So I'm just throwing this out there, totally subjective an my opinion, I liked the old animation (or lack of) on bobby more. The fact it looked kinda shit added to the joke for me at least. Again, not trying to be a dick about this and totally props for the crack at animation :) EDIT: On the offchance this gets you're attention ive wanted to ask and don't use twitter or any other social things. Do you wear eyeliner and if so any tips? Its a really cool look, not as in the the last few videos lipstick and all, just before it looked like there was some subtle eye makeup going on and i know NOTHING about makeup
I love the fact that this is probably a lot of people's first Scaredy Cats video and this is also the one where Bobby Duke gives the least context for his existence and running bits.
I mean, do you give context for your existence as a usual occurrence? Do you just walk into a room of people and shout stuff like: “I’m only alive because my parents fucked!”
This i not only my first scaredy cats video, this is also the first comment I have ever read about the channel, right before starting the video. Thank you for the warning
I was blown away by how good these movies got. The effects were stellar, brought to us by horror makeup legend Christopher Allen Nelson, who also helmed sfx departments on Halloween 2018, American Horror Story, multiple Marvel films, Hostel, and many others
I might have felt the same, but the nostalgia was all that kept me awake for the FIRST half of the FIRST movie, and I just couldn't stay focused for the rest
Tarkovsky once said that he intentionally makes the first 30 minutes of his films really boring to get rid of the audience that he doesn't want. Perhaps Fear Street 1994's director has studied the techniques of one of the masters... Or they just didn't know how to pace it well...
Boring writing is bad writing. You can make something slow, low energy, light on substance and information in a way that isn't agonizing to sit through. Doubling down like that is just spiteful of Tarkovsky.
@@blasphemyincarnate6498 if a film is agonizing for you to sit through maybe leave. Watch something you like. Your opinion is valid, just not for people other than yourself
Man, something my roommate pointed out about this series is that the stunt choreography is on point. Like, there is *weight* behind every single hit - and that alone ups the stakes. I for one enjoyed the hell out of these movies and am looking forward to the full review.
More of a Thought Slime thing to notice than a Scaredy Cats thing, admittedly, but all three movies are one big incredibly unsubtle critique of class inequality. The booing you mentioned, and indeed the entire Shadyside/Sunnyvale conflict, is wrapped up in that.
The interesting part being the vast majority of the people who are benefitting from it don't actively perpetuate it, they aren't evil cultists. But they certainly turn a blind eye and don't look into the causes because it is all working out for them...
I thought Fear Street, at least in the first two installments, was a pretty weak/poor representation of that class inequality. It presents it without going into any depth. It isn't great in the third either but it is handled marginally better at least. 1994 was by far my least favorite of the three, but I'm glad Matt enjoyed the third act, it was definitely the best part.
@@tophergerkey No, I know you didn't say it...but since this was a rather positive review of the movie overall I just wanted to emphasize a weakness I found in this particular part of the trilogy/the series in general. I don't feel it's being discussed much in general, probably because these are just stupid movies at the end of the day. But they really didn't have to be. There was a lot to work with based on these themes in general.
@@chriscze6153 I appreciate both comments. Any serious commentary on class inequality is not something I expected from Fear Street, since the Goosebumps films and movies didn’t tackle more serious subjects either (as far as I remember, anyway.) I assume this is probably a result of media for kids and teens over the past two decades becoming more refined when talking about social issues.
That bread slicer kill was very cool and creative, but also felt kind of unearned to me. All the violence up to that point had been pretty tame, so that level of brutality was jarring, and that character didn’t really commit any “horror sins” to deserve such a grizzly end.
I was a teen in the 90s and read a couple of the Fear Street books, honestly I liked Christopher Pikes stuff better. lol I loved these movies. It felt like they kept the tone of the books while also catering to their now adult original audience. 1978 was my favorite of the 3 movies but I think they are all solid and fun to watch.
i LOVED christopher pike! there are so many novels he wrote that would make incredible films, and i can’t believe they’ve never been adapted. also, his so called “adult” novels were also even better. Season of Passage is one of my al time favorite books i’ve read it like 5 times! would make a great movie, as would the Last Vampire series, far surpasses any teen-style vampire stories that have ever been made into a movie
@@danderson8431 I tried reading a Pike novel because I loved Fear Street and was fucking traumatized. I should go back some time, but I found that shit TERRIFYING after the very gentle cheese of Fear Street.
That scene felt like such a jump in the amount of violence the movie could have. Like, they literally blew the killers up earlier and Simon got cut up pretty good when he ran into Ruby Lane, but the bread slicer was a whole different thing. Still gives me the creeping nope to think about
LOL - As that scene was happening, I kept thinking... "No way... no way they're going to do that... " and damned if they didn't go there! It was great.
The booing is more to do with the cultural divide between shady side and sunnyvale and how numb the shadysiders are especially when they know the sunnyvalers generally don't care. But yeah I agree the first half was weak, I think it should have been marketed as a mini series rather than 3 movies though. The second film retroactively makes the first film better, and I am glad they are looking to do more stories in the fearstreet universe.
The reason for booing about the vigil was because those booing were from Sunnyvale, whilst the murders happened in Shadyside; hence the brawl breaking out. That you missed this just backs up your point about how tedious the first act is. My biggest bone of contention, especially in that first act, is the bloody licensed soundtrack; just obnoxiously jumping from one song to the next, slapping you in the face and asking "guess what year this is set?"
In the first twenty minutes, the movie bombarded me with the music we listened to in high school, so I was immediately on board, though I did note it was trying a bit hard to shout NINETIESSSSSSSSS
I binged all of these movies in a night (I stayed up all night doing it) and then did it again the next day. I was expecting trash and I was so surprised by how much I liked it. I read some of the Fear Street books, but I don't remember them very well.
Imo 1978 is the best one, big homage to the Friday the 13th movies and it has the tightest storytelling, another fun twist and advances the story from the first one really well.
@@nobodycares-q9o I always have like, mad henchman empathy, where I feel bad for the cannon fodder characters in movies, and I like that these movies kind of emphasized the tragedy and senselessness and /impact/ the violence had and how it ripples out through the community. Even that first dwth of Heather in '94, the music choice and cinematography really emphasized the tragedy of it, and they did that again in 1978 too These movies did a really good job baking in themes of generational trauma from living in a community constantly plagued by violence and it definitely added a dimension I didn't expect from teen slasher movies
Mildred I mean no disrespect by this but I *really liked* bobby duke's old static puppet. This is not a 'hey you should do X' or 'I want the old thing back' - I just want to make sure it's heard that dingy dang Bobby Duke had a great thing going as the static puppet. Oh and the rest of the video is great and I hope you're having a nice day.
I agree with this comment while feeling like I need to apologize for voicing an opinion for the artist making a choice and trying something new. Never stagnate but also never change! We love you Millie!
For me Fear Street really became good on the second movie. The first one is fine, the deaths on the third act caught me off guard because of how similar to a typical R L Stine adaptation the film had been untill then, but overall it was just fine. But 1978, oh boy is great for start to finnish (part three is cool too a nine out of ten satisfactory conclusion)
This trilogy was the slasher I've always wanted but never had: LGBTQIA+ friendly, decent but not pretentious social commentary, and pretty spooky colours. I don't think anyone actually cares, of course, but my eyeballs felt particularly engaged by this video. EDIT: Yes, the first one wasn't great, particularly the directing--the cuts were jarring and the sound editing sloppy. HOWEVER, the conclusion of 1994 and the other two films are lovely.
Total agreement. By the 20 minute mark, I thought I was gonna hate this movie, but by 40-45 minutes... I realized it was might be good. By the end, I loved it. The second one is generally seen as the best of the three. Enjoy!
From what I've been reading, the third one is considered the best though I do prefer the 2nd one. Honestly, I loved the music. It was all very on the nose - it's the 90s and then it's the 70s (I also think the choice of "carry on my wayward son" is a nod to Supernatural, but I guess I cannot be sure about that), but I loved it.
@@nobodycares-q9o most of my friends thought the third was the weakest, though I personally loved the twist and full blown satanic edge. I view the whole trilogy as one long film. That opening just had too many songs all at once. Not saying the 70's one isn't guilty of a similar beginning, but by that point you knew the film makers were going to do it. I almost expected a collection of 1600's hits for the third.
I personally couldn’t stand the first movie. Deena damages her relationship with Sam early on into the movie, which would be fine as a heartbroken high schooler lashing out, but the movie kinda vindicates her cruel anger toward her ex gf and Deena never really learns or grows or even reflects on any of her behavior. I did end up invested in them eventually, but that didn’t come till the later movies because the foundation of their arc left such an awful, sour taste in my mouth. *spoilers* The final act of the movie also kinda fell apart for one pretty baffling reason. Before the grocery showdown, after they’ve learned the killers track Sam’s blood, Deena’s two friends and her brother paint themselves with blood to distract the killers and lead them away from Sam. Rather than finding a rag or a loose clothing item to act as a kind of red cape that they can taunt the killers with and also discard at a moments notice if things get dicey and they need to split, Deena’s friends opt to paint the blood either directly on their skin or on their skin tight blouse. They both needlessly die for it, too. Really ruined the weight of the climax, especially when we’ve been shown that these characters are learning and adapting and actually prepping and still somehow tripping up on the most obvious shit. The sequels didn’t really have any space for those characters, granted, they would have weighed the movie down imo, but their deaths were way too cheap to be actually impactful or fun for me.
YES! You hit on the exact same two things that make it hard for me to stand behind the first one. Everything else that bothered me in it were little things that I could ignore, but the way that Deena treats Sam was something I could not give them a pass on and the deaths of the friends was just...ugh. That was definitely one of those writer moments of we don't know what else to do with these characters moving forward, so now they're going to make a dumb decision that we will never address. OR they wrote Deena's speech about them at the end first and didn't know how to kill them off in a way that didn't force them to devolve.
literally one of my biggest criticisms is simons and kates deaths they weren't earned at all and pretty pointless which i hated bc i actually really enjoyed their characters (towards the second half) and i really wanted to see how they'd grow
I was about to get angy cause I love these movies, they’re so dumb and fun! But then you agreed with me lmao. They’re just so rewatchable, I’m obsessed
If your town experiences a Slasher Movie like ever other summer or so, you really lose out on the sense of dreed someone getting murdered the night before you'd usually get.
Thank you for the clearly labeled commercial with countdown clock. It's much more honest than when you can't tell if an ad has started or not. Hopefully your advertisers like "morning brew" appreciate you and more importantly pay you well. I may even check the thing out. IDK
I put 1994 on during a Saturday morning when no one was home, figuring I'd have it as background noise... ended up watching all 3 flicks in a row. I'm hardly a movie aficionado, but I enjoyed these.
Leigh Janiak, the director of the trilogy, said that this was intentional. She knew that nostalgic adults would watch the movie regardless of how gory it was, but she wanted to give modern teenagers the same kind of experience she had when she would sneak into horror movies as a teen. She wanted teenagers to feel like they might be doing something "naughty" by watching the movies, without fully traumatizing them with gore.
The timer really makes it easier to watch the ad break, and I'm glad I did because the joke at the end just killed me! Made me laugh way too loud for this hour of morning.
honestly, its representation of small town high schools is probably dead on. i live in one a dems "smol towns" and it's a goddamn unrestrained nightmare.
As someone who did read like all of these books in middle school, they got the tone and spirit of the books very right. The references they put in there also worked really well (I was happy to see the cheerleader saga echoes in there, since it was my favourite). Of the three, I think 1978 was the best movie, though it wasn’t until 1666 that I got invested in any of the relationships. Plus that one really hit home theme wise for me.
American high schoolers are perpetually aware of their own mortality. When I was a teen, there was a serial sniper in our area, and the school used a snow day to send everyone home due to bomb/serial killer threats. After a student died due to non-murder causes, his classmates made the announcement over the PA & played a bit of his favorite song in the middle of a period. All this was before school shootings really even picked up momentum. There is NO timeline in which US high schoolers (or _any_ high schooler) would not be deeply affected by one of their classmates being killed.
I ordered that one from a secondhand book store because the cover is so horrific. A few friends have been binging the books after the movies and so far they're all pretty "so bad its funny" so I have high hopes for werecat.
I really kinda sort of liked these three movies. As you said, they're not all time great horror movies, but you can tell they cared about not just the horror aspect but also the (albeit pretty obvious) subtle message underneath. Whoever made them has a love for horror tropes and that love translated into my enjoyment.
Oh my god I need to track these movies down. I read an embarrassing amount of Fear Street back in the day. Every once in a while I remember the name "Corky Corcoran" and die a little. I'd love to go back and reread them, but I was careless with my belongings back then so they're long gone 🥺
I liked the opening to this a lot more than you did. I just remember going to that sort of mall bookstore to pick up a "Goosebumps" or "Spooksville" book. I liked the red/blue color motif... Even tho it never amounted to anything it is just a lighting choice. I disliked my favorite character being the one who gets the most horrific death.
The art vs junk food thing was pause for thought - I often don't have enough free time for watching movies or shows so I make damn sure that whatever I am watching is exactly what I want to watch, and that means I am highly at risk of missing out on great stories and new perspectives because I am only looking for things I know I already like. This is why I love review channels like this one so much: the other day you were like "watch the vampire on the plane film" and I was like "I am not good with gore or high tension but I do love vampires, I think I will watch it!" and I watched something out of my comfort zone and had a good time - it's good that you took a little peak ahead on this film to say "it's okay it gets better" because now I'm like "yeah, yeah I'll watch the whole thing" tl:dr; review channels are great and I love Mildred's insight on films I may otherwise not watch
I loved these movies SO MUCH MORE than I thought I would. I completely agree that I was bored to tears at the beginning of 1994 but by the end of it I was completely invested! The deaths in all three movies really shocked me as well, which honest to God NEVER happens with me. I think the movies did an AMAZING job building tension. And the twist!!! oh my gosh!!! I loved it so much. I usually LOATHE ~*surprise*~ twist endings because I can either see them coming from a mile away or they feel forced and come from no where. But the twist with this trilogy really felt earned and satisfying to me!! Not to mention the not-so-subtle repeating motifs alongside VERY subtle repeating motifs which made it very interesting to analyze
4:18 whereas in real life, we all know high school is a chaotic nightmare world where the kids are basically treated kind of like they're inmates who might try to escape or cause a riot at any moment, and need to be controlled with constant adult surveillance and ten million rules for where you can and can't be at any given time, and everyone is unreasonable and hostile whether they're a main character or not (because the teachers are underpaid, and the kids are sleep-deprived and worried about picking what they're going to do with the rest of their lives before their brains have even finished developing).
*Spoilers* I really hated this movie, honestly. The main character treated her romantic interest like shit in the beginning in a way that kind of destroyed my ability to invest in their relationship; I genuinely wanted the romantic interest to dump her and move on with her life. The romantic interest also got over her boyfriend being murdered in front of her eyes in like 30 minutes which made it even worse, and while I know her boyfriend was written as kind of an asshole, they seemed to have a stable relationship overall which made her complete disinterest in his murder really jarring. So not being invested in the main character or her love interest, the deaths in the store showdown at the end were a really disappointing conclusion to the character arcs I actually *did* care about, with 2 of the 3 being unceremoniously killed and the 3rd seemingly just reverting back to how he started the movie, with the two characters he'd bonded with over the movie dead.
I agree, she treated her terribly, tries to push her into coming out in a small town in the 90s (not a good idea), refused to believe that maybe Sam was bisexual and not just "hiding who she is" (and how dare Sam try to move out of a town where people regularly snap and go on killing sprees!), almost murdered her when she caused that car crash, and its like she gets rewarded in the end. Deena was just an awful protagonist.
@@ghiacciolitelite6915 If she was Bisexual, she'd have found another band geek to shack up with in her new town, not the most violently heterosexual guy in a hundred mile radius. The beard is just so obvious.
THISSSS. Oh my God, finally someone else despised this movie. The only part I even remotely enjoyed was the grocery store scene, and even then they killed off the only character I somewhat liked.
They're really fun! I'm not sure these count as Netflix Originals though as they were actually filmed and set to be released by Fox pre-Disney acquisition.
I dont know why Mildread is so surprised; everyone knows Bobby Duke calls every morning with a joke from a bumper sticker. The day before this it was probably "I'd rather be fishing"
Oh wait...I remember really liking the fear street books. I'm gonna have to watch the films before I see this video. Edit: I'm back after watching all 3. They didn't go with the original Fear St saga that I liked, but overall, I didn't mind this...I mean- obviously. I binged all of them. I think I was less impressed than Mildred with 1994 and played some solitaire on my phone through parts of 1978, but somehow became very invested in the third film. It is the most ridiculous, but also most fun. The threads all come together and the 90's nostalgia is strong without swamping it the way the third season of Stranger Things was by the 80's. Honestly, probably not high on my recommended list, but I also don't think it was a waste of time. It felt like some actual thought had been put into this, especially compared to the usual Netflix adaptations.
The guy with the sack reminds me of the villain in Nightbreed. The singing girl is so deliciously creepy. My favorite character was Samuel, the guy wasn't worried about grabbing a love interest, he's just too cool.
I really wish more streaming services would do this, like you have the money to make things on a broader scale, tell a great interest story over multiple films with the same great quality and funding through out
I thought it was pretty interesting take on the slasher genre, they didn't reinvent it or anything, you're right it started off wonky and vibrator the lesbian relationship is all that kept me invested. They do get better tho! And you can't go wrong with Gillian Jacobs. Just try it .. You can't.
This trilogy really buttered my buns as a former Fear Street reader. No, it is no way representative of an actual storyline from a singular book, but I feel it was campy enough where it needed to be that it hit the R.L. Stein vibe marks. Can’t wait for the video on the second - by far my favorite. Even tho there is still uncomfortable teen sex.
I was off-put by the constant quick edit soundtrack of "songs from 1994" Stranger Things try-too-hard nostalgia. No subtlety, winks, or easter eggs... just bludgeoning obvious pointless reference. Didn't make it past the beginning of this film. Glad to watch your video and get your take.
I honestly think this series is so good and they're going to like it a lot in the end. I think it actually does get better as it goes along. It's funny because I also compared it to Riverdale, but for the opposite reason. It manages to do progressivism well without just having a handful of characters spit out clunky tumbler jargon. Like there's a real message in there and it doesn't come off as preachy or get in the way of the story which is... super heckin rare imo.
I think the witch curse stuff justifies the wildly unrealistic highschool stuff. Like the point is that this town is dramatically terrible because its cursed by a witch
The reasons for why I didn't read Fear Street as a kid are kind of funny in hindsight now that I think about them for the first time. I read Goosebumps because those were the books written for my age group when I discovered them, around 9 or 10 years old. Fear Street was supposedly the series meant for older kids because it was scarier. However, by the time I was at the target age for Fear Street, I had already aged out of any interest in RL Stine books at all. I probably should have just read them when I was reading Goosebumps.
I did in fact read Fear Street. It does not follow the lore. It shares names, but in the original 'lore' trilogy the Fier's are the ones who burn an innocent woman at the stake. It grinds my little horror-loving 15-year-old gears that they changed it for no reason.
As someone who grew up in a small football town in America with a... Lot of dead kids every year, the booing is a lot less out of place than you would hope or expect.
As someone who read fear street this is an original story but they match the tone of the books well, which is like you said pulp horror. I loved the movie for what it was, a fun watch.
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So I'm just throwing this out there, totally subjective an my opinion, I liked the old animation (or lack of) on bobby more. The fact it looked kinda shit added to the joke for me at least. Again, not trying to be a dick about this and totally props for the crack at animation :)
EDIT: On the offchance this gets you're attention ive wanted to ask and don't use twitter or any other social things. Do you wear eyeliner and if so any tips? Its a really cool look, not as in the the last few videos lipstick and all, just before it looked like there was some subtle eye makeup going on and i know NOTHING about makeup
I love the fact that this is probably a lot of people's first Scaredy Cats video and this is also the one where Bobby Duke gives the least context for his existence and running bits.
I mean, do you give context for your existence as a usual occurrence? Do you just walk into a room of people and shout stuff like: “I’m only alive because my parents fucked!”
This i not only my first scaredy cats video, this is also the first comment I have ever read about the channel, right before starting the video. Thank you for the warning
Is there a reason more people than usual would start here?
@@rhyderrek6155 I let everyone know I'm IVF on the spot
"Wet Puppet Party-line" is a joke we've all came a very long way to earn, and I for one am honoured to be here for it.
I cannot wait for parts 2 and 3 for this series. I really think that a full on Scaredy Cats spoilery analysis of the trilogy would be great
Knowing Mildred's views on the V-Vitch, I'm excited to see their take on part 3!
Its on Netflix i think
😂😂😂😂😂 you are waiting?
It's on uk netflix, if you got a vpn
All 3 are already up lol it’s a solid slasher trilogy imo
I was blown away by how good these movies got. The effects were stellar, brought to us by horror makeup legend Christopher Allen Nelson, who also helmed sfx departments on Halloween 2018, American Horror Story, multiple Marvel films, Hostel, and many others
goddamn did he do a good job, I’m now terrified of bread slicers 😬
I might have felt the same, but the nostalgia was all that kept me awake for the FIRST half of the FIRST movie, and I just couldn't stay focused for the rest
Tarkovsky once said that he intentionally makes the first 30 minutes of his films really boring to get rid of the audience that he doesn't want.
Perhaps Fear Street 1994's director has studied the techniques of one of the masters...
Or they just didn't know how to pace it well...
lol having watched a few tarkovsky films that sounds completely on brand
okay but how did explain the next several hours after that?
@@notarabbit1752
Much like opting out of capitalism, it's a Slav thing, WASPs just don't get it.
Boring writing is bad writing. You can make something slow, low energy, light on substance and information in a way that isn't agonizing to sit through. Doubling down like that is just spiteful of Tarkovsky.
@@blasphemyincarnate6498 if a film is agonizing for you to sit through maybe leave. Watch something you like. Your opinion is valid, just not for people other than yourself
Man, something my roommate pointed out about this series is that the stunt choreography is on point. Like, there is *weight* behind every single hit - and that alone ups the stakes. I for one enjoyed the hell out of these movies and am looking forward to the full review.
I really noticed this with the second one, I rewinded at one point just to appreciate the force they were thrown back with
More of a Thought Slime thing to notice than a Scaredy Cats thing, admittedly, but all three movies are one big incredibly unsubtle critique of class inequality. The booing you mentioned, and indeed the entire Shadyside/Sunnyvale conflict, is wrapped up in that.
The interesting part being the vast majority of the people who are benefitting from it don't actively perpetuate it, they aren't evil cultists. But they certainly turn a blind eye and don't look into the causes because it is all working out for them...
I thought Fear Street, at least in the first two installments, was a pretty weak/poor representation of that class inequality. It presents it without going into any depth. It isn't great in the third either but it is handled marginally better at least. 1994 was by far my least favorite of the three, but I'm glad Matt enjoyed the third act, it was definitely the best part.
@@chriscze6153 I didn't say it did it *well*, just that it did it (and like I said, very unsubtly).
@@tophergerkey No, I know you didn't say it...but since this was a rather positive review of the movie overall I just wanted to emphasize a weakness I found in this particular part of the trilogy/the series in general. I don't feel it's being discussed much in general, probably because these are just stupid movies at the end of the day. But they really didn't have to be. There was a lot to work with based on these themes in general.
@@chriscze6153 I appreciate both comments. Any serious commentary on class inequality is not something I expected from Fear Street, since the Goosebumps films and movies didn’t tackle more serious subjects either (as far as I remember, anyway.) I assume this is probably a result of media for kids and teens over the past two decades becoming more refined when talking about social issues.
That bread slicer kill was very cool and creative, but also felt kind of unearned to me. All the violence up to that point had been pretty tame, so that level of brutality was jarring, and that character didn’t really commit any “horror sins” to deserve such a grizzly end.
I was a teen in the 90s and read a couple of the Fear Street books, honestly I liked Christopher Pikes stuff better. lol I loved these movies. It felt like they kept the tone of the books while also catering to their now adult original audience. 1978 was my favorite of the 3 movies but I think they are all solid and fun to watch.
I was a Pike fan too. His books were way more violent. My favorite was “Wicked Hearts” which was about a boy who bashes girls heads with a hammer.
i LOVED christopher pike! there are so many novels he wrote that would make incredible films, and i can’t believe they’ve never been adapted. also, his so called “adult” novels were also even better. Season of Passage is one of my al time favorite books i’ve read it like 5 times! would make a great movie, as would the Last Vampire series, far surpasses any teen-style vampire stories that have ever been made into a movie
@@danderson8431 I tried reading a Pike novel because I loved Fear Street and was fucking traumatized. I should go back some time, but I found that shit TERRIFYING after the very gentle cheese of Fear Street.
@@silvertamagachi this was my experience with Pike too! Just such a step up in horror compared to Stein, I found them too much at the time.
This was a surprisingly fun trilogy!! I was hooked with the grocery store bread slicer scene
I watched that part through my fingers and it still turns my stomach to think about. I'm a huge wuss, but that's gotta count for something, right?
That scene felt like such a jump in the amount of violence the movie could have. Like, they literally blew the killers up earlier and Simon got cut up pretty good when he ran into Ruby Lane, but the bread slicer was a whole different thing. Still gives me the creeping nope to think about
LOL - As that scene was happening, I kept thinking... "No way... no way they're going to do that... " and damned if they didn't go there! It was great.
"Cool,we all got laid" broke my mind and made me wanna stop watching the movie.
The booing is more to do with the cultural divide between shady side and sunnyvale and how numb the shadysiders are especially when they know the sunnyvalers generally don't care.
But yeah I agree the first half was weak, I think it should have been marketed as a mini series rather than 3 movies though. The second film retroactively makes the first film better, and I am glad they are looking to do more stories in the fearstreet universe.
"I was invested in these two kids getting a happy ending."
*snicker*
Bwahahahaha
The reason for booing about the vigil was because those booing were from Sunnyvale, whilst the murders happened in Shadyside; hence the brawl breaking out.
That you missed this just backs up your point about how tedious the first act is.
My biggest bone of contention, especially in that first act, is the bloody licensed soundtrack; just obnoxiously jumping from one song to the next, slapping you in the face and asking "guess what year this is set?"
The booing kids were in shady side, you are incorrect
I can't decide whether those are real things from the movie or y'all just making this up.
I enjoyed the obnoxious soundtrack.
@@quackgoesthegooose Were the tracks all taken from, "Now, that's what I call obnoxious, #94"?
@@quackgoesthegooose I'd enjoy it all more as a playlist, rather than skipping to the next track every 30 seconds.
In the first twenty minutes, the movie bombarded me with the music we listened to in high school, so I was immediately on board, though I did note it was trying a bit hard to shout NINETIESSSSSSSSS
I binged all of these movies in a night (I stayed up all night doing it) and then did it again the next day. I was expecting trash and I was so surprised by how much I liked it. I read some of the Fear Street books, but I don't remember them very well.
Imo 1978 is the best one, big homage to the Friday the 13th movies and it has the tightest storytelling, another fun twist and advances the story from the first one really well.
@@renrants It was my favorite too. I was really surprised how much I actually cared about the characters and how tragic their deaths were.
@@nobodycares-q9o I always have like, mad henchman empathy, where I feel bad for the cannon fodder characters in movies, and I like that these movies kind of emphasized the tragedy and senselessness and /impact/ the violence had and how it ripples out through the community. Even that first dwth of Heather in '94, the music choice and cinematography really emphasized the tragedy of it, and they did that again in 1978 too
These movies did a really good job baking in themes of generational trauma from living in a community constantly plagued by violence and it definitely added a dimension I didn't expect from teen slasher movies
Mildred I mean no disrespect by this but I *really liked* bobby duke's old static puppet. This is not a 'hey you should do X' or 'I want the old thing back' - I just want to make sure it's heard that dingy dang Bobby Duke had a great thing going as the static puppet.
Oh and the rest of the video is great and I hope you're having a nice day.
I agree with this comment while feeling like I need to apologize for voicing an opinion for the artist making a choice and trying something new. Never stagnate but also never change! We love you Millie!
Oooooo what if it’s to protect from possible copyright infringement?
oh hey Talen, hope you're doing well
For me Fear Street really became good on the second movie. The first one is fine, the deaths on the third act caught me off guard because of how similar to a typical R L Stine adaptation the film had been untill then, but overall it was just fine. But 1978, oh boy is great for start to finnish (part three is cool too a nine out of ten satisfactory conclusion)
This trilogy was the slasher I've always wanted but never had: LGBTQIA+ friendly, decent but not pretentious social commentary, and pretty spooky colours.
I don't think anyone actually cares, of course, but my eyeballs felt particularly engaged by this video.
EDIT: Yes, the first one wasn't great, particularly the directing--the cuts were jarring and the sound editing sloppy. HOWEVER, the conclusion of 1994 and the other two films are lovely.
"Hello, scaredy cats. It's me, _the dreaded Mildread!"_
Total agreement. By the 20 minute mark, I thought I was gonna hate this movie, but by 40-45 minutes... I realized it was might be good. By the end, I loved it. The second one is generally seen as the best of the three. Enjoy!
@@mezzb those songs! It killed me. "Do yah get it? It's the 90's!"
From what I've been reading, the third one is considered the best though I do prefer the 2nd one.
Honestly, I loved the music. It was all very on the nose - it's the 90s and then it's the 70s (I also think the choice of "carry on my wayward son" is a nod to Supernatural, but I guess I cannot be sure about that), but I loved it.
@@nobodycares-q9o most of my friends thought the third was the weakest, though I personally loved the twist and full blown satanic edge. I view the whole trilogy as one long film.
That opening just had too many songs all at once. Not saying the 70's one isn't guilty of a similar beginning, but by that point you knew the film makers were going to do it. I almost expected a collection of 1600's hits for the third.
I personally couldn’t stand the first movie. Deena damages her relationship with Sam early on into the movie, which would be fine as a heartbroken high schooler lashing out, but the movie kinda vindicates her cruel anger toward her ex gf and Deena never really learns or grows or even reflects on any of her behavior. I did end up invested in them eventually, but that didn’t come till the later movies because the foundation of their arc left such an awful, sour taste in my mouth.
*spoilers*
The final act of the movie also kinda fell apart for one pretty baffling reason. Before the grocery showdown, after they’ve learned the killers track Sam’s blood, Deena’s two friends and her brother paint themselves with blood to distract the killers and lead them away from Sam. Rather than finding a rag or a loose clothing item to act as a kind of red cape that they can taunt the killers with and also discard at a moments notice if things get dicey and they need to split, Deena’s friends opt to paint the blood either directly on their skin or on their skin tight blouse. They both needlessly die for it, too. Really ruined the weight of the climax, especially when we’ve been shown that these characters are learning and adapting and actually prepping and still somehow tripping up on the most obvious shit. The sequels didn’t really have any space for those characters, granted, they would have weighed the movie down imo, but their deaths were way too cheap to be actually impactful or fun for me.
YES! You hit on the exact same two things that make it hard for me to stand behind the first one. Everything else that bothered me in it were little things that I could ignore, but the way that Deena treats Sam was something I could not give them a pass on and the deaths of the friends was just...ugh. That was definitely one of those writer moments of we don't know what else to do with these characters moving forward, so now they're going to make a dumb decision that we will never address. OR they wrote Deena's speech about them at the end first and didn't know how to kill them off in a way that didn't force them to devolve.
literally one of my biggest criticisms is simons and kates deaths they weren't earned at all and pretty pointless which i hated bc i actually really enjoyed their characters (towards the second half) and i really wanted to see how they'd grow
I really enjoyed all three of these , very fun.
The third was the best
I was about to get angy cause I love these movies, they’re so dumb and fun! But then you agreed with me lmao. They’re just so rewatchable, I’m obsessed
Big agree!!
"angy"
If your town experiences a Slasher Movie like ever other summer or so, you really lose out on the sense of dreed someone getting murdered the night before you'd usually get.
best sponsored content on the interwebs, 11/10 for Bobby every time.
Thank you for the clearly labeled commercial with countdown clock. It's much more honest than when you can't tell if an ad has started or not. Hopefully your advertisers like "morning brew" appreciate you and more importantly pay you well. I may even check the thing out. IDK
I put 1994 on during a Saturday morning when no one was home, figuring I'd have it as background noise... ended up watching all 3 flicks in a row. I'm hardly a movie aficionado, but I enjoyed these.
Because of Stine, I thought it was going to be for tweens, AND THEN IT WAS SUPER NOT
This was my experience reading the books as a tween.
Leigh Janiak, the director of the trilogy, said that this was intentional. She knew that nostalgic adults would watch the movie regardless of how gory it was, but she wanted to give modern teenagers the same kind of experience she had when she would sneak into horror movies as a teen. She wanted teenagers to feel like they might be doing something "naughty" by watching the movies, without fully traumatizing them with gore.
@@tuuudes3449 so it's horny?
@@thomaswhite3059 It's more horny than Stranger Things, but less horny than an 80s horror movie. But it's about as violent as a typical horror movie
The timer really makes it easier to watch the ad break, and I'm glad I did because the joke at the end just killed me! Made me laugh way too loud for this hour of morning.
honestly, its representation of small town high schools is probably dead on. i live in one a dems "smol towns" and it's a goddamn unrestrained nightmare.
bobby's slowly turning into a Vtuber, and honestly, there's nothing i want more from this channel
I’ve been waiting to watch until after I heard your take. You definitely won me over with “three slashers, one of whom’s doing a Kane Hodder.”
Oh shit, you even did a minute or two of Thought Slime material. Great stuff, Mildred.
@@Kropothead 😂
I was so worried I would have to sassy tweet at you but I'm glad we came to the same conclusion. This trilogy was a pleasant surprise.
Agreed about the sex scenes. Definitely not for our generation and pretty damn awkward.
What do you mean by “not for our generation”?
@@Markunator zoomers think sex is icky
Where I felt awkward, my teen niece didn't bat an eyelash at the sex scenes. Maybe they are used to them.
@@howiegruwitz3173 No, they don’t?
@@howiegruwitz3173 wrong
Come for the Bobby duke and stay for Matt's takes. Love the channel and thought slime
Our host is going by the name "Mildred" right now
“Marijuana Edibles, etc”
- Bobby Duke, 2021
As someone who did read like all of these books in middle school, they got the tone and spirit of the books very right. The references they put in there also worked really well (I was happy to see the cheerleader saga echoes in there, since it was my favourite).
Of the three, I think 1978 was the best movie, though it wasn’t until 1666 that I got invested in any of the relationships. Plus that one really hit home theme wise for me.
Your videos make me smile, which is one of my favorite activities. So thanks for that!
American high schoolers are perpetually aware of their own mortality. When I was a teen, there was a serial sniper in our area, and the school used a snow day to send everyone home due to bomb/serial killer threats. After a student died due to non-murder causes, his classmates made the announcement over the PA & played a bit of his favorite song in the middle of a period. All this was before school shootings really even picked up momentum. There is NO timeline in which US high schoolers (or _any_ high schooler) would not be deeply affected by one of their classmates being killed.
My favorite Fear Street book was the one about the girl who becomes a werecat but I'm pretty sure that story won't be appearing these movies sadly.
I ordered that one from a secondhand book store because the cover is so horrific. A few friends have been binging the books after the movies and so far they're all pretty "so bad its funny" so I have high hopes for werecat.
@@AmandaDuncil I read the werecat one a bunch of times because to me it wasn't scary at all, it was just frickin awesome
Thank you Bobby for being the animated manager I can’t help but appreciate.
I didn't know I needed you to do a video on them until I saw this upload
I really kinda sort of liked these three movies. As you said, they're not all time great horror movies, but you can tell they cared about not just the horror aspect but also the (albeit pretty obvious) subtle message underneath. Whoever made them has a love for horror tropes and that love translated into my enjoyment.
I binged them so hard
I'm glad that Bobby has finally achieved his prophetic destiny of taking over the channel
Oh my god I need to track these movies down. I read an embarrassing amount of Fear Street back in the day. Every once in a while I remember the name "Corky Corcoran" and die a little. I'd love to go back and reread them, but I was careless with my belongings back then so they're long gone 🥺
I liked the opening to this a lot more than you did.
I just remember going to that sort of mall bookstore to pick up a "Goosebumps" or "Spooksville" book. I liked the red/blue color motif... Even tho it never amounted to anything it is just a lighting choice. I disliked my favorite character being the one who gets the most horrific death.
lmao at first i thought you had to cut the edibles catchphrase for your sponsor, made it so much funnier when it finally came up
I was on the fence for giving these films a shot, but I think this made me decide to try em
I'm so so so glad I gave this movie a chance. For real one of the most engaged I've been to a saga since Hell House LLC.
I fucking LOVED this series. Went in blind and was fucking blown away by what I got. Would take more like these please and thank you Netflix
The art vs junk food thing was pause for thought - I often don't have enough free time for watching movies or shows so I make damn sure that whatever I am watching is exactly what I want to watch, and that means I am highly at risk of missing out on great stories and new perspectives because I am only looking for things I know I already like. This is why I love review channels like this one so much: the other day you were like "watch the vampire on the plane film" and I was like "I am not good with gore or high tension but I do love vampires, I think I will watch it!" and I watched something out of my comfort zone and had a good time - it's good that you took a little peak ahead on this film to say "it's okay it gets better" because now I'm like "yeah, yeah I'll watch the whole thing"
tl:dr; review channels are great and I love Mildred's insight on films I may otherwise not watch
Never would have watched this movie but your video convinced me and my lady to watch. A lot of fun... So far. We still have like 40 mins left.
Bobby Duke said Morning Boo I love that
I loved these movies SO MUCH MORE than I thought I would. I completely agree that I was bored to tears at the beginning of 1994 but by the end of it I was completely invested! The deaths in all three movies really shocked me as well, which honest to God NEVER happens with me. I think the movies did an AMAZING job building tension. And the twist!!! oh my gosh!!! I loved it so much. I usually LOATHE ~*surprise*~ twist endings because I can either see them coming from a mile away or they feel forced and come from no where. But the twist with this trilogy really felt earned and satisfying to me!! Not to mention the not-so-subtle repeating motifs alongside VERY subtle repeating motifs which made it very interesting to analyze
In the Thunder or the Barbarian Universe in 1994. A runaway planet hurtled itself between the Earth and the moon unleashing cosmic destruction.
1978 was my favorite of the 3 ... if only because I never got to go to summer camp and the entire vibe of the movie was great.
"...Only the Ancient Dead like me would remember"
yeah I'm using this now
I keep accidentally watching these at the same time as you, which is cool. Definitely got a dream warriors vibe.
4:18 whereas in real life, we all know high school is a chaotic nightmare world where the kids are basically treated kind of like they're inmates who might try to escape or cause a riot at any moment, and need to be controlled with constant adult surveillance and ten million rules for where you can and can't be at any given time, and everyone is unreasonable and hostile whether they're a main character or not (because the teachers are underpaid, and the kids are sleep-deprived and worried about picking what they're going to do with the rest of their lives before their brains have even finished developing).
I just found you and have been binging all your videos because I find you hilarious 😂😂
Can I just say how god damn perfect the name Mildred is for a horror show host?
Like Mil-Dread
It's just so perfect!!!
*Spoilers*
I really hated this movie, honestly. The main character treated her romantic interest like shit in the beginning in a way that kind of destroyed my ability to invest in their relationship; I genuinely wanted the romantic interest to dump her and move on with her life. The romantic interest also got over her boyfriend being murdered in front of her eyes in like 30 minutes which made it even worse, and while I know her boyfriend was written as kind of an asshole, they seemed to have a stable relationship overall which made her complete disinterest in his murder really jarring.
So not being invested in the main character or her love interest, the deaths in the store showdown at the end were a really disappointing conclusion to the character arcs I actually *did* care about, with 2 of the 3 being unceremoniously killed and the 3rd seemingly just reverting back to how he started the movie, with the two characters he'd bonded with over the movie dead.
I agree, she treated her terribly, tries to push her into coming out in a small town in the 90s (not a good idea), refused to believe that maybe Sam was bisexual and not just "hiding who she is" (and how dare Sam try to move out of a town where people regularly snap and go on killing sprees!), almost murdered her when she caused that car crash, and its like she gets rewarded in the end. Deena was just an awful protagonist.
@@ghiacciolitelite6915 If she was Bisexual, she'd have found another band geek to shack up with in her new town, not the most violently heterosexual guy in a hundred mile radius. The beard is just so obvious.
THISSSS. Oh my God, finally someone else despised this movie. The only part I even remotely enjoyed was the grocery store scene, and even then they killed off the only character I somewhat liked.
Meh, I usually skip any romantic scenes in movies
I wish that I could pin comments under other people's videos because it shocks me how many people just glossed over this part of the movie.
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One Cut of the Dead sends it's regards.
He was right! I didn't believe #6! I am both shocked AND amazed!
They're really fun! I'm not sure these count as Netflix Originals though as they were actually filmed and set to be released by Fox pre-Disney acquisition.
I dont know why Mildread is so surprised; everyone knows Bobby Duke calls every morning with a joke from a bumper sticker. The day before this it was probably "I'd rather be fishing"
I watched the first 15 minutes or so and gave up - will go back now with newfound hope! Also love Bobby's sweet new animation
Oh wait...I remember really liking the fear street books. I'm gonna have to watch the films before I see this video.
Edit: I'm back after watching all 3. They didn't go with the original Fear St saga that I liked, but overall, I didn't mind this...I mean- obviously. I binged all of them. I think I was less impressed than Mildred with 1994 and played some solitaire on my phone through parts of 1978, but somehow became very invested in the third film. It is the most ridiculous, but also most fun. The threads all come together and the 90's nostalgia is strong without swamping it the way the third season of Stranger Things was by the 80's. Honestly, probably not high on my recommended list, but I also don't think it was a waste of time. It felt like some actual thought had been put into this, especially compared to the usual Netflix adaptations.
These movies are completely solid and fun as hell
Mil-dread! Just want to say I love both of your channels and Bobby Duke! Thanks for radicalizing me and recommending wet puppet movies
I love your sense of humor
The guy with the sack reminds me of the villain in Nightbreed. The singing girl is so deliciously creepy.
My favorite character was Samuel, the guy wasn't worried about grabbing a love interest, he's just too cool.
I really wish more streaming services would do this, like you have the money to make things on a broader scale, tell a great interest story over multiple films with the same great quality and funding through out
I thought it was pretty interesting take on the slasher genre, they didn't reinvent it or anything, you're right it started off wonky and vibrator the lesbian relationship is all that kept me invested. They do get better tho! And you can't go wrong with Gillian Jacobs. Just try it .. You can't.
Yeah, I hadn't thought of it like that before but Bobby Duke is so right, Mondays.
This trilogy really buttered my buns as a former Fear Street reader. No, it is no way representative of an actual storyline from a singular book, but I feel it was campy enough where it needed to be that it hit the R.L. Stein vibe marks. Can’t wait for the video on the second - by far my favorite. Even tho there is still uncomfortable teen sex.
Words cannot describe how big my grin was when animated bobby showed up on screen
I was off-put by the constant quick edit soundtrack of "songs from 1994" Stranger Things try-too-hard nostalgia. No subtlety, winks, or easter eggs... just bludgeoning obvious pointless reference. Didn't make it past the beginning of this film. Glad to watch your video and get your take.
I honestly think this series is so good and they're going to like it a lot in the end. I think it actually does get better as it goes along. It's funny because I also compared it to Riverdale, but for the opposite reason. It manages to do progressivism well without just having a handful of characters spit out clunky tumbler jargon. Like there's a real message in there and it doesn't come off as preachy or get in the way of the story which is... super heckin rare imo.
I thought Scaredy Cats was a Wednesday upload day, so imagine my joy and shock to see on a Tuesday!
It's always been Tuesday!
Well now I'm legitimately excited to watch something I had zero interest in. And animated Bobby? Sheeeeeit, don't get me started. ❤️
I had some Fear Street books as a kid, and like most of my Goosebumps books, I never got around to reading them.
I was planning to wait for Halloween to watch these movies. Glad to hear the first one is good actually.
I remember those books. I think it's because of the raised text on the cover. I judged a lot of books by their cover back then.
I think the witch curse stuff justifies the wildly unrealistic highschool stuff. Like the point is that this town is dramatically terrible because its cursed by a witch
I had the exact same entertainment arc with the first movie. Hated it until all of a sudden I was kind of loving it.
Was really digging the class narratives in these movies too
I really didn't believe the 6th one!
Also I'm glad Bobby's facelift went well.
I was so surprised how good this movie was. I had a great time! And I really loved the 2nd one! It is a fun time for sure!
The reasons for why I didn't read Fear Street as a kid are kind of funny in hindsight now that I think about them for the first time. I read Goosebumps because those were the books written for my age group when I discovered them, around 9 or 10 years old. Fear Street was supposedly the series meant for older kids because it was scarier. However, by the time I was at the target age for Fear Street, I had already aged out of any interest in RL Stine books at all. I probably should have just read them when I was reading Goosebumps.
I did in fact read Fear Street. It does not follow the lore. It shares names, but in the original 'lore' trilogy the Fier's are the ones who burn an innocent woman at the stake. It grinds my little horror-loving 15-year-old gears that they changed it for no reason.
As someone who grew up in a small football town in America with a... Lot of dead kids every year, the booing is a lot less out of place than you would hope or expect.
I got the impression that the pitch was originally a limited series, not a trilogy of movies and that's why it feels slow then too fast
Agree with you, Mil-Dread! The first third of this movie had me bored but it nailed the ending and I ended up liking the second movies even more.
Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne, carrots for the Sterling!
The director of these three movies, Leigh Janiak's other film, Honeymoon, is fantastic and I heavily recommend it.
As someone who read fear street this is an original story but they match the tone of the books well, which is like you said pulp horror. I loved the movie for what it was, a fun watch.