has-nothing-to-fear-but-fear-itself/85-37dd8b15-856d-49af-a388-019a0a2a74ee |url-status=live}}</ref> Production also took place at [[Hard Labor Creek State Park]] in [[Rutledge, Georgia|Rutledge]] in August 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Walljasper |first=Matt |title=What's filming in Atlanta now? Coming 2 America, After We Collided, The Underground Railroad, and more |url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/whats-filming-in-atlanta-now-coming-2-america-after-we-collided-the-underground-railroad-and-more/ |magazine=[[Atlanta (magazine)|Atlanta]] |access-date=January 11, 2020 |date=August 29, 2019 |archive-date=January 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122121105/https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/whats-filming-in-atlanta-now-coming-2-america-after-we-collided-the-underground-railroad-and-more/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Filming on the trilogy wrapped in September 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ho |first=Rodney |title=Active Georgia TV/film productions drop to 35 vs. 42 in October 2018 |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/active-georgia-film-productions-drop-october-2018/3KRaFF4poYPF3ZEMzNhKPO/ |website=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |access-date=January 11, 2020 |date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111175547/https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/active-georgia-film-productions-drop-october-2018/3KRaFF4poYPF3ZEMzNhKPO/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Music==
{{Main|Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (soundtrack)}}

==Release==
The first film of the trilogy was scheduled to be released theatrically in June 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/horror/2019/01/25/fear-street-r-l-stine-alex-ross-perry/ |title='Fear Street' Movie Based on R.L. Stine Book Snags Director |last=Cavanaugh |first=Patrick |website=[[ComicBook.com]] |date=January 25, 2019 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=July 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719023416/https://comicbook.com/horror/2019/01/25/fear-street-r-l-stine-alex-ross-perry/ |url-status=live}}</ref> but was pulled from the schedule because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="Variety"/> In April 2020, Chernin Entertainment ended their distribution deal with 20th Century Studios and made a multi-year first-look deal with [[Netflix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/chernin-entertainment-netflix-sign-first-look-deal-for-film/|title=Chernin Entertainment, Netflix Sign First-Look Deal for Film|date=8 April 2020|website=[[TheWrap]]|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130060311/https://www.thewrap.com/chernin-entertainment-netflix-sign-first-look-deal-for-film/|url-status=live}}</ref> By August 2020, Netflix had acquired the distribution rights to the ''Fear Street Trilogy'' with a mid-2021 release date strategy for all three movies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/rl-stine-fear-street-movie-trilogy-netflix-chernin-entertainment-leigh-janiak-director-the-summer-of-fear-2021-1203010276/ |title=Will 2021 Be The Summer Of Fear? Netflix Eyes That Slot After Landing R.L. Stine 'Fear Street' Movie Trilogy From Disney & Chernin; Leigh Janiak Directed The Trio |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=August 11, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124164152/https://deadline.com/2020/08/rl-stine-fear-street-movie-trilogy-netflix-chernin-entertainment-leigh-janiak-director-the-summer-of-fear-2021-1203010276/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Variety">{{Cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/fear-street-netflix-r-l-stine-disney-1234732140/|title=Netflix Buys R.L. Stine's 'Fear Street' Trilogy From Disney|first=Dave|last=McNary|author-link=Dave McNary|date=August 11, 2020|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127155140/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/fear-street-netflix-r-l-stine-disney-1234732140/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Fear Street Part Three: 1666'' premiered at the [[Los Angeles State Historic Park]] on July 14, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fear Street Part Three: 1666 |url=https://streetfoodcinema.com/fear-street-part-3-1666/ |website=Street Food Cinema |date=July 6, 2021 |access-date=July 21, 2021 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723095958/https://streetfoodcinema.com/fear-street-part-3-1666/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The first two films were released on July 2 and July 9, respectively, with the third film following on July 16, 2021.<ref name="Fear Street Trilogy_Collider" />

==Reception==
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critics consensus states, "''Fear Street Part Three: 1666'' sends the slasher series back in time for a trilogy-concluding installment that caps things off on a screaming high note."<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|title=Fear Street Part Three: 1666 |id=fear_street_part_three_1666|type=movie|access-date={{RT data|access-date}}}}{{cbignore}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100 based on 15 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{Cite Metacritic|id=fear-street-part-three-1666|type=movie|title=Fear Street Part Three: 1666 Reviews |access-date=May 1, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Natalia Winkelman, in her review of the ''Fear Street'' trilogy for ''[[The New York Times]]'', wrote, "Here, there is less to propel the action, and lacking in pop artifacts, lingo or fashion trends, Janiak struggles to recreate the fizzy and fun tone she achieved in the earlier movies," but added: "by ''Part Three'', you feel safe following these survivors wherever they go."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Winkelman|first=Natalia|date=2021-07-16|title='Fear Street' Trilogy Review: Carnage and Close Calls|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/movies/fear-street-trilogy-review.html|access-date=2021-07-18|url-access=registration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718104910/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/movies/fear-street-trilogy-review.html|archive-date=July 18, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Clarisse Loughrey of ''[[The Independent]]'' gave the film a score of 3 out of five stars, writing that "even though ''Part Three'' is the weakest of the trilogy, director Leigh Janiak still manages to end on a high," and described it as "a thrilling finale that Janiak doses once more in old-school gore and deliciously garish neon."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Loughrey|first=Clarisse|date=2021-07-16|title=Fear Street Part Three: 1666 may be the weakest in Netflix's trilogy, but it still ends on a gore-fuelled high – review|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/fear-street-part-three-1666-review-b1884585.html|access-date=2021-07-18|newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> Donald Clarke, in his review of the ''Fear Street'' trilogy for ''[[The Irish Times]]'', wrote that the film "owes more to ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]'' than it does to any American shocker", and stated: "Though the decision to have the puritan settlers speak in largely terrible Irish accents defies all reason, the closing section ties up some ends in a satisfactory whirl of implausibly well-scrubbed colonial paranoia."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Clarke|first=Donald|date=July 16, 2021|title=Fear Street Parts One, Two & Three: a trilogy of oddball shockers|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/fear-street-parts-one-two-three-a-trilogy-of-oddball-shockers-1.4619141|access-date=2021-08-15|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref>

Nick Allen of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' gave the film a score of 3 stars out of 4, describing it as a "triumphant finale" and writing, "Executed with the confidence of a victory lap, the last hour of ''1666'' is a series highlight, especially as it captures the brand of out-and-out fun that has made Janiak a newly minted crowd-pleaser in horror."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Nick|date=July 16, 2021|title=Fear Street Part Three: 1666 movie review (2021) {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fear-street-part-three-1666-2021|access-date=2021-07-18|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref> Benjamin Lee of ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave the film a score of 4 stars out of 5, describing it as "''The Crucible'' meets ''[[The Witch (2015 film)|The Witch]]'' meets ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'' meets ''[[It Follows]]'' meets the trilogy's ultimate overarching influence ''[[Scooby-Doo]]''," and called it "a rousing finale to a winning new franchise." He concluded, "Janiak has found a way to add new life to old material, gifting us with the rare horror franchise that makes us want more rather than less, the prospect of an expanded universe seeming less like a curse and more of a blessing."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Benjamin|date=2021-07-16|title=Fear Street Part 3: 1666 review – hokey horror trilogy ends on a high|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jul/16/fear-street-part-3-1666-review-horror|access-date=2021-07-18|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

Lovia Gyarkye of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' described the film as "bloated" and stated that it "perfunctorily ties up the narrative loose ends with little finesse or energy — a shame because the earlier two entries, chock-full of pop culture references and subversive thematic underpinnings, had immense potential." She concluded, "by the end of ''Fear Street Part 3'', when the mystery had been solved and justice ostensibly served, I was more relieved than anything else."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Gyarkye|first=Lovia|date=2021-07-16|title=Netflix's 'Fear Street Part 3: 1666': Film Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/fear-street-part-3-1666-film-1234983228/|access-date=2021-07-18|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Barry Hertz of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' wrote, "In ''Part Three'', [Leigh Janiak] falls prey to the same problem as ''Part Two'': her well-funded take on the work of folk-horror icons like [[Ken Russell]], [[Piers Haggard]] and [[Mario Bava]] (with a big tip of the hat to contemporaries like [[Robert Eggers]]) is too safe, too slick, too far from gonzo."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hertz|first=Barry|date=July 16, 2021|title=Review: Netflix's Fear Street: Part Three closes out a bloody, uninspired trilogy|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-netflixs-fear-street-part-three-closes-out-a-bloody-uninspired-trilogy/|access-date=2021-07-18|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716072154/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-netflixs-fear-street-part-three-closes-out-a-bloody-uninspired-trilogy/|archive-date=July 16, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Inkoo Kang, in her review of the ''Fear Street'' trilogy for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', wrote: "the trilogy's final scenes, which bring the action back to 1994, feel more like an iteration of ''[[Home Alone (franchise)|Home Alone]]'', with mindless stabbers taking the place of [[Joe Pesci]] and [[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]]. Those two might not have had any brains, either, but at least they had some personality."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kang|first=Inkoo|date=July 21, 2021|title=Review {{!}} With horror franchises, 'Fear Street' and 'American Horror Stories' prove vibes matter more than mythologies|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/tv/2021/07/21/fear-street-american-horror-stories-review/|access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref>

The film ranks on Rotten Tomatoes' Best Horror Movies of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Horror Movies of 2021, Ranked |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-horror-movies-of-2021-ranked/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>

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[[Category:Films shot in Atlanta]]
[[Category:Films shot in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Lesbian-related films]]
[[Category:LGBTQ-related horror films]]
[[Category:Netflix original films]]
[[Category:American serial killer films]]

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