The final instalment of the Fear Street trilogy titled Fear Street Part Three: 1666 is coming out this weekend. Based on RL Stine’s book series of the same name, fans can’t wait to find out the actual events of the curse in the town of Shadyside, Ohio.
The film trilogy started with Fear Street Part One: 1994 follows a group of teenagers – Deena, Josh, Sam, Simon and Kate – who have to work together to stop a curse taking over their hometown.
Based on legends, the curse was started by a witch named Sarah Fier over 300 years ago in 1666. The group of teens in 1994 barely made it out alive and sought help from an adult named C Berman who survived the curse in 1978. The events of that encounter are revisited in Part Two of the trilogy starring Stranger Things alum Sadie Sink as Ziggy Berman.
In Fear Street Part Two: 1978, the story follows Ziggy Berman and her sister as they attend Camp Nightwing. Just like the group of teens in the first film, the teens in 1978 were none the wiser about the curse in town and found themselves facing scary murderers.
The film ends back in the present day (1994) when Deena and Josh rush to the forest to reunite the witch’s hand back with her body to try to stop the curse. In doing so, Deena sees a vision of herself as Sarah Fier in 1666 instead.
Fear Street Part Three: 1666 is exciting because it takes viewers back to the origins of the gruesome curse. According to the director of all three films, Leigh Janiak, the third film moves away from its slasher theme.
The third instalment takes on a different kind of scare and shows a time where witch hunts would occur.
“It’s a very different feel. The whole vibe of the world and the scares and the tone – it’s different and it’s not really a slasher movie. It’s a different kind of horror movie,” Janiak told Digital Spy.
All the cast from the first two films will return in the third film. “It is bringing all of the characters from the past two films together in a different way that helps bring the story and the mystery of the curse to a close,” said Emily Rudd, who plays Cindy Berman in 1978 and as Abigail in 1666.
Fear Street Part Three: 1666 premieres on Netflix on Friday, 16 July 2021 at 3pm (MYT).
