Shadyside High is once again hosting a blood-soaked nightmare. Fear Street: Prom Queen, the latest entry in Netflix’s horror franchise based on R.L. Stine’s book series, has released its first trailer, dragging viewers back to 1988 for a prom night where tiaras and corpses go hand in hand.
The trailer teases familiar slasher beats with a few new spins. Blood splatters over dance floors. School halls transform into hunting grounds. And prom decorations become the backdrop for grisly deaths. The killer, dressed in a red hooded cloak, evokes both fairy tale menace and classic horror anonymity. Though Megan Rogers is presented as a potential red herring, the trailer deliberately withholds too many answers, laying the groundwork for twists that will likely keep fans guessing until the credits roll.
Based on The Prom Queen novel published in 1992, this marks a rare direct adaptation from Stine’s series after the trilogy of loosely inspired films released in 2021. The logline reads as follows: “Prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.”
Rather than pick up the threads from Fear Street Parts One, Two, and Three, which collectively charted the long history of a curse haunting Shadyside, Fear Street: Prom Queen introduces an entirely new cast and storyline. What remains consistent is the blood, the suspense, and the setting. While the events are chronologically wedged between the Camp Nightwing killings of 1978 and the Skull Mask murders of 1994, this film functions as a standalone mystery.
India Fowler (The Agency) leads the cast as Lori Granger, alongside Suzanna Son (The Idol) as Megan Rogers, Fina Strazza (Paper Girls) as Tiffany Falconer, and Ella Rubin (Until Dawn) as Melissa McKendrick. Ariana Greenblatt (Barbie), joins as Christy Renault, while David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Chris Klein (American Pie), Lili Taylor (The Conjuring), Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), and Brennan Clost (Tiny Pretty Things) round out the supporting roles.
With no shortage of dead teens and dark secrets, Fear Street: Prom Queen appears ready to deliver the franchise’s next scream-worthy chapter. Whether it’s a curse, a vengeful classmate, or something more supernatural, one thing is certain: Shadyside’s most glamorous night will once again be its deadliest.
Fear Street: Prom Queen starts streaming on Netflix on 23 May.
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