Fear Street: 1978

"Find the truth."

2021 1h 51m EN

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 2,338

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Synopsis

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In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.

“Find the truth.”

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Cast

Sadie Sink
Ziggy Berman
Emily Rudd
Cindy Berman
Ryan Simpkins
Alice
McCabe Slye
Tommy Slater
Gillian Jacobs
C. Berman / Adult Ziggy
Kiana Madeira
Deena
Benjamin Flores Jr.
Josh
Ted Sutherland
Young Nick Goode

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Leigh Janiak
Writers: Phil Graziadei, Leigh Janiak, Leigh Janiak
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Fear Street Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

CAST

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322+ 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 Leigh Janiak, shot by Caleb Heymann. 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 Marco Beltrami. 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 Rachel Goodlett Katz 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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Sadie Sink and Emily Rudd and Ryan Simpkins carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Find the truth.".

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The take

Leigh Janiak directs. Caleb Heymann behind the camera. Marco Beltrami scores. Rachel Goodlett Katz cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 5 years ago.
2Part of the "Fear Street Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3322+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Leigh Janiak, shot by Caleb Heymann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Marco Beltrami. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Rachel Goodlett Katz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sadie Sink and Emily Rudd and Ryan Simpkins carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Find the truth.".
9IMDB entry: tt9701940 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "based on novel or book", "summer camp", "1970s", "sequel".
11Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Caleb Heymann
Original score: Marco Beltrami
Editing: Rachel Goodlett Katz
Production design: Scott Kuzio
Costume design: Amanda Ford
Makeup / hair: Robert Kurtzman
VFX supervisor: John Weckworth
Sound: Mark Paterson
Stunt coordinator: Alan D'Antoni
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Fear Street: 1978 (2021)

Part of

Fear Street Collection

Three film adaptations of the book series by R. L. Stine.

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Leigh Janiak

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Kamurai2021-07-11
★ 8/10
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. If you are in a position to do so, then you could actually watch this movie before the "Fear Street Part One 1994". I think a large part of this is that Sadie Sink is an amazing actress and while she doesn't carry the movie, she outshines everyone else with whom she shares a screen. This isn't even an origin story, but sort of meets all the pacing of one in a pretty excellent fashion. Introducing Ziggy and the curse of the Sarah Fear all in one horrific go. They do go a weirdly tasteful route where they previous showed high schoolers being killed, but do not show younger children being killed. I honestly didn't expect it given the amount of blood and wounds are shown, but not really gore come to think of it, at least not in this one. Even as a stand alone movie, if you're into camp movies and like slashers, this is well worth the watch.

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