Get ready to take another walk down Fear Street. The hit trilogy of horror films started and concluded in 2021, with all three installments (1994, 1978, and 1666) landing at Netflix on consecutive weeks. Now Fear Street: Prom Queen will bring us back to the dark heart of Shadyside. You can check out a very ’80s sneak peek below ahead of Fear Street: Prom Queen’s May 23 premiere.

The first three Fear Street films traveled further and further back into the bloody history of the aptly named town. At the end of Part Three, evil seemed vanquished for good — until a post-credits scene showed an unknown figure stealing a sinister tome. Evil never really dies in Shadyside. 

“We're back in Shadyside and the year is 1988,” director and co-writer Matt Palmer tells Tudum. “With Senior Prom just two days away the race for prom queen is already heating up, but when somebody starts slaughtering the prom queen candidates, all hell is set to break loose. Think classic 80s slasher and all the fun that entails, but with compelling characters, needle drops, dancing and a whole lot more!”

You can take a stab at the next chapter of the horror saga below — including the drop-dead gorgeous new key art. And make sure to watch your back as the new Fear Street creeps closer.

What is Fear Street: Prom Queen about?

Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.  

For Palmer, Prom Queen is about more than just fear — it’s also about growing up. “I love that Shadyside feels so relevant to our world now; it could really be any present day blue collar town in America,” he says. “We dig much deeper down into high school and family life in this installment and find that, again, so many of the challenges that ’80s kids faced still seem to totally resonate today.” That being said: if audiences find themselves resonating with Shadyside’s ancient curse, we recommend getting in touch with an exorcist or paranormal expert of some kind as soon as possible.

Who is in the cast of Fear Street: Prom Queen?

Fear Street: Prom Queen features a killer ensemble cast, including:

• India Fowler (The Nevers, Insomnia)
• Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, The Idol)
• Fina Strazza (Paper Girls, Above the Shadows)
• David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Cinnamon)
• Ella Rubin (The Idea of You)
• Chris Klein (Sweet Magnolias, American Pie)
• Lili Taylor (Outer Range, Manhunt)
• Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From, Perry Mason)
• Ariana Greenblatt (Barbie, Avengers: Infinity War)

The film also stars Darrin Baker (The Man from Toronto), Rebecca Ablack (Ginny & Georgia), Ilan O’Driscoll (Titans), Damian Romeo (Ginny & Georgia), Dakota Taylor (Zero Chill), Eden Summer Gilmore (Family Law), Brennan Clost (Tiny Pretty Things), Cecilia Lee (My Dreams of You), and Ryan Rosery (Mayor of Kingstown).

Can I see any Fear Street: Prom Queen photos? 

Yes! Take a look at the first images below. You’ll catch a glimpse at the new film's cloaked killer, whom Palmer reveals "has a great sense of style" matched only by “an insatiable taste for killing people in grisly ways!”

Is Fear Street: Prom Queen based on a book?

Yes. All the Fear Street films are based on R.L. Stine’s popular series of novels, but Prom Queen is the first to be drawn from a specific book, 1992’s The Prom Queen. The new key art, spied above, is inspired by the spooky novel. 

When will Fear Street: Prom Queen premiere on Netflix?

Fear Street: Prom Queen is coming to Netflix on May 23, 2025.

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