Consider the sequel curse broken: “Fear Street Part 3: 1666" satisfyingly wraps up Netflix’s R.L. Stine movie trilogy with deepened themes, more fully realized characters and enjoyable twists that lend dimension to the arching story. Whereas the first two “Fear Street” movies paid tribute to horror films from the eras in which they were set, “1666" is its own animal. Until the big set-piece climax, “1666" also has the lowest on-screen body count of the trilogy. It’s unusual that a sequel outperforms the original work artistically, and rarer still that a third film is the best of a trilogy; “Fear Street Part 3: 1666" pulls off that magic trick.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 15, 2021 22:52 UTC