Fear Street: Prom Queen Review: Stupid End is Stupid

Fear Street: Prom Queen Review | Leisurebyte

Director: Matt Palmer

Date Created: 2025-05-23 12:30

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Fear Street: Prom Queen Review: In this slasher film taking place in 1988, Lori Granger is trying to bring about a change in her life from being the resident “loser” to trying something new – running for prom queen. Although she starts out hopeful, things take a drastic turn when a killer starts causing mayhem on prom night.

The film is based on The Prom Queen by R. L. Stine and has a runtime of 88 minutes.

Fear Street: Prom Queen Review

Listen, the Fear Street franchise has never been one of my favourites. Although I was always a big fan of R.L. Stine’s works, I think the YA horror series doesn’t translate well on-screen. Even then, I enjoyed watching part 3, I thought it was thoroughly enjoyable in a campy way. However, Fear Street: Prom Queen, the last of the lot, is so terrible that it’s difficult to even find it campy in the end.

Again, R.L. Stine’s works are for a younger audience who are just entering horror. However, this adaptation is just so soulless that you wonder what you are watching sometimes. It’s neither thrilling, nor do you really find the high school drama to be any sort of interesting. It’s the same bullying and harassment that is so surface-level that maybe if the adults were competent in their jobs even a bit, we would’ve been able to control it.

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Tiffany likes to throw digs at Lori, a shy and reserved youngster who is just waiting to come out of the chrysalis. Her sad past surrounding her father’s murder haunts her to this day. Tiffany or her friends don’t have any other personalities other than being cringy, which I guess is quite on-point for high schoolers. Then the murders suddenly start – the gore is fine, I enjoyed the practical effects. However, the film isn’t able to bring the different parts of this story together well, so much so that it gets boring fast.

There’s no anticipation or threat, bodies just fall one after another. However, the biggest crime against humanity is the story’s reasoning behind all of this. Dan and Nancy feel like caricatures who have been told that this is the reason they will murder people. However, it doesn’t feel organic or natural to them. Sure, Nancy is a stage mom who pushes Tiffany to be competitive for no reason. But we don’t know how or why it translates to murder. Things start and end abruptly for no reason, making you question the point of it all.

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I think the performances are fine, though; India Fowler is great as Lori, as is Fina Strazza as Tiffany. I don’t think Katherine Waterston, as Nancy Falconer, gets enough meat for her character to make a memorable impression. However, again, none of the characters are interesting enough for any of the actors to truly shine.

Final Thoughts

Fear Street: Prom Queen is simply boring. Nothing is interesting, and things happen because they have to. There’s no natural flow to anything, and the characters and situations feel forced and caricature-ish. Give this one a skip.

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