History Film / FearStreet

** Ryan/Skull Mask's getup is identical to a costume featured on the cover art of Stine's Literature/PointHorror novel ''Halloween Party II''.

* MythologyGag: The lead character's name is Deena, which is likely a nod to the protagonist of ''The Wrong Number''. That book is one of the ones featured in the opening, and the tagline even serves as the first line of dialogue.
** Ryan/Skull Mask's getup is identical to a costume featured on the cover art of Stine's Point Horror novel ''Halloween Party II''.

* TheRival: A version between towns. Sunnyvale and Shadyside are neighboring communities with a long history of disliking and competing against each other, not helped by the inhabitants of the more prosperous Sunnyvale looking down on Shadyside.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the books were fairly dark, they weren't any worse than RL Stine's previous series ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}''. The trilogy on the other hand has a lot more violence, sexual content and swearing.

* AnachronisticSoundtrack: A number of songs on the soundtrack are from after the film's 1994 setting. [[Music/RobZombie White Zombie]]'s "More Human Than Human" (which Josh is [[DiegeticMusic shown listening to]]) and Music/{{Garbage}}'s "Only Happy When It Rains" are from 1995, "Firestarter" by Music/TheProdigy is from 1996, and White Town's "Your Woman" is from 1997.

* DeathlyUnmasking: A dual version. Heather unmasks her killer as she dies, revealing it to be her friend Jason. Jason is then instantly shot in the head.

* RedHerring: Peter outright threatens Deena after starting shit with the entire Shadyside band and cheer team, so naturally, when a creep in a skull mask pops up, Deena and her friends assume it's him.

** During Sam and Deena's fight outside the candlelight vigil for Heather, Deena goes off about how bad Shadyside is, and says that it's likely they'll get murdered, or "if you're lucky, you'll be the one holding the knife". [[spoiler: She says this to Sam, who ends up getting possessed by the person responsible for the murders, and many of them do end up getting murdered.]]

** During Sam and Deena's fight outside the candlelight vigil for Heather, Deena goes off about how bad Shadyside is, and says that it's likely they'll get murdered, or "if you're lucky, you'll be the one holding the knife". [[spoiler: She says this to Sam, who ''does'' end up being the one with the knife.]]

* TheUndead: The spirits of Sarah Fier's prior possession victims are manifested physically to hunt Sam for disturbing her resting place. They bleed black goo, and can shrug off any damage down to them, even reforming from being blown up.

* SummerCampy: It's a throwback summer camp slasher movie, so take a guess.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The trilogy is set in Ohio, but there were no permanent European settlements in Ohio in the 1660s.

''Part Three: 1666''': In 1666, a colony is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come. Meanwhile, the teenagers in 1994 and 1978 try to finally put an end to the town's curse, before it is too late.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the books were fairly dark, they weren't any worse than RL Stine's previous series ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}''.

!!The trilogy as a whole provides example of:

* ChekhovsGun: Kate is established to be a drug dealer, despite having known someone who OD'd. [[spoiler: In the climax, Sam needs to be killed and revived to break the witch's curse, and they decide to overdose her on the drugs.]]

!!Part One: 1994 provides examples of:

* AdaptationalDiversity: The books primarily feature white characters with only the [[TokenMinority occasional]] non-white character. In the film, the main protagonist is black, and there are a few other black characters as well. Additionally, Deena and Sam are a gay couple.

* CelebrityParadox: The ''Fear Street'' books seen in the opening are written by "Robert Lawrence", meaning R.L. Stine exists in this universe and just writes under his real name.
* DecoyProtagonist: In an homage to ''Film/{{Scream}}'', the movie opens with a girl working at a book store that seems to possibly be the lead, but it soon the first victim.

** The kids lock Sara Fier's undead minions in bathroom and set them on fire, seemingly killing them in the subsequent explosion. A few minutes later, however, they reform from their remains.

* RecursiveCanon: The film begins with a parent buying one of the books, and we see other entries on the shelf. This is an interesting example, as the Fear Street branding is absent, implying they are stand alone works without the titular location.

''Fear Street'' is a trilogy of films based on the [[Literature/FearStreet books]] by Creator/RLStine. In a unique move, each film was released just a week a part, with all of them made at once. The plot of each film is thus:

The films were released on Creator/Netflix on July 2, 9, and 16 of 2021 respectively.

* BloodierAndGorier: The violence was in the books was usually fairly team. In the films, the kills are much gorier and there are more deaths in general.
* RuderAndCruder: The books didn't have much as far as swearing for the most part. The films are far more profane throughout.

* AdaptationalDiversity: The books primarily feature white characters with the only the [[TokenMinority occasional]] non-white character. In the film, the main protagonist is black, and there are a few black characters as well. Additionally, Deena and Sam are a gay couple.
* ChekhovsGun: Kate is established to be a drug dealer, despite having known someone who OD'd. [[spoiler: In the climax, Sam needs to be killed and they decide to overdose her on the drugs.]]
* CelebrityParadox: The Fear Street books seen in the opening are written by "Robert Lawrence", meaning R.L. Stine exists in this universe and just writes under his real name.
* DecoyProtagonist: In an homage to Film/{{Scream}}, the movie opens with a girl working at a book store that seems to possibly be the lead, but it soon the first victim.
* MythologyGag: The lead characters name is Deena, which is likely a nod to the protagonist of ''The Wrong Number''. That book is one of the ones featured in the opening, and the tagline even serves as the first line of dialogue.

'''Fear Street''' is a trilogy of films based on the [[Literature/FearStreet books]] by Creator/RLStine. In a unique move, each film was released just a week a part, with all of them made at once. The plot of each film is thus:

* RecursiveCanon: The film begins with a parent buying one of the books, and we see other entries on the shelf. This is an interesting example, as the Fear Street branding is absent, implying they are stand alone works without the titular location.