History YMMV / FearStreet

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Leigh Janiak was quick to say she envisioned more films and a potential TV series, alleviating some fan worries that the mythology around the other killers wasn't fully explored. A hypothetical TV series would also present an opportunity to adapt characters and stories from the books, addressing concerns over the film trilogy being an InNameOnly adaptation. Sure enough, more were announced in 2022.

* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Julia Rehwald has only had a few short film credits to her name prior to the trilogy's release. Needless to say, the fact that her portrayal of Kate has been so praised and lauded as one of the best parts of ''1994'' is quite impressive for her feature film debut.

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* TheyCopiedItNowItSucks: While Ziggy was well-received as a protagonist, there were a few complaints that Sadie Sink just recycled her [[TypeCasting character]] from ''Series/StrangerThings'' in a different decade. Hilariously, ''Stranger Things'' Season 4 would then incorporate several aspects of Ziggy into Max - such as her father leaving (although stepfather in this case), her mother becoming an alcoholic, a DeadlyNosebleed signalling a supernatural death, [[spoiler: being saved from certain death and becoming the first character in that mythology to survive said encounter, and having a vintage pop song play a hand in saving her.]]

* EvilIsSexy:
** Ruby Lane is very much a CuteMonsterGirl whose first appearance in the trilogy is not unlike a siren. Simon even admits being drawn in because she was hot.
** A lot of fans also express an attraction to [[spoiler:Solomon Goode, as well as Nick Goode in both his 1978 and 1994 appearances.]]

** There are a lot of these in ''Fear Street Sagas'', especially if the person is a Fier/Fear relative who has never done anything cruel or vicious but still dies because they're linked to such a cursed family. Examples include Constance Fier, Mary Fier, Jane Fier, Abigail Fier, Garrett Malbourne/[[spoiler: Timothy Fier]], Justin Fear's four wives, Dora Mae Fier, Sarah/[[spoiler:Jane]] Fear, Trevor/[[spoiler: Richard]] Fier, and Margaret Fier. Then we have Susannah Goode and her mother, Nora Goode, and Nicholas Fear's first love Rosalyn.

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler:C. Berman is actually Ziggy, and not Cindy.]] Ziggy fits much more easily into the CoolLoser protagonist archetype, she's the main focus of the trailers and the poster, she's played by the bigger star, there's a closer resemblance between the two actresses, and perhaps most obviously, [[spoiler:why refer to her solely as "C" in the 1994 segments if she is Cindy? Bafflingly, Josh is shown reacting to the reveal at the same time the audience learns about it, which would imply that Christine was telling the story in ''[[ThirdPersonPerson third person]]''.]].

** A lot of fans view Alice as AmbiguouslyGay, and this has been supported by Leigh Janiak and Ryan Simpkins. Since she is introduced having sex with Artie and genuinely seems to like him, this begs the question of whether he's TheBeard, Alice likes him as a friend but doesn't love him (and simply doesn't realise her sexuality) or she's actually bisexual. She refers to him as the only ''person'' she's ever loved, implying she has no love for her family, so she could even have just latched onto him without realising her feelings weren't romantic. It helps that Simpkins is non-binary in real life.

** ButtMonkey PomPomGirl Phoebe Yamura, [[WeakerTwinSavesTheDay Deidre Palmer]], TokenBlackFriend Stacy Malcolm, HeroWithPadPublicity Jennifer Fear, and AlwaysSomeoneBetter Kenny Klein are the most popular ''Seniors'' characters. A lot of fans were irritated by the unceremonious, trouble-filled way they were treated by Stine after [[DayInTheLimelight the books that gave them the most focus]].

* HesJustHiding: The death of [[spoiler:Phoebe Yamura]] can feel this way due to the number of faked deaths in the series, the popularity of the character, and the fact that [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment it's never revealed who was supposed to have killed her]].

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Most of the squad (and Kimmy in particular) from the ''Cheerleaders'' miniseries are pretty unpleasant in the first book to the Corcoran Twins due to being newcomers who arrived suddenly in town and forced one of their friends off the team by being accepted. After the events of that story, the following books have them more sympathetic towards Corky, and helping combat the evil entity. [[spoiler: the fact that at least two of them were involved in the prank against Bobby Newkirk in ''Double Date'' also helps]].

** ButtMonkey PomPomGirl Phoebe Yamura, [[WeakerTwinSavesTheDay Deidre Palmer]], and AlwaysSomeoneBetter Kenny Klein are among the more popular ''Seniors'' characters. A lot of fans were irritated by the unceremonious, trouble-filled way they were treated by Stine after [[DayInTheLimelight the books that gave them the most focus]].

* TearJerker:
** The second half of the first book in the ''99 Fear Street: The House of Evil'' trilogy. It's the scene where Cally Fraiser is reading a picture book to her nine year old brother, James. Basically, James suffers a great deal of emotional stress due to the house. His dog, Cubby, goes missing a few days after receiving him, and the house taunts him by letting the dog's barking be heard CONSTANTLY throughout the halls, always making it seem like it's in the next room, only for them to arrive in said room and the barking shifts to another area of the house. He's also had to watch his parents suffer an equal amount of stress caused by the house. Cally notes that her brother has regressed to the emotional state of a baby, fearful of everything, when he asks her to read him a picture book he stopped reading years ago. Cally does indeed read the book to him, and wishes him goodnight, on the verge of tears from seeing her little brother in this state. [[spoiler: And then the house takes James in the same way it did his dog. His family can hear James crying for his parents to help him, but they can't find him. It isn't until the next book that James and Cubby, or rather, their corpses, are discovered by the new residents of the house. At least the house hadn't turned him into a vengeful ghost as it did his sister, Cally, who also died in the first book.]]
** The ending of ''The Stepsister'': A ton of bad stuff keeps happening to Emily, who keeps blaming her new stepsister Jesse (not completely unreasonably, as it didn't start until she shows up) Jesse always claims she's innocent, and thinks ''Emily'' is the crazy one. [[spoiler: at the end we find out it was Nancy (Emily's sister) who was doing this all a long, and Jesse really was innocent. Emily is [[WhatHaveIDone wracked with guilt]] over mis-blaming her stepsister all this time, and at the end the two of them have a tearful reunion and promise to be like real sisters]].
** And in the sequel there is [[spoiler: Emily finally forgiving Nancy, which is actually what gets her to stop.]]

* FanficFuel: Have fun filling in the backstory gaps for the Shadyside Killers that doesn't include [[spoiler: Ryan and Tommy,]] and how their killing sprees went. Ruby Lane in particular is given just enough hints of an interesting history that leaves her story ripe for interpretation.

** Simon realises that everyone had simultaneous hook-ups while he was having ADateWithRosiePalms. Kate insists that her and Josh were "barely first base".

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The Skull Mask killings in 1994 seem to have less victims than the other ones - with only five, including the killer. And the police arrive extremely quickly, with Nick Goode stopping Ryan while he's in the middle of stabbing Heather. In 1978, when finding the bodies of the four murdered children, Nick is so horrified he throws up outside. [[spoiler: While this is a case of EvenEvilHasStandards on the surface, perhaps on some level, Nick felt guilty about the 1978 massacre; he's shown to be unsure of his future and does go out of his way to rescue as many people as possible and even bring Ziggy BackFromTheDead. So did he rig his second possession to have as little casualties as possible? He decidedly picked closing time at the mall, where there would be less potential victims around, and arrived in timely fashion to kill Ryan personally. Was he in some way testing the water to see if he could still maintain the curse with less victims, essentially trying to have his cake and eat it too?]]

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** In the flashbacks when Deena worked it all out, [[spoiler:the Goodes]] are seen saying the killers names. The narm part comes in when you see [[spoiler:Ashley Zukerman and Ted Sutherland]], who played the two versions of [[spoiler:Nick]], play every [[spoiler:Goode]] shown, just with a wig and fake glasses and facial hair to differentiate between [[spoiler:Goodes]].

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: We're led to believe C. Berman is Cindy in the present day and her sister Ziggy is the one to die. However, given that Ziggy is played by ''Series/StrangerThings'' alumna, Sadie Sink (although they did pull DeadStarWalking with another ''Stranger Things'' cast member in ''1994'', and she'd be played by Gillian Jacobs in the 1994 portions regardless of who plays her past self), it comes as no surprise when [[spoiler: Ziggy survives her attack at the end of the film and has her legal name revealed as Christine Berman.]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Could Sam be bisexual? While Peter could just be TheBeard, and she's only with him due to pressure from her mother, do Deena's statements that she was afraid to be open about their relationships point to Sam having an attraction to men too? Given the [[NoBisexuals 90s attitudes towards bisexuality]], perhaps she is but doesn't know it, and that only adds to her turmoil.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Kate and Simon are intended to be PlatonicLifePartners or LikeBrotherAndSister, but the fact that they're introduced together (with Simon sneaking into the girls' bathroom no less) and are given lots of moments highlighting their closeness - many viewers assumed they were already a couple. Simon also takes his shirt off in front of Kate, teases her in ways that could be considered flirting and actually seems [[spoiler: to take her death harder than Josh]].

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Since Cindy's boyfriend quickly becomes the killer, and Alice's is [[spoiler: the first victim]], they spend the majority of screen time with each other. More emphasis is placed on the rebuilding of their friendship, sometimes making them come across as exes getting back together. Alice has been stated to be gay by WordOfGod; and both actresses believe that Cindy was gay as well, suggesting this was intentional. Cindy even seems [[spoiler: sadder about Alice's death than having to kill Tommy]].