History YMMV / FearStreet

* 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.
* {{Fanon}}: Given that she is the ''only'' female Shadyside killer, it’s become generally accepted amongst fans that Ruby Lane [[spoiler: rejected the advances of the Goode son who named her to become possessed.]] The fact that she is constantly singing “You Always Hurt the One You Love” can be interpreted as a clue to this theorized motivation.
** Making this FridgeHorror, someone worked out that the Goode that cursed Ruby was Nick's father- and that Nick would've been born

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Sheila the AlphaBitch from ''1978'', who gets knocked out while the killings happen and was probably still in the camp when Nick revived Ziggy, is never even mentioned or name checked in the 1994 portions. It would have been interesting to see how she reacted to nearly being killed herself, if she grew out of being a bully and if her relationship to Ziggy softened in light of her sister dying. Or indeed her reaction to [[spoiler: Nick being the cause of the murders]].

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: A lot of fans view Alice as AmbiguouslyGay, and this has been supported by Leigh Janiak and Ryan Simpkin. 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.

* HarsherInHindsight: The twist here is that [[spoiler: it's actually Cindy who dies and not Ziggy]]. But in ''1666'', it's flipped around when [[spoiler: Cindy's past counterpart Abigail finds Ziggy's counterpart Constance dead at the hands of the first killer]].

** In the flashbacks when Deena worked it all out, the Goodes are seen saying the killers names. The narm part comes in when you see Ashley Zuckerman, who played Nick, play every Goode shown, just with fake glasses and facial hair to differentiate between Goodes.

** And then there’s the ones we don’t know about. One in particular, William Barker, was just a child who was cursed by one of the Goodemen who said his name with frothing hatred. Why? Who knows….

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Averted, where [[spoiler: both Kate and Simon, fairly prominent characters, meet a grisly end which is permanent.]]

** Solomon's reaction to seeing [[spoiler:Pastor Miller's victims]] is very questionable after TheReveal in hindsight, and there's many ways to interpret said reaction. [[spoiler:Did he have a brief MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment after seeing the effects of his curse, or was he just pretending to be shocked? Or maybe he inteneded to pretend, only to have a genuine, if brief IgnoredEpiphany]]. Was he being genuine when [[spoiler:he said they could run the curse together? Or was it all a distraction until he got a way to get rid of her?]]

** Ryan Torres while odd was caring towards is friend Heather but ended up killing her before being shot in the head.

* 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''), 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.]]

* TheWoobie: Good lord, Nurse Lane! The poor woman saw her daughter - who she loved and knew was a NiceGirl - become a murderer and be branded as a psychopath by the town. She's spent years trying to prove that Ruby was innocent, and then she ends up taken away and branded as crazy herself. [[spoiler: While she appears to be healthy and free in 1994, who knows what she had to deal with in the years that preceded]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Kind of a minor case, as the character did have sympathetic motives. However, the twist that [[spoiler: Sarah Fier was never a witch]] is treated as a major reveal about the character. This is despite the fact that we know [[spoiler: Sarah ''would have'' made a DealWithTheDevil to curse the town, she simply never got the chance.]] Although other viewers point out she only considers doing so ''after'' [[spoiler:nearly the entire town turned on her and Hannah over false accusations of witchcraft]] and said consideration is more out of a desire for her and the woman she loves to survive than anything else.

* CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/FearStreet here]].

* TheWoobie: it goes without saying that all of the residents of Shadyside (or the Union main town as it was called originally) are this due to being victims of not only the increasing greed of one family, but the apathy and classist persecution of the people of Sunnyvale. Special mention however goes to the cursed since the ones we had more info on were decent people kindhearted people who were forced against their will to kill people they cared about and remembered in history as monsters who just went psycho.

* Tommy Slater was a good boyfriend to Cindy but got cursed and killed most of their friends.
* Ruby Lane was said by her mother to be a sweet girl before she killed seven of her friends at a party.
* Pastor Miller was FriendToAllChildren and a good father who was the first to be cursed. He killed several children and cut their eyes out.
** And then there’s the ones we don’t know about. One in particular, William Barker, was just a child who was cursed by one of the Goodemen who said his name with frothing hatred. Why? Who knows..

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Alice]] seems to be set up as stereotypical stoner slasher fodder. However, she quickly grows past that point, displaying numerous HiddenDepths and a great demeanour when dealing with [[spoiler: [[AxeCrazy Tommy]]. However, she's sadly killed with an axe strike to the chest before she can join Cindy and Ziggy in trying to put an end to the Shadyside curse.]]

* {{Anvilicious}}: Not too much that it overshadows the [[NarmCharm fun of the trilogy]], but the metaphor for the classism and the wealthy (Sunnyvalers)) prospering at the expense of the poor ((Shadysiders)) is pretty obvious in all three parts. Especially in the third part when the root of it is revealed.

--> '''Josh:''' So, you guys in the fruit business [Kate's drug dealing]?

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: When leaving the hospital, the crew steals an ambulance. Instead of [[spoiler: using the Defib unit on the ambulance to kill and revive Sam,]] they take her to the Grab&Go to [[spoiler: pump her full of drugs and eventually drown her.]] The extra time wasted results in [[spoiler: Kate's and Simon's deaths.]]

* {{Anvilicious}}: Not too that it overshadows the [[NarmCharm fun of the trilogy]], but the metaphor for the classism and the wealthy (Sunnyvalers)) prospering at the expense of the poor ((Shadysiders)) is pretty obvious in all three parts. Especially in the third part when the root of it is revealed.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Not too that it overshadows the [[NarmCharm fun of the trilogy]], but the metaphor for the classism and the wealthy (Sunnyvalers)) prospering at the expense of the poor ((Shadysiders)) is pretty obvious in all three parts. Especially in the third part when the root of it is revealed.

** While it is obviously meant to invoke some kind of irony, hearing Deena say [[spoiler:”Goode is evil!”]] can cause a few snickers. Not to mention that it's repeated several times and even spray-painted on the mall's walls; making it a rather bizarre attempt at some ArcWords.

* {{Fanon}}: Given that she is the ''only'' female Shadyside killer, it’s become generally accepted amongst fans that Ruby Lane [[spoiler: rejected the advances of the Goode son who named her to become possessed.]]
** Not to mention her constant singing of "You always hurt the ones you love" [[spoiler: Something that Goode son said to her, maybe? Or said to justify him choosing her?]]

** The {{Oireland}} accents on the cast in the 1600s portions are an extremely baffling decision. It seems like an odd attempt at period accuracy, which clashes with the fact that [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory there are non-white actors happily living there with no apparent discrimination]].

** The {{Oireland}} accents on the cast in the 1600s portions are an extremely baffling decision. It seems like an odd attempt at period accuracy, which clashes with the fact that [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory there are non-white actors happily living there with no apparent discrimination]]. Not to mention, most of the accents are terrible.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: When leaving the hospital, the crew steals an ambulance. Instead of [[spoiler: using the Defib unit on the ambulance to kill Sam,]] they take her to the Grab&Go to [[spoiler: pump her full of drugs and eventually drown her.]]
** Despite Josh's implication that every one of the Shadyside killers will come after them, only Skull-Mask, Ruby Lane, and the Nightwing Slasher are the killers for the movie. Killers who didn't get as much attention such as The Humpty-Dumpty Killer and Billy Barker would've likely satisfied fans who thought that the long legacy of killers wasn't properly utilized, and could've made for some interesting setpieces.

* EvilIsSexy: Ruby Lane is very much a CuteMonsterGirl whose first appearance in the trilogy is not unlike an EnthrallingSiren. Simon even admits being drawn in because she was hot.