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Goosebumps Season 3 is not returning after its two-season run. Despite having good critical appreciation and showcasing the beloved world of R.L. Stine’s stories, the show has come to an end. The decision does come as a surprise to the fans.

A source close to the situation (via Variety) says that Sony Pictures Television plans to shop the series to other outlets and explore a few different creative directions for the IP. This marks a subtle fact that, given the Disney+ and Hulu merger is forefront, IPs are seemingly eyeing big productions and series that pay them well. But is this the reason to call off David Schwimmer‘s star-studded show, or is there something more to it?

From Haunted Masks to High School Drama, Goosebumps Season 2 Was Brief David Schwimmer in Goosebumps: The Vanishing | Credits: Sony Pictures Television

Goosebumps followed a group of five high-schoolers, who set out to...

We’re just a few weeks from September. The month when Fall officially begins. When the leaves start to die and the weather cools. Pumpkin spice aromas fill the air. Somewhere nearby, a Spirit Halloween crawls into the corpse of a retail space like a spooky shell crab finding a new home. It’s the calm before the feverish storm of excitement that is October. And for some, like me, September is also scarecrow season.

Scarecrows are the harbingers of Halloween. Straw men with faces carved like Jack-o’-lanterns, they usher us into the creepiest (i.e. greatest) time of the year. Standing tall and looming over us in their fields with devilish grins, they mark the transition point between Summer and Fall. Thus, there is no more perfect time to watch a good scarecrow film than in the coming weeks.

And to celebrate the immient release of Dread’s...

The latest TV adaptation of Goosebumps, created for the small screen by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller,originally debuted on Disney+ and Hulu in October 2023, with the second season premiering in January 2025. The final episode of the show's sophomore run ended on an almighty cliffhanger, leaving fans to wonder whether the series would be renewed for a third season at some point in the near future. Now, nearly seven months later, the fate of the popular horror anthology based on the R.L. Stine book series has finally been revealed.

As reported by Variety, Disney+ has decided to hammer the final nail in the coffin of the Goosebumps series after only two seasons on the streaming platform. However, it might not be completely dead and buried, as a source close to the situation has reportedly shared plans that could breathe new life into the Goosebumps property elsewhere. The insider claimed that...

The second season of the new Goosebumps TV series, which was inspired by the works of author R.L. Stine, made its premiere on Disney+ and Hulu seven months ago – and now, Deadline has learned that there will not be a third season on those streaming services. Goosebumps has been cancelled, but producer Sony Pictures Television “plans to shop the series to other outlets and explore a few different creative directions for the IP.” So we may see it continue somewhere else, in some way.

It not clear why this cancellation has happened, as Deadline notes the series “has done well ratings-wise. Seasons one and two combined have racked up 43 million hours watched across 16 international markets, alongside 75 million hours viewed domestically in the U.S. since their debut.”

The first season of Goosebumps centered on a group of five high schoolers as they embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to...

It’s official, Goosebumps won’t be coming back for a third season. Sources told Deadline that Disney+ has canceled the horror series based on R.L. Stine’s classic books.

The show came from Disney Branded Television and Sony Pictures Television, and each season told a brand-new creepy story with a fresh cast. The second season, titled Goosebumps: The Vanishing, followed a pair of teenage siblings who stumbled onto a strange threat. As they dug deeper, they found themselves caught in a mystery about four teens who vanished back in 1994.

Unlike the original 1995 Goosebumps show, which featured a different spooky tale in each episode, this modern version told one long story over an entire season. It still brought in some of the monsters and objects from the books, but the storytelling was more serialized.

The series was developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller. Letterman, who directed the first Goosebumps...

There won’t be a third season of Goosebumps on Disney+. Deadline reports that the horror anthology, inspired by R.L. Stine’s famous book series, has been canceled after just two seasons.

The show came from Disney Branded Television and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. Each season told a brand-new story with a different setting and cast. The second season, called Goosebumps: The Vanishing, followed teenage siblings who discovered a strange threat. As they tried to figure it out, they uncovered a mystery involving four teenagers who had disappeared back in 1994.

Unlike the original 1995 Goosebumps series, which told a new spooky story each episode, this Disney+ version focused on one long storyline per season. It still included some of the monsters and items from the books, but the style was more serialized.

The series was developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller. Letterman, who directed the first Goosebumps movie...

The spooky tales are over for Goosebumps. Disney+ has canceled its horror anthology series after two seasons, a decision that comes just weeks after the entire second season debuted on January 10, 2025. Developed by Nicholas Stoller and Rob Letterman, the series offered a modern take on R.L. Stine’s iconic books, blending supernatural horror with […]

Goosebumps Canceled at Disney+ After Two Seasons...

Despite a strong Season 2 premiere, Disney+’s teen horror anthology series, Goosebumps, won’t be getting a third season. Goosebumps: The Vanishing premiered in January 2025 and, upon its debut, was in the top 10 on both Disney+ and Hulu.

Per Variety, Disney+ has canceled Goosebumps, but there may still be hope for the horror series based on R.L. Stine’s book series. The show, which originally debuted in October 2023, featured a 10-episode first season. Its second season, airing in January 2025, consisted of eight episodes and an entirely new cast and story.

The outlet reports that an individual with close knowledge of the show’s situation believes that Sony Pictures Television, which produces Goosebumps, plans to shop the show around to other streamers and possibly explore “different creative directions for the IP.”

In two seasons, Goosebumps brought in 75 million hours viewed in the U.S. as well as an additional 43 hours viewed in 16 worldwide markets.

Nobody likes cancellations. The word itself will make your skin crawl. But sadly, this is what we're currently faced with. In 2025, Disney+ has renewed more shows than it has canceled. In fact, the only show the streaming giant has axed was the highly anticipated Tiana series. Well, that's until now. Unfortunately, Disney+ has just given the boot to the acclaimed horror anthology Goosebumps after two thrilling seasons.

This news is a huge disappointment to fans who had hoped the spooky adaptation of R.L. Stine’s beloved books would continue to deliver chills and eerie tales. But for us, we saw it coming. The signs were there. Although both seasons 1 and 2 were received well by critics and viewers alike, it's been almost seven months since the second season's release and there’s been an unmistakable silence.

David Schwimmer as Anthony Brewer in Goosebumps: The Vanishing | Disney/Francisco Roman

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Goosebumps has been canceled.

On Thursday (August 7), it was revealed that Disney+ had canceled the anthology series based on the book series by R.L. Stine after two seasons.

The most recent season, titled The Vanishing, premiered on the streamer earlier this year in January and starred David Schwimmer, Ana Ortiz, Jayden Bartels, and Sam McCarthy.

Keep reading to find out more…The first season first debuted in October 2023 on Disney+ and Hulu simultaneously as a part of the “Hallowstream” and “Huluween” streaming blocks. It received mixed reviews from critics.

Sony Pictures TV, which owns the rights to Stine‘s books and produced the series, will shop Goosebumps to other outlets and will also look for other creative directions for the franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Check out all of the shows Disney+ has renewed and canceled so far in 2025.

The “Goosebumps” franchise returned to the small screen in 2023 with a Disney+ series that was only loosely inspired by R.L. Stine’s classic books, and the series essentially rebooted for the second season – titled “Goosebumps: The Vanishing” – with all new characters and an all-new story. But after just two seasons, we’ve learned that “Goosebumps” has been cancelled.

Variety reports this afternoon, “According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, series producer Sony Pictures Television plans to shop the show to other outlets and explore different creative directions for the IP.” In other words, the Goosebumps property is far from dead on the small screen, but this particular take on the franchise isn’t likely to continue.

The site’s exclusive report also notes, “The two seasons pulled in 75 million hours viewed combined in the U.S., on top of 43 million hours viewed across 16 international markets.”

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Disney+ is no longer feeling Goosebumps.

The streamer has canceled its Goosebumps series, based on the enduringly popular books by R.L. Stine, after two seasons. The most recent season, subtitled The Vanishing, premiered in January.

Sony Pictures TV, which owns the rights to Stine’s books and produced the series, will shop Goosebumps to other outlets and also look for other creative directions for the property. There are more than 200 stories in Stine’s original Goosebumps books, spinoff series and short story collections.

Goosebumps on Disney+ was an anthology series. The first season premiered on Disney+ in October 2023 — a few weeks before Halloween — and performed solidly, ranking among Nielsen’s top 10 original streaming series for four weeks. Season two debuted in January and didn’t do as well, never making the Nielsen charts.

To date, sources say, viewers have watched 118 million hours of Goosebumps worldwide — 75 million in the United States and 43 million in 16 international markets.

There will be no third season for Goosebumps at Disney+. Sources confirm to Deadline that the horror anthology based on the R.L. Stine book series has been canceled after two seasons.

A source close to the situation says producer Sony Pictures Television plans to shop the series to other outlets and explore a few different creative directions for the IP.

The series has done well ratings-wise. Seasons one and two combined have racked up 43 million hours watched across 16 international markets, alongside 75 million hours viewed domestically in the U.S. since their debut.

From Disney Branded Television and produced by Sony Pictures Television, the series was based upon R.L Stine’s bestselling Scholastic series. Each season featured a new story, setting and cast. Season 2 followed teenage siblings who discover a threat stirring, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery. As they delve into the unknown, the duo find...

Despite garnering strong reviews and solid viewership for the streamer, Disney+ will not be moving forward with Goosebumps. The show took an anthology structure to adapting R.L. Stine's classic novel series, with season 1 following a group of high school students investigating the tragic death of a teen in the past that also leads to bizarre supernatural secrets.

Season 2, subtitled The Vanishing, subsequently shifted to twin siblings moving in with their father in New York City for the summer, only for their trip through an abandoned Fort to unleash a long-dormant evil. Each episode of the seasons incorporated certain Goosebumps stories into their serialized story, ranging from The Haunted Mask to Night of the Living Dummy and Stay Out of the Basement.

As revealed by Variety, Goosebumps has been cancelled by Disney+ after two seasons. The show garnered strong reviews from critics during its run and was a modest viewership success,...

The thrills and chills of Goosebumps have officially come to an end: Disney+ has cancelled the horror anthology series after just two seasons, TVLine has confirmed.

Its latest season (subtitled The Vanishing) followed the young siblings of a botany professor (Friends’ David Schwimmer) who “discover a threat stirring, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery. As they delve into the unknown, the duo finds themselves entangled in the chilling tale of four teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 1994.”

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“Goosebumps” is not returning for a third season at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively.

The horror anthology based on the R.L. Stine book series originally debuted on Disney+ in October 2023, with the second season premiering in January 2025. Season 1 was 10 episodes and released weekly, while Season 2 was eight episodes and dropped all at once.

According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, series producer Sony Pictures Television plans to shop the show to other outlets and explore different creative directions for the IP.

The two seasons pulled in 75 million hours viewed combined in the U.S., on top of 43 million hours viewed across 16 international markets.

Each season featured references to and storylines from multiple entries in Stine’s books. In Season 1, a group of five high schoolers are pulled into a dark mystery surrounding a teen named Harold Biddle who died decades earlier. In Season 2, a pair of fraternal twins...

While Angry Orchard has joined forces with Jason Voorhees this Halloween and Fanta has linked up with horror icons including Chucky and Michael Myers, Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce’s beer company Garage Beer is channeling the spirit of Goosebumps this spooky season.

Garage Beer has joined forces with Goosebumps artist Tim Jacobus for special 12-pack packaging this Halloween that embraces the spirit of the season in classic Goosebumps style.

Tim Jacobus was the artist behind the cover paintings for the entire original line of R.L. Stine’s books back in the ’90s, and the Garage Beer artwork is unmistakably true to that artwork.

Jacobus writes on Instagram, “Jason and Travis Kelce have their own beer company – Garage Beer (#garagebeer) – and with some help from their team we conjured up an image of the evil Kelce brothers defending their beer stash in a haunted garage. Humor was always a big...

There was a summer where an alligator randomly showed up in the creek behind my childhood home. He was nowhere as big as what we see in the movies, but still, we all kept our distance until the day our visitor finally swam away. It wasn’t even a “see you later, alligator” kind of situation; he never returned.

That was when my fascination for crocodilians first took off. Movies like Alligator (1980) and Lake Placid (1999) helped shape this interest, as did all the non-fiction books I could find on the subject. Yet it wasn’t until years later I learned that “crocsploitation” was also popular in literature.

So to make up for lost time, I read just several of these novels this summer. This includes older, newer, adult, and children’s works.

Not every one of the eleven books I devoured was as good as the best, but I can...

Before streaming queues and prestige drama, we had Saturday mornings, Snick, and after-school blocks full of weird, spooky shows that haunted us in the best way possible.

They weren’t always great, but they were unforgettable — part horror, part sci-fi, part “how did this get made?”

This list isn’t just a trip down memory lane — it’s a treasure hunt for those familiar faces who got their start making you check under your bed.

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You never know when you’ll spot a Ryan Gosling, a Tobey Maguire, or even the ever-versatile Stephen Root.

So grab your Swedish toast (trust us), and let’s dig into 13 live-action kids’ shows that gave us goosebumps… and maybe an appreciation for the wonderfully weird golden age of kid horror.

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Comic-Con may only be a week away, but we're already making our plans for Halloween, and, thankfully, Boom! Studios is too! Ahead of Sdcc, we're excited to share the first details on Hello Halloween #1, a special issue of Boom!'s Hello Darkness horror anthology, featuring new stories from R.L. Stine, Carola Borelli, Robert Hack, Megan Hutchison, Shawn Patrick Boyd, and Elijah Henry. We have all the details, along with a look at variant cover art from Drew Rausch and Jeremy Bastian:

From the Press Release: "Trick-or-Treat yourself to a fresh batch of nightmares. Boom! Studios’ acclaimed horror anthology Hello Darkness gets festive with the inaugural Hello Halloween #1, just in time for everyone’s favorite holiday!

Dare you turn the page? The hit anthology series returns with another chilling installment of bone-rattling horror! Terrifying new tales arrive just in time to haunt your seasonal reading list!

Featuring top tier talent and a can’t-miss,...

Sdcc ’25: A Monster Hunter Walks into Boom! Studios: "The must-read companion to the award-winning and critically acclaimed Something is Killing the Children, Something Is Killing The Children: A Monster Hunter Walks Into A Bar, is collected for the first time!

From the Eisner-winning creative team of James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera, this one-shot companion story originally serialized across six parts in the acclaimed horror anthology series Hello Darkness, gathers the complete story in one epic release! Erica Slaughter moves from town to town, hunting the monsters that haunt the night—but this time the story isn’t hers alone.

Told from the perspective of those she saved, this haunting anthology explores the legend and lasting impact of the mysterious monster hunter!

Something Is Killing The Children: A Monster Hunter Walks Into A Bar #1 features main cover art by series artist Werther Dell’Edera, and variant covers by acclaimed illustrators Ben Stenback,...

Dylan Minnette began his acting career as a child actor, most notably in Prison Break, where he played the younger version of Wentworth Miller's Michael Scofield. He went on to appear in several smaller television roles before landing a major role in Netflix's teen drama, 13 Reasons Why, as Clay Jensen. The actor is also known for his appearances in the horror and thriller genres on the big screen, including Let Me In, Don't Breathe, The Open House, and the fifth installment of the Scream franchise. From that point forward, Minnette has dedicated much of his time to being the co-lead singer for the indie rock band Wallows. With no new acting projects announced yet, the actor, 28, recently weighed in on whether he has completely left acting behind for good.

Over the past three years, Minnette has shifted his focus to his band Wallows, with the 2022 series The Dropout...

“Goosebumps: Terror in Little Creek” is a new video game based on the R.L. Stine book series, available August 29, 2025 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam:

“…enter the spine-chilling world of ‘Goosebumps: Terror in Little Creek’.

“As ‘Sloane Spencer’, a young teen caught in a town of nightmares, you’ll unravel eerie enigmas, confront sinister monsters, and navigate haunted locations inspired by R.L. Stine’s legendary book series.”

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The Goosebumps franchise is headed back into the world of video games with Goosebumps: Terror in Little Creek, which promises to take us into a new town filled with new monsters.

The team previews, “Goosebumps: Terror in Little Creek is an original stealth-adventure game inspired by the series’ iconic scares, coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on August 29, 2025. Step into the spooky town of Little Creek and uncover the web of mysteries and dangers behind its hauntings…if you dare!”

As Sloane Spencer, a teen caught in a town of nightmares, you’ll unravel eerie enigmas, confront sinister monsters, and navigate haunted locations inspired by R.L. Stine’s legendary book series. Uncover the dark forces lurking in the shadows as you solve fiendish puzzles and evade frightful creatures — all while experiencing the signature blend of playful scares and twists that have captivated millions of fans,...

R.L. Stine has always held a special place in the hearts of all those who have grown up reading his horror stories, right from the “Goosebumps” novels to the “Fear Street” series. Naturally, one finds their attention piqued upon the release of the latest slasher genre “Fear Street” instalment, “Fear Street: Prom Queen” (2025). The genre of horror has seen many developments in recent years, thanks to improved CGI technology. However, the real thrill lies in tricks from the old playbook of horror that play mind games with the psychology of the audience in the form of anticipation.

Slasher horror films came into being with two cinematic gems from 1960, the first being Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” and the second being Michael Powell’s “Peeping Tom.” Since then, it has undergone an evolution in terms of how it is made. But what still remains at the core of this horror subgenre is the clever pacing,...

After earning praise from the legendary likes of R.L. Stine and Dan Aykroyd and thrilling readers with a compelling story of an orphaned teen empowered by a supernatural suit of armor and its phantasmal companion, the comic book series Armored from writer Michael Schwartz and artist Ismael Hernández is now coming together in a hardcover graphic novel that collects the first five issues along with plenty of ghoulish goodies for readers to enjoy.

With the Armored Vol. 1 hardcover graphic novel now on Kickstarter via Clover Press, Daily Dead caught up with Michael Schwartz in a new Q&a feature to discuss the journey of Armored thus far, the behind-the-scenes content that awaits readers in the hardcover collection, the graphic novel's eye-catching (and eye-glowing) cover art by Francesco Tomaselli, and what lies ahead in the future issues of Armored!

Below, you can check out our full Q&a with Michael Schwartz...

Thanks to Boom! Studios, we're excited to have your exclusive first look at Hello Darkness #12, the horrifying continuation to the ongoing anthology series. Featuring the comics debut of bestselling author and Hugo Award Winner Chuck Tingle with artist Chris Shehan in the short story “Out," the latest issue will be released this July, but we have preview pages you can read right now.

This issue also includes “Tiny Little Men” by Dave Wielgosz and Riley Rossmo, “We Welcomed Them With Open Arms” by Brixide, “You Can't Make a Silk Purse from a Sow's Ear” by Jenna Cha, and the conclusion to “Something is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar” by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera, plus more "madcap mayhem" from Robert Hack’s “I Can’t Take You Anywhere”!

From the Press Release: "Hello Darkness #12 is the latest entry in the ongoing anthology series featuring what Boom!

Slasher movies are in the midst of yet another renaissance thanks to recent releases like Josh Ruben’s Heart Eyes, the upcoming reboot of I Know What You Did Last Summer, and the seventh Scream film, set to continue Ghostface’s masked rampage in 2026. It makes sense, then, that the new instalment of the Fear Street franchise would lean into the stabbiest of horror subgenres. But perhaps no-one told director Matt Palmer that, while harvesting the fertile crop of slasher films gone by, it’s also possible — and desirable — to sow something fresh, too.

The original Fear Street trilogy, based on the books by R.L. Stine, was directed by Leigh Janiak and released as something of an event by Netflix in 2021, over the course of three weeks. But this new film relies primarily on the goodwill generated by that event, rather than bringing much in the way of original ideas...

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The slasher genre has had a long and enduring journey in the film industry, and now it finally has the recognition it deserves. As there are millions of fans and it almost always performs wonderfully at the box office, that’s why we have decided to compile a list of the best slasher films you can find on Netflix. So, if you are a fan of the slasher genre and love all the blood and gore, these seven films on Netflix are a must-watch for you.

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Scream VI is a slasher horror thriller film co-directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from a screenplay co-written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick. The 2023 film is the sixth installment in the long-running Scream film franchise and a direct sequel to the 2022 film Scream. It is set in New York,...

At one time, Watcher director Chloe Okuno was attached to direct the fourth entry in Netflix’s R.L. Stine-inspired Fear Street franchise – but while Fear Street: Prom Queen has made its way out into the world without her involvement (the movie ended up being directed by Matthew Palmer), Okuno has been busy getting another genre project set up. It’s called Brides and was meant to reunite her with Watcher star Maika Monroe, but now Deadline reports that Monroe ran into scheduling conflicts with her work on the Colleen Hoover adaptation Reminders of Him and has had to drop out the project. She has been replaced as the lead of Brides by Olivia Cooke, whose credits include Bates Motel and House of the Dragon.

Last year, Cooke was attached to star in a horror comedy called The Scurry and had to drop out due to scheduling issues (she was...

Fear Street: Prom Queenbecame no. 1 on Netflix's global weekly chart in less than a week. Released on May 23, the fourth installment after the 2021 trilogy, 1994, 1978, and 1666, is the first standalone movie in the Fear Street series. Starring India Fowler as Lori Granger, Suzanna Son as Megan Rogers, Fina Strazza as Tiffany Falconer, and others, the movie sees the masked slasher return to Shadyside.

According to Netflix, Fear Street: Prom Queen debuted with 10.7 million views in just three days, with 16 million total hours watched. This was enough to claim the top spot on the streamer's chart after Nonnas dominated it for two weeks. The movie is followed by Puss in Boots: The Last Wish at no. 2 with 8.7 million views, while the Vince Vaughn movie sits at no. 3, having garnered 8.4 million views and 16 million total viewing hours.

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On the latest episode of Dread Central’s Development Hell podcast, we’re joined by Matt Palmer, the visionary director and co-writer behind Fear Street: Prom Queen, the newest entry in Netflix’s fun and gory horror anthology.

While Development Hell typically digs into the haunted history of unmade horror projects, we also regularly detour to spotlight the most exciting voices working in the genre today. Palmer is precisely that. We chat about the legacy of Fear Street, translating teen screams to the screen, and what it was like reimagining R.L. Stine’s pulpy terror for a new generation. Expect behind-the-scenes stories, creative insights, and maybe even a few prom night secrets…

In Fear Street: Prom Queen, the new viciously fun slasher installment of R.L. Stine’s beloved universe, the evening ends in carnage, and a high school gym is decorated with viscera instead of balloons. While Palmer might...

The latest Netflix original movie has made a bloody splash on the platform. Fear Street: Prom Queen is dominating the streaming charts just five days after its debut on Netflix.

Per FlixPatrol,Prom Queen has been either the No. 1 or No. 2 movie on Netflix's Top 10 This Week streaming charts in Canada, the United States, and a handful of other countries since its release on the platform on July 23. However, there are a few countries where the fourth Fear Street movie has failed to top the local streaming charts, such as India (No. 5 or No. 6), Ireland (No. 4 or No. 5), Japan (No. 5 or No. 6), Malaysia (No. 3 or No. 4), New Zealand (No. 3 or No. 8), and South Korea (No. 4 or No. 7). The slasher movie has found success despite receiving a largely negative response from critics and audiences, with the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes noting approval ratings of 33% and 27%, respectively.

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Netflix’s 2025 horror movie Fear Street: Prom Queen revives the slasher genre with a story set in 1988 Shadyside. Based on R.L. Stine’s novel, the movie follows high school senior Lori Granger, an underdog aiming for the prom queen title. As prom night approaches, candidates are targeted by a masked killer, turning the celebration into a nightmare. Directed by Matt Palmer, the film combines teen drama with suspense, featuring a talented cast that brings the eerie tale to life. In this article, we explore the cast & character, filming locations, and plotline of Fear Street: Prom Queen that helps shape the movie’s tone.

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Set in 1988, Fear Street: Prom Queen centers on Lori Granger, a high school senior with a troubled family history. Determined to redefine herself, she campaigns for prom queen. However, her rivals begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The killer is revealed to be Dan and Nancy Falconer,...

Netflix has returned to horror territory with the release of Fear Street: Prom Queen. The film is their fourth entry in the Fear Street film series, which is based on R.L. Stine's book series of the same name. While the latest installment of the franchise has not exactly endeared itself to critics, it has topped the Netflix chart, as you would expect. Ahead of the release of the new movie, director Matt Palmer has revealed one of his strongest inspirations for the movie. This time, we need to travel further back in time and land in 1976, when the cult horror classic Alice, Sweet Alice was released.

Palmer sat down to talk about Fear Street: Prom Queen with Bloody Disgusting. Previously, the director talked to Netflix and addressed some of his influences and he listed films like Scream, Happy Birthday to Me, and Sleepaway Camp. However, this time he addressed...

Look alive, Shadysiders! Netflix's newest slasher, Fear Street: Prom Queen, has earned the crown after just one weekend, taking top spot on the streamer's Top 10 list despite a Rotten Tomatoes score of 31%. Prom Queen marks the fourth entry in the popular Fear Street saga that began in 2021 with three movies released in quick succession, with the latest offering being a stand-alone film based on the 15th novel in R.L. Stine's young adult novel series.

Combining familiar elements from slasher films of yesteryear like Prom Night and Alice, Sweet Alice, Fear Street: Prom Queen follows prom season at Shadyside High as the school's wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. When a gutsy outsider (India Fowler) puts herself in the running, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of '88 suddenly finds itself in for one hell of a prom night.

One person particularly key in introducing impressionable readers to the horror genre is prolific novelist R.L. Stine, who created book series like "Goosebumps" and "Fear Street." Of the two, "Goosebumps" was geared towards younger audiences, though it didn't skimp out on the variety of scares that Stine cooked up for each book. As creepy kids' shows like "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" premiered in the '90s, "Goosebumps" got into the juvenile horror anthology fun with its own television adaptation. As evidenced by the 2015 movie series starring Jack Black as Stine and the acclaimed 2023 Disney+ and Hulu series, Stine's source material offers plenty of family-friendly frights.

This article is focused on the '90s anthology series that premiered in 1995, which first brought the franchise into live-action. Initially airing on Fox Kids, the show directly adapted many of Stine's stories, often dividing them into multi-part episodes. While "Goosebumps" was never...

The Fear Street trilogy was an instant hit on Netflix. The 2021 horror franchise took viewers on an epic tale of horror in different eras, with each building on the other. The three films were certified fresh on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with over 80% critic ratings each. Netflix announced a fourth movie, Fear Street: Prom Queen, which has some connections to past films. However, this return to Shadyside was not what was promised. The film has pulled off something rare on Rotten Tomatoes by uniting critics and viewers with similar levels of disappointment. Fear Street: Prom Queen has amassed the lowest score of the franchise. It is currently rated 31% by critics and 30% by viewers, something rare on the platform, where viewers and critics usually see things with a significant difference. The film's score is not only the worst of the franchise by a considerable margin, but it is also one...

Netflix's long-awaited Fear Street: Prom Queen is among the latest horror movies to premiere in the past few weeks, being released on the streaming service on May 23, 2025. Sadly, the fourth installment in the Fear Street film series isn't garnering the positive reviews many hoped for, and has seriously failed to live up to the trilogy that so impressed genre fans and critics back in 2021.

Fear Street: Prom Queen stars India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, David Iacono, Ella Rubin, Chris Klein, Ariana Greenblatt, Lili Taylor, and Katherine Waterston. It is based on the novel "The Prom Queen," written by R. L. Stine from the teenage horror fiction series "Fear Street." The plot follows a masked killer who targets candidates at Shadyside High on the night of their senior dance in 1988. Although it had the potential to be a modern prom horror hit, possibly drawing inspiration from Carrie or Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II,...

Most film critics turned their backs on “Fear Street: Prom Queen” the day it started streaming. And yet, halfway through its world premiere weekend, Netflix‘s trending teen slasher is still popular with plenty of subscribers. Co-written by director Matt Palmer and Donald McLeary, “Prom Queen” is a goofy-gory throwback about a pack of high school frenemies battling a masked killer in 1988.

A victim of the Shadyside curse series fans know all too well, Lori Granger (India Fowler) is convinced that winning the prom queen crown will clear her disgraced family name. But when the confetti flies and student blood starts to spill, our final girl becomes the epicenter for one of the worst massacres in the town’s history. Stalked by a silently snarky figure in a bright-red raincoat, queen bee Tiffany (Fina Strazza), “Carrie”-esque love interest Tyler (David Iacono), gossip Debbie (Rebecca Ablack), straight-a student Linda (Ilan O’Driscoll...

Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025) revolves around a horrifying night in the lives of suburban teenagers. It shows a masked killer out to hunt down the prom queen contestants one by one. With this film, the Fear Street franchise makes a return to Netflix. However, instead of Leigh Janiak who directed the initial trilogy, Matt Palmer takes over the directorial reigns. The film primarily follows Lori Granger, who seeks redemption for herself and her mother, who has a dark history associated with the prom night. Toward the end, the film reveals Lori’s fate as she discovers the person behind the mask.

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Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ is directed by Matt Palmer from a script he co-wrote with Donald McLeary based on R. L. Stine’s novel, The Prom Queen (1992).

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Set in Shadyside in 1988, the...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Fear Street: Prom Queen!The Fear Street franchise has become one of the most inventive horror sagas in recent years, and Fear Street: Prom Queenkeeps that tradition alive with a new, stylish story and chilling mystery. Based on R.L. Stine's teen horror novel, the Netflix film reimagines the high school slasher formula for a modern audience. Like the previous Fear Street trilogy, the film balances brutal scares with a sharp tone and clever plot twists. This time, the mystery is just as compelling as the kills, and a lot of that comes down to the performance and inspiration behind the killer.

Fina Strazza, who plays Tiffany, one of the killers in Fear Street: Prom Queen, recently revealed that her performance was heavily inspired by an iconic slasher villain from Scream. In an interview with ScreenRant, Strazza explained how Skeet Ulrich's portrayal...

Now four movies strong, Netflix’s Fear Street franchise is shaping up to be the best example of the ‘old wine in a new bottle’ trope when it comes to mainstream slasher flicks. With each entry focusing on a different era of Shadyside’s history of serial killings, the interconnected elements were one of the biggest highlights of the trilogy, which was released back in 2021. Now, even though the fourth installment to the franchise, Prom Queen, is more independent in nature, it showcases crucial connections to the overarching Fear Street narrative as well.

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Fans of the movie trilogy or those familiar with R. L. Stine’s books will surely remember that the Shadyside serial killer crisis began in 1666, with Solomon Goode making a deal with the devil to turn Pastor Miller into a frenzied killer and incriminating Sarah Fier for corrupting the settlement of Union.

In 2021, Netflix released the horror film series Fear Street, based on R.L. Stine's book series of the same name. After a four-year break, a new film is officially out.

Fear Street: Prom Queen further expanded the universe created in the first three films. The slasher, set in 1988, just premiered on Netflix on May 23. The franchise has received positive reviews from critics and the audience, but the final entry didn't follow the same path as Fear Street: Prom Queen has the critics and the audience in agreement on Rotten Tomatoes, with negative scores below 40%.

The Fear Street Trilogy had Leigh Janiak at the helm, who co-wrote the script with Phil Graziadei for the first entry, and Zak Olkewicz for the sequel, and Phil Graziadei and Kate Trefry for the third one. The new installment had a different team, as Matt Palmer directed Fear Street: Prom Queen and co-wrote the script with Donald McLeary.

Warning: The following article contains Spoilers for Fear Street: Prom Queen.Fear Street: Prom Queen star David Iacono reveals that one major death almost never happened. The slasher, based on the work of R. L. Stine, premiered on Netflix following the success of the 2021 Fear Street trilogy. Occurring six years before Fear Street Part One: 1994, the latest movie features another chain of gruesome murders, as a masked assailant begins targeting candidates for Shadyside High prom queen. Iacono portrays Tyler Torres, a popular student and boyfriend of Tiffany Falconer, who is killed directly in front of the final girl, Lori Granger.

During an interview with ScreenRant's GrantHermanns, Iacono revealed that his character was not murdered in the original draft of Fear Street: Prom Queen. As he explained, "the writers were having the story evolve," which eventually resulted in his character's death. However, Iacono considered it "a better end for Tyler’s journey,...

A new chapter of the miserable history of Shadyside unfolds as Netflix’s beloved Fear Street franchise brings its latest entry, Prom Queen, four years after the release of the original movie trilogy. Adapted from R. L. Stine’s Prom Queen, the movie revolves around Shadyside High senior prom night of 1988, which becomes a hunting ground for a new masked serial killer. Unlike the previous entries, there is a noticeable distance the narrative maintains with the established mythos of Sarah Fier or Goode family shenanigans, featuring only some minor acknowledgements. This effort to treat the movie as its own thing would have worked if the characters were interesting enough instead of being limited to high school drama stereotypes. While earlier entries made conscious efforts to build emotional connections and made the leads appear like rounded characters with individuality, Prom Queen doesn’t bother with anything of that sort. As a result,...

Netflix’s Fear Street: Prom Queen has allowed fans to immerse themselves in high school nostalgia — onscreen and in real life.

Based on author R.L. Stine’s books, the fourth film in the streamer’s slasher series began streaming Friday. Writer-director Matt Palmer’s feature stars India Fowler, Suzanna Son, David Iacono, Ella Rubin, Ariana Greenblatt and Rebecca Ablack. Set in 1988, the movie centers on teen girls disappearing from a popular clique at Shadyside High.

During an interactive event that ran May 17-19, Netflix created a terrifying prom experience for visitors to the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. On May 18, Palmer and the cast attended the Shadyside High Senior Prom ’88 experience as guests explored versions of the gymnasium, lockers, girls’ bathroom and more locations designed to frighten fans.

“Fear Street is a beloved franchise, so our main goal was for the experience to mirror everything the fandom loves about the...

As enamored as I was with the Goosebumps books at the public library when I was growing up, I was just as obsessed with R.L. Stine's Fear Street novels. There was something more dangerous about them, more edgy, more slasher-y. While Goosebumps sparked my imagination with frightful fun, Fear Street gave me something to look forward to fearing when I was old enough to cross the street to Shadyside.

I was fortunate to even own some Fear Street books at a young age, when an older cousin gave my family several grocery bags of books for my sister and I to enjoy. Nestled between used paperbacks of The Baby-Sitters Club and Full House stories were a stack of Stine's Fear Street titles (as well as a couple of Christopher Pike books), and ocassionally I would gaze at the eerie covers of these books, wondering what types of terror awaited me within its yellowed,...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers about “Fear Street: Prom Queen,” now streaming on Netflix.

Growing up in the U.K., “Fear Street: Prom Queen” director and co-screenwriter Matt Palmer wasn’t too familiar with R. L. Stine’s teen horror novel series that launched the Netflix film franchise. They had “Goosebumps,” Stine’s more popular series for younger readers, but “Fear Street” hadn’t made as much impact across the pond.

Luckily, Palmer was still approached to direct “Prom Queen,” the fourth chapter in the “Fear Street” film series, before producers had cemented which of the ten titles they had narrowed down to consider adapting next. This book spoke to him, even as he was well out of high school.

“The idea was like, ‘What if you tried to write a teen movie in the John Hughes mold — the kids were in “The Breakfast Club” — but there was a...

This week brings the return of Netflix’s Fear Street movie franchise and the debut of Until Dawn at home, along with a new Shudder Original horror movie… and that’s only the start.

Here’s all the new horror that released from May 19 – May 23, 2025!

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Felipe Vargas (Milk Teeth) makes his feature directorial debut with the horror movie Rosario, which was released in theaters earlier this month. The film debuted at home this week.

You can rent Rosario on Digital for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99.

Alan Trezza (We Summon the Darkness, Burying the Ex) wrote the film, which explores the weight of generational secrets and the price we pay for the dreams we inherit.

Emeraude Toubia (“Shadowhunters”) and David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil) star.

“Wall Street stockbroker Rosario returns to her grandmother’s apartment after her sudden death.