Fear Street: Fourth RL Stein adaptation in the works at Netflix

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Fear Street followers rejoice: one other movie adaptation of RL Stein’s horror ebook collection is in the works.

Stein himself shared the joyful information on X, previously generally known as Twitter, on Saturday (13 January).

The creator, greatest recognized for his much-loved Goosebumps ebook collection, wrote: “Movie news: I can finally announce that a new Fear Street movie is about to go into production for Netflix.”

Stein, 80, revealed that the movie will likely be an adaptation of his 1992 Fear Street novel The Prom Queen.

“A spring night…soft moonlight…five beautiful Prom Queen candidates…dancing couples at the Shadyside High prom – these should be the ingredients for romance. But stir in one brutal murder — then another, and another – and the recipe quickly turns to horror,” reads the ebook description, as per Stine’s official web site.

“Lizzie McVay realises that someone is murdering the five Prom Queen candidates one by one – and that she may be next on the list! Can she stop the murderer before the dance is over – for good?”

This will likely be the fourth Fear Street movie tailored by Netflix, following on from the large success of Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666.

The 2021 trilogy, led by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink and Kiana Madeira, adopted a gaggle of youngsters residing in Shadyside, Ohio, whose lives are turned the other way up by the ghostly hauntings that plague their city.

Directed by Leigh Janiak, the movies had been launched inside one week of each other in July 2021. They had been obtained positively by followers, who applauded the present’s LGBTQ+ illustration.

The Prom Queen will function a brand new solid of characters, however no actors have but been introduced.

The first three Fear Street movies obtained 84 per cent, 87 per cent, and 88 per cent critics scores on evaluate aggregator web site Rotten Tomatoes, for Parts One, Two, and Three, respectively.

The first two instalments obtained 4 stars from The Independent’s movie critic Clarisse Loughrey, with the third entry receiving a middling three-star evaluate.

“The film is laced with giddy memories of childhood sleepovers, trembling hands holding flashlights up to faces, and creaky, old urban legends so familiar that they gain a life of their own,” wrote Loughrey in her evaluate of Part One.

A launch date for Fear Street 4 is but to be introduced.