‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Trailer Promises Carnage at a Killer 1980s Dance
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Netflix is heading back to Shadyside this month with Fear Street: Prom Queen, the latest entry in the horror franchise adapted from R.L. Stine’s teen slasher series. The new instalment arrives on 23 May, accompanied by a trailer that blends neon-drenched nostalgia with a growing body count, as prom night turns deadly once again.
Set in 1988, Prom Queen unfolds at Shadyside High, where the annual prom is less about corsages and more about survival. A clique of status-obsessed popular girls is preparing for the big night when an unexpected rival enters the race for the crown. But as the competition heats up, candidates begin to vanish, and it becomes clear that someone is willing to kill for the crown.
India Fowler leads the cast as the outsider nominee caught in the middle of the chaos. She’s joined by Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, Ariana Greenblatt, Ella Rubin, and David Iacono, with Chris Klein, Lili Taylor, and Katherine Waterston rounding out the adult cast. The film is directed by Calibre‘s Matt Palmer, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Donald McLeary.
The trailer teases a throwback slasher soaked in ’80s atmosphere, with slow dances, blood-streaked banners, and a masked assailant picking off victims to a synth-heavy soundtrack. The film continues Netflix’s adaptation of Stine’s Fear Street series, following the 2021 trilogy directed by Leigh Janiak. That earlier set spanned centuries of horror across interconnected stories, and while Prom Queen stands alone, it revisits Shadyside’s cursed reputation with a new cast and a familiar sense of doom.
To promote the film, Netflix is also launching an immersive event at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre from 17–19 May. Billed as “Shadyside High Senior Prom ’88,” the interactive experience invites fans to don promwear and enter a fully realised version of the film’s setting. Participants can expect a mix of retro glamour and theatrical scares, with missing students, ominous warnings, and some bloody surprises along the way. Free tickets are now available, though demand is likely to be high.
Produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and Kori Adelson for Chernin Entertainment, with executive producers including Yvonne Bernard, Jane Stine and Joan Waricha, Fear Street: Prom Queen arrives on Netflix 23 May.
Fear Street: Prom Queen trailer
