Fear Street Part Two: 1978

Name: Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Horror
Released: July 9, 2021
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Ashley Zukerman, Benjamin Flores Jr., Chiara Aurelia, Drew Scheid, Emily Rudd

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): July 9, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Ashley Zukerman, Benjamin Flores Jr., Chiara Aurelia, Drew Scheid, Emily Rudd, Gillian Jacobs, Kiana Madeira, Matthew Zuk, Meghan Packer, Michael Provost, Olivia Welch, Ryan Simpkins, Sadie Sink

Summary: Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.

Director: Leigh Janiak

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 109 min

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IndieWire Steve Greene

Jul 7, 2021

The surprise isn’t that it deviates from the groundrules set out in the film before it, or even the scores of horror films from in and around the decade in which it’s set. It’s that when Fear Street: 1978 is given the opportunity to fulfill the promises it’s made for itself, it does so unreservedly, with a clear sense of purpose. Read full review

Chris Evangelista

Jul 7, 2021

Fear Street Part 2 also thrives once it really gets going. There’s a certain rough patch at the start that the film thankfully shrugs off, eventually sucking us into its night-dark story of doomed youth. A potential – and potentially questionable – romance that blooms between Ziggy and Nick Goode (Ted Sutherland), the boy destined to grow up and be sheriff, is charming in its clumsiness. A side character like punk rocker counselor Alice (Ryan Simpkins) seems annoying at first, only to blossom into someone we’re actively rooting for. After two films, the real strength of Fear Street is in its characters, not its scares. No one is expendable meat here – but that doesn’t mean they won’t get ground up in the end. Read full review

Polygon Toussaint Egan

Jul 9, 2021

The gratifications of Fear Street: 1978 are not in its few surprises, but in its continued exploration of the history and dynamics of two social-stratified communities separated along the fault lines of unexplained affluence and inexplicable horror. Read full review

The Playlist Anya Stanley

Jul 19, 2021

Fear Street Part Two: 1978 repeatedly gets bogged down by its music and the atmosphere but earns its rightful place alongside the sleepaway camps and the crystal lakes. Janiak delivers all of the vicious fun of its slice and dice predecessors, with the bonus of characters who matter as they search for their own exits—from danger and themselves. Read full review

Empire Ian Freer

Jul 7, 2021

A darker middle act, Fear Street Part Two: 1978 lacks the verve of 1994 but still delivers enjoyable summer camp-based bedlam. Next up: 1666. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 9, 2021

There’s a perfunctory quality to the situations and performances, the dialogue and the “terror,” cribbed from scores of “kids killed at camp” thrillers. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Jul 7, 2021

If you’re going to make a movie in which a psycho slices away at both campers and counsellors in direct homage to the age of Jason Voorhees, you need to go scuzzy or go home. A proper slasher movie should make you want to take a shower. Here, I felt sparkling clean. Read full review

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Liammather

Sep 17, 2021

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BambiHalo

Jul 11, 2021

Really enjoyed this film! If you're emotional like me, you will find it slightly sad as well! Great for those that like gore and horror! Better than the first edition and I cannot wait until the third part!

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ChanekeCholo

Dec 13, 2021

This movie feels very contemporaneous, possibly the most entertaining movie of the year and developed in a very good way. I considered the best of the trilogy,

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Habibiehakim

Jul 10, 2021

Fear Street Part II: 1978 is still fills with some brutal scene and great music from the 70s, but the story that less interesting and added with ok performance by all the cast, Part II was a pretty big down from Part I, if Part I just straight to it, Part II is always delaying something withFear Street Part II: 1978 is still fills with some brutal scene and great music from the 70s, but the story that less interesting and added with ok performance by all the cast, Part II was a pretty big down from Part I, if Part I just straight to it, Part II is always delaying something with quite a lot of useless conversation, Fear Street Part II: 1978 is not as good as the first one but it's still have that power, some really good scene, and it still very watchable.… Expand

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Guile568

Jul 10, 2021

Me gustó más que la primera, es mucho más entretenida, las muertes están cool, y es un buen homenaje a los slashers de los 90 como Jason.

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zerobane

Aug 13, 2021

By far the best of the 3!

The main character; Ziggy and her sister Cindy really made the film; good tangible characters that carried the story. In the background you have the merits of a really good story; but the screenplay and scripts often feel un-cohesive and jumpy. At times theBy far the best of the 3!

The main character; Ziggy and her sister Cindy really made the film; good tangible characters that carried the story.

In the background you have the merits of a really good story; but the screenplay and scripts often feel un-cohesive and jumpy. At times the contrived approach to progression can leave you feeling irritated and bored.

Overall the nonsensical woke forced messaging was mostly removed and allowed the film to go where it needed.… Expand

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MetacriticOnur

Jul 10, 2021

bad
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adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.

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