A Look at RL Stine's Slasher Series Fear Street

[ellie_andrews]

With Fear Street, R.L. Stine emerged as YA’s preeminent teen slasher https://t.co/t1oagS0r7w pic.twitter.com/InAkIDiINh
- The A.V. Club (@TheAVClub) July 31, 2019

* perfect for kids too old for Goosebumps and too young for Stephen King

* Fear Street books, despite "their soapy dialogue and ramshackle plotting, delivered on death

Comments

[champagnexdream]

I loved Fear Street. "Silent Night" was my fave.

[ellie_andrews]

i don't remember reading that when i was younger but i read it recently, and it was SO much fun. i think i like it better than the first evil lol

[josiefier]

Look at my name. I devoured each and every Fear Street. They were my tween and early teenhood. I felt a stronger closeness to Shadyside High than my own damn school. They were my life for about five years. So good or bad I'm watching this and I know I'm going to cry just at finally seeing it on the big screen.

[2_on]

I feel like I've seen you make that comment before but I don't know what your name references. Was it a character in one of the books?

Edit: Nvm I'm dumb. The Fier family. I still forget why they changed their name to Fear or how that happened lol

[josiefier]

Josie Maxwell was also a character in the Seniors series. It's more a reference to her.

[sitakhet]

Spoiler: Because Fier was too close to ~fire~ and their family is cursed, fire is their downfall

[rhapsodeeinblue]

I didn't read these but Goosebumps were my fave. Every week I'd go to the library to get the most recent ones.

[queenursula]

I read the Silent Night books but not much else. Do any of them hold up? Goosebumps hasn't aged well at all.

[2_on]

Not at all lol

[janna479]

I loved Fear Street. I wish I still had my collection. I'll definitely be watching the movies. The Saga and the Babysitter and Cheerleader sets were my fave.