PREVIEW: Fear Street Part 1: 1994 (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kiana Madeira (Level 16), Olivia Welch (film debut), Benjamin Flores Jr. (Ride Along), Julia Rehwald (film debut), Fred Hechinger (The Woman in the Window), Ashley Zukerman (Blame), Maya Hawke (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood), Darrell Britt-Gibson (Judas and the Black Messiah), Jordana Spiro (Must Love Dogs), Jordyn DiNatale (The Irishman), Jeremy Ford (Pink Opaque)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon), director, writer; Phil Graziadei (Honeymoon), writer; Peter Chernin (Le Mans ’66), David Ready (The Mountain Between Us) and Jenno Topping (Hidden Figures), producers; Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place), Anna Drubich (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) and Marcus Trumpp (Love and Monsters), composers; Caleb Heymann (As You Are), cinematographer; Rachel Goodlett Katz (Familiar Strangers), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1994, a group of teenagers living in the small Ohio town of Shadyside are targeted by an evil force that has plagued the town for centuries…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The first in an ambitious back-to-back trilogy adaptation of Goosebumps author R.L. Stine’s acclaimed horror book series, 1994 introduces us to the town of Shadyside and its many terrifying secrets, while also setting up even more scares to follow over the coming weeks.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND JULY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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