Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025)
12-month trend
12-month trend
Monthly article views
2025-09 to 2026-08
A group of high school students faces a deadly threat from a masked killer on the night of their senior prom.
The story
Set in 1988, the story follows the students of Shadyside High School as they prepare for their senior prom. Amidst the local tension and the school's poor reputation, a mysterious masked killer begins targeting the prom queen candidates. Among the candidates is Lori Granger, an outcast who faces off against the popular 'Wolfpack' girls. As the night of the dance arrives, the atmosphere turns deadly, and the students must navigate a series of violent encounters while trying to survive the night.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
On May 23, 1988, Lori Granger, an outcast, enters the prom queen race against the 'Wolfpack' girls. The night before, a candidate is killed by a masked assailant. During the prom, several students are murdered by the assailant, who is revealed to be Dan Falconer, the father of the popular girl Tiffany. Lori eventually faces off against the assailant and discovers there are two killers. After a confrontation in the school, Lori and her friend Megan escape to the gymnasium. While Lori is crowned prom queen, the assailant is unmasked as Dan. However, the second killer is revealed to be Tiffany's mother, Nancy Falconer. Nancy reveals she killed Lori's father. In a final confrontation, Lori defeats Nancy, and as Nancy dies, her blood forms the Witch's Mark.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 90
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Matt Palmer
- Writers
- Matt Palmer · writer; Donald McLeary · writer
- Cast and characters
- India Fowler; Suzanna Son; Fina Strazza; Chris Klein; David Iacono; Ella Rubin; Ariana Greenblatt; Lili Taylor; Katherine Waterston
- Genres
- slasher; horror
- Themes
- social hierarchy; survival
- Tone and mood
- slasher; tense
- Premise and plot tags
- high school; prom; masked killer
- Source material / true-story basis
- The Prom Queen (1992) from the Fear Street book series
- Franchise connections
- Fear Street
- Reception
- The film was panned by critics, who labeled it inferior to the original trilogy, though some praised the performances and the continuation of the universe.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 41 · scale: 100 · review count: 15
- Production trivia
- Filming took place in Toronto and Hamilton.; The film was released on Netflix.
Film metadata comes from the open sources listed in Credits & Contact. Catalogue details may be incomplete.
Your lists
Loading your lists…