Summary

• Fear Street 4 is confirmed and will adapt R.L. Stine's novel, The Prom Queen.
• New cast members have been announced for Fear Street 4, and it's unclear if it will feature the same actors as the first three films.
• The Prom Queen follows high schooler Lizzie McVay as she becomes a prom queen candidate only to find her fellow candidates are being brutally murdered.

Shadyside's curse may have been broken in Fear Street Part 3: 1666, but there is even more terror on the horizon in Fear Street Part 4. Following the wildly successful Fear Street trilogy on Netflix, the project was originally pitched as the start of a greater anthology franchise, and there are plenty of R.L. Stine books to draw from. Directed by Leigh Janiak, Fear Street's story is told over three movies that take place in 1994, 1978 and 1666, respectively, and pays homage to horror classics like Scream and Friday the 13th.

Set in the small town of Shadyside, the trilogy follows a group of teens as they try to survive a witch's curse that periodically causes a Shadysider to become possessed and go on a brutal killing spree. Their investigation takes them all the way back to the source of the curse in 1666, when a local witch named Sarah Fier was hanged and has supposedly kept her grip on the town ever since. After some shocking reveals, an upsetting encounter with a bread-slicer, and a grand finale in the local mall, the Fear Street trilogy ends on a post-credits tease for future installments.

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Fear Street 4 Latest News

Many New Cast Members Added For Fear Street 4

As news continues to pour in regarding the next movie in the R.L. Stine horror series, the latest update sees several new cast members added to Fear Street 4. The film, which is now subtitled The Prom Queen, has added India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, David Iacono, Ella Rubin, Chris Klein, Lili Taylor, and Katherine Waterston to its cast, though their roles are unknown. The aforementioned cast list features a wide array of young and experienced talent, with recognizable stars like Lili Taylor supplementing newcomers like India Fowler. More details are expected soon.

Netflix announced the cast via X (formerly Twitter), see the full post below:

The announcement also came alongside the reveal of the film's official synopsis, and it is strikingly similar to the basic plot of the R.L. Stine book that serves as its inspiration. It isn't known how the new movie will connect to the previous trilogy, or if it will abandon those ideas in favor of something new. However, the shared setting of Shadyside allows for some carry-over.

Donald McLeary has written Fear Street 4 and Matt Palmer will direct.

Fear Street 4 Is Confirmed

New Chills Are Coming Soon

The fact that the announcement came straight from Netflix executive Scott Stuber essentially confirms that Fear Street 4 is going to happen in some form or another. Netflix has a pretty strong track record of delivering shows and movies once they are announced, and there is an incentive for the streamer to continue their popular collaboration with R.L. Stine. The Fear Street trilogy was a well-received series for them, and it would make sense for the streamer to want to rush another movie into production.

Fear Street 4 Cast

A Brand New Cast For The Prom Queen

Though details are still largely unknown, most of the cast of Fear Street: The Prom Queen has been revealed, and the ensemble represents a mix of established and new talent. No characters have been announced yet, but Alien: Covenant star Katherine Waterston will appear, alongside award-winner Lili Taylor (The Conjuring) and Chris Klein (American Pie). Newcomers include the likes of Suzanna Son, who drew acclaim for her role in Sean Baker's Red Rocket, and India Fowler (The Amazing Mr. Blunden). Fina Strazza (Paper Girls), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Ella Rubin (Gossip Girl) have all been cast as well.

The known cast of Fear Street 4 includes:

Fear Street 4's Story

Which R.L. Stine Book Is Being Adapted?

R.L. Stine not only officially confirmed that production on Fear Street 4 was beginning in early 2024, but he also revealed that the movie will adapt his novel The Prom Queen from 1992. Coming as the 15th book in the Fear Street series, The Prom Queen is set in the familiar environment of Shadyside (the setting of the Fear Street universe) and follows high schooler Lizzie McVay, who is one of the five candidates for prom queen at Shadyside High. However, things take a turn for the terrifying as the prom queen candidates begin turning up brutally murdered.

At this juncture, it is unclear how closely Fear Street 4 will follow the book, or if it will merely use it as a framework to tell a continuation of the first three movies. With the Sarah Fier storyline seemingly done and dusted, Fear Street 4 could be a fresh start, or it could devise a way to bring back the ancient curse for even more shenanigans in Shadyside.

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  Fear Street 4

  Distributor(s):

  Netflix

  prequel(s):

  Fear Street: Part One - 1994, Fear Street: Part Two - 1978, Fear Street: Part Three - 1666

  Franchise(s):

  Fear Street