Fear Street: 1978
The middle installment of Netflix's horror trilogy, Fear Street: 1978 , takes viewers to Camp Nightwing , where a summer of teenage romance and rebellion turns violent when possessed counselors go on a murderous rampage. With grainy photography and a soundtrack dominated by Blue Öyster Cult and The Runaways , the film perfectly captures the sun-drenched look of 1970s slasher movies . As Ziggy Berman, a disobedient camper shunned by her classmates, Sadie Sink gives a powerful lead performance. Her sisterly relationship with Cindy ( Emily Rudd ) adds real emotional stakes that raise the story above body count mechanics. The increased mythology behind Sarah Fier's curse provides gratifying connective tissue to the trilogy's overall plot, especially in explaining the origins of the Shadyside murders , while the camp setting permits inventive killings and a tangible sense of solitude. The movie, however, suffers from pacing problems, devoting too much time to camp politics a...
