Fear Street: 1978 2021

Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (titled onscreen as Fear Street 1978) is a 2021 American supernatural slasher film directed by Leigh Janiak. It is the second installment in the Fear Street trilogy, with a script co-written by Janiak and Zak Olkewicz from a story by Janiak, Olkewicz and Phil Graziadei, based on R. L. Stine's book series of the same name. Primarily set in the summer of 1978, the film follows a group of teens at Camp Nightwing as they face a deadly killing spree connected to the dark past of Shadyside. It stars Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, McCabe Slye, Ted Sutherland, Gillian Jacobs, Kiana Madeira, Benjamin Flores Jr., and Olivia Scott Welch. Produced by Chernin Entertainment, a film adaptation of Fear Street began development at 20th Century Fox in 2015, with Janiak hired in 2017. Filming for the trilogy took place back-to-back from March to September 2019 in Georgia, with the intention of a theatrical release beginning June 2020.