The third Fear Street movie brought the series back to the start, including several dual roles by the film series cast members. Netflix’s Fear Street is a three-part horror film series that takes place in the fictional Shadyside, Ohio, following different eras of teens as they deal with the repercussions of the town’s sinister curse. Three centuries' worth of Shadyside killers come together as a group of teens in 1994 try to discover the secrets behind Shadyside’s 1666 witch Sarah Fier, while also receiving help from a 1978 massacre survivor.
The Fear Street movies, based on novels of the same name, contain a variety of horror homages and Easter eggs that inspired the themes of each installment. The movies also contain a few core connections to Netflix’s Stranger Things, including a few shared cast members and the fact that director Leigh Janiak is married to Stranger Things co-creator Ross Duffer. As Netflix’s first horror movie series to premiere three installments in consecutive weeks, Fear Street is beginning a new strategy for TV-like releases for movies on streaming services.
Fear Street Part 3: 1666 features a combination of the first two installments’ cast as they return in new and old roles. As Sarah Fier makes Deena relive the events that lead up to her wrongful execution in 1666, many of the characters from the first two movies are imagined as the citizens in Union’s 1666 colony. Here are all of the Fear Street cast members who played multiple parts in the film series.
Kiana Madeira As Deena/Sarah Fier
Kiana Madeira is one of only a few actors that appear in each movie as she portrays Deena, returning in each Fear Street installment. Prior to leading the Fear Street series, Madeira was best known for her roles on Sacred Lies and Netflix’s Trinkets. Deena is the main protagonist of Fear Street, serving as the character who is connected to the most storylines and is chosen by Sarah Fier to see what actually happened in Shadyside’s doomed history. She is also the girlfriend of Sam Fraser, who in Fear Street: 1994 sees the witch and becomes the victim of the prior Shadyside killers. In Fear Street: 1978, she appears in the opening and closing scenes with C. Berman. Finally, Madeira simultaneously plays Deena and Sarah Fier as she is sent by Sarah to relive the events that led to her wrongful execution before Fear Street: 1666's twisty ending.
Olivia Scott Welch As Sam/Hannah
Another actor to appear in all three movies, Olivia Scott Welch first portrays Sam Fraser in Fear Street: 1994. Sam is Deena’s love interest who recently moved to Sunnyvale, though becomes the hunted victim of Shadyside’s undead killers after bleeding on the grave of Sarah Fier. After dying and being brought back to life, Sam’s arc at the end of Fear Street: 1994 and Fear Street: 1666 involves becoming another of the curse’s minions, trying to go after Deena. In Fear Street Part 3’s 1666 timeline, Welch plays Hannah Miller, the daughter of Pastor Miller who engages in a forbidden relationship with Sarah Fier, causing the two to become the center of an elaborate witch hunt. Welch previously played Heather on Panic and Olive on Modern Family.
Sadie Sink As Ziggy/Constance
Aside from her new notoriety from Fear Street: 1978, Sadie Sink is best recognized for her role as Max on Stranger Things. Sink, along with Stranger Things' Maya Hawke, were the two actors that headlined Fear Street for their Netflix-based fame. Sink played the 1978 version of Christine “Ziggy” Berman, a survivor of the Camp Nightwing Massacre. Up until Sam’s 1994 storyline, Ziggy was the only known person to see the witch and survive the wrath of the curse’s minions. In Fear Street: 1666, Sadie Sink returns in the flashback/vision Sarah Fier creates to show Deena what actually happened. In the 1666 storyline, Sink plays her 1978 character’s ancestor Constance Berman. Irish accent in hand, Sink’s role mostly consists of a terrifying sequence where Union’s children are killed by the town’s possessed pastor.
Ashley Zukerman As Nick/Solomon
The historical and secretly villainous Goode family seemed pretty suspicious in the too-good-to-be-true town of Sunnyvale in Fear Street: 1994, and Ashley Zukerman’s portrayals of Nick and Solomon Goode affirm the skepticism. Zukerman is best-known for playing Dr. Charlie Isaacs on Manhattan and Nate Sofrelli on HBO’s Succession. His first appearance in the Netflix film series was Fear Street: 1994 as Sheriff Nick Goode, a cop whose family somehow holds wide power over Sunnyvale. Zukerman returns for Fear Street: 1666 first as Solomon Goode, a seemingly sympathetic character in Union’s polarizing town, who turns out to have the biggest twist of the series. Following the 1666 flashback, Zukerman returns to the Goode heir Nick and sends the killers after Sam.
Benjamin Flores, Jr. As Josh/Henry
Deena’s younger brother Josh is played by Benjamin Flores, Jr., who is known for his rapping career as “Lil P’Nut” and his role on Nickelodeon’s The Haunted Hathaways. Josh is the character who gets the ball rolling about discovering the Skull Mask Killer’s sinister connection to Sarah Fier and Shadyside’s cursed history in Fear Street: 1994. He’s obsessed with the Shadyside Killers, dedicating an entire wall to newspaper clippings and theories. Like Madeira, Flores appears in each Fear Street movie as Josh, with a dual role in Fear Street: 1666 as Sarah Fier’s brother Henry. In Fear Street Part 3, Josh’s 1666 timeline role involves tending to the family’s pigs and being a victim to Pastor Miller’s rampage, while his 1994 timeline takes him back to destroying Sarah Fier's curse on Shadyside.
Fred Hechinger As Simon/Isaac
Simon, one of Deena’s best friends in Fear Street: 1994, is played by Fred Hechinger, who also portrayed Ethan in Netflix’s The Woman in the Window. After the group begins to be chased by the undead Shadyside Killers, Simon is terrorized by Ruby Lane in the streets before becoming a victim at the Shadyside supermarket. Hechinger returns in Fear Street: 1666 as Isaac, a young citizen in Union’s settlement who supports Sarah and Hannah in declaring to the town they are not at fault with their accusations.
Julia Rehwald As Kate/Lizzie
In Fear Street: 1994, Kate is portrayed by Julia Rehwald, whose previous credits include movie shorts. Kate is one of Deena’s best friends who sells drugs with Simon, eventually becoming somewhat of a love interest for Josh before the climactic bread-slicer supermarket scene. Rehwald comes back in Fear Street: 1666 as Sarah Fier’s friend Lizzie, who goes along with the teens to a party and grieves Sarah after her execution.
Emily Rudd As Cindy/Abigail
Fear Street: 1978 primarily focuses on the Berman sisters Ziggy and Cindy as they evade a crazed murderer at Camp Nightwing, with the latter being played by Emily Rudd. Prior to Fear Street, Rudd played Heidi in the TV series Dynasty. Rudd is at the forefront of Fear Street: 1978 as the counselor whose boyfriend Tommy is possessed into killing Shadyside campers and counselors. She’s also implied to be the younger version of C. Berman before Fear Street: 1978 ends with a major character twist. Rudd returned in Fear Street: 1994 as Abigail Berman, one of her 1978 character’s ancestors and still portraying the older sister of Sink’s character. Abigail is one of Sarah Fier’s friends who joins her at the party, grieves for her sister, and provides a proper burial for Sarah.
McCabe Slye As Tommy/Mad Thomas
McCabe Slye, who previously played Ryan in Destroyer, portrays two terrifying characters in Fear Street. His more prominent role in Fear Street is in Part 2 as Tommy Slater, Cindy’s boyfriend and a Shadyside counselor who becomes possessed as the Camp Nightwing Killer, murdering a dozen kids with an ax before going down himself. In Fear Street: 1666, Mad Thomas isn’t a killer, but an unhinged religious fanatic alcoholic who begins casting accusations on Sarah and Hannah, encouraging the town to condemn them for witchcraft.
Jordana Spiro As Mrs. Lane/The Widow
One of Shadyside’s most recent killers in the Fear Street: 1994 timeline was Ruby Lane, whose mother, Mrs. Lane, was introduced in Fear Street: 1978 as the camp nurse who grieved her daughter’s death and possession. In Part 2, Mrs. Lane knows the truth of Tommy’s name on the wall and tries to kill him before he can go on a rampage, but fails and is removed from camp by the police. Mrs. Lane was portrayed by Jordana Spiro, best-known for Rachel Garrison on Netflix’s Ozark. Spiro returned in Fear Street: 1666 as The Widow, a witchcraft-practicing reclusive woman who lives in the woods outside of Union.
Jeremy Ford As Peter/Caleb
Jeremy Ford plays Peter, Sam’s new Sunnyvale boyfriend in Fear Street: 1994 who’s by all means a bully and hates Shadysiders. Ford then portrays Caleb in Fear Street: 1666, a vengeful teen who focuses the witch hunt on Hannah and Sarah after embarrassing him at the party. Ford previously played Logan on The Mosquito Coast.
Matthew Zuk As Mayor Will/Elijah
Mayor Will Goode is played in both Fear Street Part 1 by Matthew Zuk, who is notable for portraying Negative Man on Doom Patrol. While Will doesn’t actively contribute to the Goode legacy like the first-born heirs, he absolutely benefits from it and his brother Nick’s activities in Sunnyvale. In Fear Street Part 3, Zuk first returns in the 1666 timeline as Elijah Goode, Solomon’s younger brother who contributes to the witch hunt. Subsequently, Zuk has a cameo in Part 3’s 1994 timeline when he is shown on the news after the movie’s final twist.
Lacy Camp As Mrs. Fraser/Grace Miller
Both of Olivia Scott Welch’s characters’ mothers are portrayed by Lacy Camp, who also played Mrs. Vickers on Vice Principals. Camp’s characters are very similar in their demeanors, unapproving of Sam/Hannah and condemning her. In Fear Street: 1994, she plays Sam’s mom Mrs. Fraser, while in Fear Street: 1666, she plays Hannah Miller’s mother and the pastor’s wife.
Charlene Amoia As Rachel/Beth
In two minor roles, Charlene Amoia plays the customer that speaks with Maya Hawke’s character in the bookstore in Fear Street: 1994 and Union resident Beth Kimball in Fear Street: 1666. The Fear Street actress is best-known for playing the recurring character of Wendy the Waitress on How I Met Your Mother.