Bright Lights, Big Murder: A Review of Fear Street Part One: 1994
Review (Light Spoilers) While the question of quality can certainly be asked of a film in any genre, horror feels like one where exactly what you’re getting from a given piece of media can vary incredibly wildly. Because horror is all about eliciting negative feelings anyway and since horror also breaks down into a wide variety of sub-genres and areas of focus, choosing a film at random to watch can be a real bad time. Maybe you like paranormal stuff but can’t stand blood and guts, or maybe you hate the modern, creeping, slow “artsy” horror but love schlocky excess. Maybe found footage makes you physically ill (and bored). I don’t doubt that there are horror fanatics out there who love or can at least stomach it all and will readily dive into whatever, but I don’t generally just pick horror films out of a hat, while, say, scrolling Netflix, for instance. ...