Netflix‘s “brutal” Fear Street sequel is now available to watch on the platform.

Fear Street: Prom Queen follows on from the 2021 trilogy of movies, all based on the RL Stine books, and centres on a prom night in 1988 as a bloody murderer is on the loose.

The movie is now available to watch for Netflix users globally as of today – so if you’re looking for a chilling weekend watch, look no further.

The film follows prom season at Shadyside High, with the school’s It Girls “busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown”.

However, “when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court” and other girls mysteriously disappear, “the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night,” the synopsis adds.

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Prom Queen has landed a largely mixed reception from critics, sitting at a 45% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, with TheWrap writing: “Fear Street: Prom Queen isn’t a bust, it’s just not very inspired. Again, those brutal murders will help you get through it.”

“Fear Street started as a series that tried to reinvent the wheel, even just by dint of its structure and nods to the innate curse of marginalization; this is empty-headed, straightforward slasher schlock on purpose,” added RoberEbert.com.

“That’s all well and good in some contexts, but if that’s what you want, why not just watch one of the classics instead?”

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The Daily Beast called the movie “cartoonishly gory and drearily unoriginal and predictable”, adding: “It’s a collection of tired devices and shout-outs that plays like training wheels slasher cinema.”

Prom Queen stars The Nevers‘ India Fowler, Red Rocket’s Suzanna Son, Paper Girls‘ Fina Strazza, and The Summer I Turned Pretty‘s David Iacono, with Matt Palmer directing.

Fear Street: Prom Queen is available to stream now on Netflix.

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