Fear Street: Prom Queen

"Winning just might be the death of you."

2025 1h 30m EN

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Who will be voted queen at Shadyside High's 1988 prom? For underdog Lori, competition is cutthroat even before someone starts killing off the candidates.

“Winning just might be the death of you.”

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Cast

India Fowler
Lori Granger
Suzanna Son
Megan Rogers
Fina Strazza
Tiffany Falconer
Katherine Waterston
Nancy Falconer
Lili Taylor
VP Dolores Brekenridge
Chris Klein
Dan Falconer
Ariana Greenblatt
Christy Renault
David Iacono
Tyler Torres

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Matt Palmer
Writers: Matt Palmer, Donald McLeary, Gergely König-Kapus
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released last year.

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3 / 8

CAST

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237+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Matt Palmer, shot by Márk Győri. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Taylor Stewart. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Christopher Donaldson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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India Fowler and Suzanna Son and Fina Strazza carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Winning just might be the death of you.".

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The take

Matt Palmer directs. Márk Győri behind the camera. Taylor Stewart scores. Christopher Donaldson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released last year.
3237+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Matt Palmer, shot by Márk Győri. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Taylor Stewart. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Christopher Donaldson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7India Fowler and Suzanna Son and Fina Strazza carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Winning just might be the death of you.".
9IMDB entry: tt31433402 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 14 themes, including "based on novel or book", "beheading", "prank", "raincoat".

The technical file

Cinematography: Márk Győri
Original score: Taylor Stewart
Editing: Christopher Donaldson
Production design: Nick Bassett
Costume design: Natalie Bronfman
Makeup / hair: Rose-Mary Holosko
VFX supervisor: Mathew Giampa
Sound: Brennan Mercer
Stunt coordinator: Alison Reid
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025)

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Manuel São Bento2025-05-23
★ 5/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/fear-street-prom-queen-review-a-blood-soaked-letdown/ "Fear Street: Prom Queen is a dispensable entry in a saga that deserves more attention and care. Though it checks the technical boxes and delivers the bare minimum for nostalgic slasher fans, it completely fails at what made the original trilogy such a surprising success: deep characters, a cohesive story, and emotionally weighty themes. With a generic script, forced connections, and a frustrating conclusion, Matt Palmer’s film ends up as more of a forgettable footnote than a worthy new chapter in the legacy of Sarah Fier." Rating: C
r96sk2025-06-03
★ 5/10
<em>'Fear Street: Prom Queen'</em> is all too forgettable, in my eyes anyway. It felt derivatively unoriginal and fairly predictable, with unnatural dialogue not helping. I could ignore that if the kills were cool, but none of which really came across as all that meaningful. The prom setting is an issue, it's one that feels so overdone in movies that any new release needs to do something extra unique to stand out - and I don't believe this one does anything close to that. It is at least short in run time and those onscreen don't produce anything all that bad. India Fowler's Lori is admittedly the only character I found to be minimally interesting, though Fina Strazza does put in a decent performance too as Tiffany. She is overly cartooney, though the same can be said for Chris Klein and others to be honest. Darrin Baker's character has a dumb catchphrase, though I admit I found it to be passably amusing. I will also give credit for the ending, I didn't love it but, to be fair, I didn't predict one part of the reveal - so kudos for that. It sadly isn't enough to save what proceeds, mind you.
Margot Maritz2025-06-08
The newest one, Prom Queen, dropped yesterday, and I actually really liked it. It was genuinely good. Now, let’s go back a bit. When I first watched the original Fear Street trilogy, I absolutely hated them. They got on my nerves, I was just so annoyed. I didn’t enjoy them at all. But I gave them a second chance, and slowly, I started falling in love with the series. I began to see that they were actually great films. I rewatched the trilogy yesterday in preparation for Prom Queen, and oh my goodness, they're good. Like, really good. I love slasher films, I truly do. And I especially love the way Fear Street plays with different decades, how all the films are linked, and how the story unfolds. I love the universe they’ve created with the youthful energy, it’s so clever, so stylish. I just loved it. Watch my video reviews: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMSABmd5c/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKPWBFMir2w/?igsh=MTZyNG9oYWxseW9zOA==