Netflix is expanding its hit horror franchise withFear Street: Prom Queen, which overlaps with the original movie trilogy’s timeline. Netflix began its adaptations of RL Stine’s popular horror novels in 2021 with its successfulFear Streettrilogy, which saw the streaming service adopt a new rollout strategy with one new installment released each Friday between June 2 and June 16.Fear Street Part One: 1994,Fear Street Part Two: 1978, andFear Street Part Three: 1666explored various massacres in Shadyside connected to the “witch” Sarah Fier, thoughNetflix’sProm Queenspinoff takes the series in a new direction.
Officially confirmed in 2024,Netfilx’s 2025Fear Street: Prom Queenmovieadapts RL Stine’s 1992The Prom Queenslasher novel, which served as the 15th book in hisFear Streetseries. The film follows the students of Shadyside High as the race for Prom Queen unfolds, taking a dark turn when the candidates start to be mysteriously murdered one by one. The 2021Fear Streetmovies established that Shadyside teens are no strangers to masked murderers, withProm Queen’s tragedies filling in the gap between two of the trilogy’s films.
Fear Street: Prom Queen Is Set Between The Original Trilogy’s 1978 & 1994 Movies
Prom Queen Takes Place In Spring 1988
Netflix’sFear Street: Prom Queenmovie is set in 1988. This situates the standalone spinoff right between the events ofFear Street Part Two: 1978andFear Street Part One: 1994,taking place ten years after the Camp Nightwing murders and six years before the mall massacrewithinFear Street’s timeline. Continuity-wise, it may seem odd that these murders weren’t mentioned in the 1994-set film, but it still makes sense given the killings weren’t associated with Sarah Fier/the Goode family.
Which Original Fear Street Characters Could Return In The Prom Queen Movie
Ziggy Berman & Nick Goode Would Be In Their Late 20s During Prom Queen
While there’s been no confirmation so far about any returning original trilogy characters inFear Street: Prom Queen, there are a few figures who could reasonably appear in the upcoming film.One character who could make her way into the 1988-set movie is Ziggy Berman, who survived the massacre inFear Street Part Two: 1978’s endingand continued living in Shadyside through the 1994 film.Prom Queencould also feature the original trilogy’s Nick Goode, a descendant of the Goode family and sheriff who is revealed to be responsible for the 1978 and 1994 killing sprees.
Netflix has confirmed thatFear Street: Prom Queenwill be released on the streaming service in summer 2025.
It’sunlikely that Deena or Sam would appear inFear Street: Prom Queen, however, as they would only be about 10 years old during the 1988 killings. Even if the 2025 franchise installment doesn’t bring back any previous characters, the trilogy has already established that thefictionalized Shadyside/Sunnyvalearea is a very small community. Therefore, it wouldn’t be surprising if any ofFear Street: Prom Queen’s new characters end up being revealed as family members of some figures from the trilogy.
