Review of Fear Street: 1978 (2021) by Theredsky — 19 Jul 2021

Slightly better than the first part but it has some of the same issues. This one however had more interesting characters than part 1. A lot of the characters in part 1 are pretty boring and bland and most of the characters are not that.

Ziggy and Nick are really interesting characters that get a lot of screen time to develop. While some of their development is one note, they still have some great scenes and they do feel unique. Some of the other side characters are very bland and are only there to provide exposition.

I feel that this film had a better scare factor than the first film. I felt a lot more creeped out by this than the first film especially towards the end. There is a scene at the end that really got me because of how it was shot.

I still really enjoyed the use of violence here. It was a little tame at first but became very very brutal around the midpoint. Some of the cinematography was pretty great. It still felt bland most of the time but here and there it looked great.

A lot of the lore of this universe is explored more here and while the information is interesting, I wish it was presented in a more visually engaging way. It’s a lot of stationary shots and shots of the camera swinging around the characters and it does for almost 90% of the exposition scenes.

The end of the film had an interesting twist but if you analyze the film just a little bit, you can see the twist coming from a mile away. If you liked the first part, then you’ll probably like this even more than the first.