Fear Street Part Three: 1666 - A Satisfying Conclusion to the Unique Horror Trilogy

I have been waiting for this third movie in the trilogy, so for sure when it was released, I immediately watched it as soon as I had the opportunity. Having seen the first two movies and love them, it would be weird if I was not excited for it. Without further ado, here's more on the movie.

Brief Story Line

Set in 1666 where it all began, Sarah Fier (Kiana Madeira) and her younger brother Henry (Benjamin Flores Jr.) were living in the Union together with the original settlers. Sarah and her friends were quite close, and together with Hannah (Olivia Scott Welch), Abigail (Emily Rudd) and Isaac (Fred Hechinger), they liked to hang out in the woods after dark.

However, after a major incident, the Union people started to look for a person they could blame on. Unfortunately for Sarah, she fit the category and being chased by everyone, with only Solomon (Ashley Zukerman) the only one willing to help her.

So how would the story conclude? Find them all in this final movie of the trilogy.

End of Brief Story Line

After watching Part One and Part Two, I was intrigued on how part three would be able to conclude everything. After all, this trilogy is quite unique where it began in the "current" period of 1994 and move backwards in time till the final movie. But somehow the movie makers/writers were able to pull it off in an intelligent way to my opinion. I really like how they managed to conclude in a fashionable way that still satisfied me and did not seem to deviate too much from the slasher genre.

The earlier part did take some adjusting for me since it was set more than 300 years prior to the second movie. But as the story progressed, it became more interesting especially after that incident. From then onwards, it was suspenseful till we knew what actually happened in the past. There was a bit of a twist but it might not be so shocking if you have seen many movies and already have a feeling. The intensity of the movie was increased a lot during the latter part, until the end.

Btw, during the closing credits, there was a scene which you would have guessed as well if you noticed in a scene earlier. That was pretty interesting and it's something quite common being used in many other horror movies. Just like in previous 2 films, one element that was fantastic was the background music. This time though, the jump scare scenes were not really felt. Mostly eerie, dark and a bit depressing feeling like when you watch something like M. Night Shyamalan's The Village. Plus I also felt the twists here were not as good as the second movie since they were easily to spot.

Overall it has been a worthy experience for me watching this trilogy. Each film has its own attribute and horror specialty. The intelligent manner where they were interconnected and having a flashback story was my favorite part. Even though it might not have been as spectacular as Christopher Nolan's Memento, but I still applaud the director's courage to do this sort of story telling. As a standalone movie, part three might not have been awesome but as a finale, it was amazing. And I would not mind watching another trilogy based on R. L Stine's novels, should there be another one in future.

Mike's movie moments rating: 4 out of 5 stars