The newest entry in the Fear Street franchise is now streaming on Netflix and while it's nowhere near as charming as the original trilogy, Fear Street: Prom Queen is bound to entice fans who want to see what's next for the saga based on R.L. Stine's book series.
Although the movies are based on YA horror novels, they don't hold back on the gore. Prom Queen is just as gory as the first three, though it doesn't have any death scenes quite as iconic as the bread slicer moment. It's not a movie appropriate for kids, but teenagers will likely be okay to watch it depending on their threshold of tolerance for blood and guts.
Like the previous movies, Prom Queen is another teen slasher that focuses on a masked killer picking off potential candidates one by one during the biggest social event of the school year.
Heed the R rating for Fear Street: Prom Queen
The latest Netflix Original film received an R rating for strong bloody violence, gore, teen drug use, language, and some sexual references. However, if you or child watch the previous movies then you'll definitely be able to handle everything this one throws at you.
There's nothing particularly inventive about this film's death sequences. Avid horror movie watchers won't even blink, but you might want to think twice before diving into this blind. Below, we've broken down the reasons behind the rating so you can discern whether or not this is the right pick for you and/or your family.
Bloody violence and gore: This is a slasher movie, so obviously the blood and guts are star of the film. We're here to see how the killer is going to murder each victim. But because the movie seems to have had a lower budget and indulges in ample use of CGI, the deaths aren't as brutal as you might expect.
Still, there are several notable scenes like one where a teen gets his hands and head slice off by a paper cutter and another teen is electrocuted. Several characters are stabbed and there are a few killed with an axe. Another death features someone being bludgeoned in the head and there's a scene where someone falls off a balcony and gets impaled through the stomach. The movie features no shortage of blood.
Sex, language, and drugs: Everything else in Prom Queen is pretty tame. Yes the kids do drugs and drink throughout the film, but it's never shown to an excessive degree.
The language is a little more intense, with many of the characters dropping f-bombs throughout the 90-minute runtime. As for sexual references, a few of the couples kiss and consider having sex, but nothing is shown on-screen. It's relatively chaste in that sense. There is no nudity.
All of the Fear Street movies are now streaming on Netflix.