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- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesThe series opener
Published in August 1989, it is the first Fear Street book. It was reprinted in 2006, among twelve titles, and returned in 2020 in a volume with The Surprise Party, The Overnight and Missing.
source ↗ - ReferenceCory comes back
Cory Brooks, the hero of this book, is mentioned and shows up again in several later novels of the series.
source ↗ - Behind the scenes80 million copies
By 2003, the series had passed 80 million books sold, according to press cited by Wikipedia.
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- ReferenceNear Boston
A character says he goes to BU, "up in Boston". It's one of the clues that Shadyside sits in New England, south of Boston.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Mill
The ancient mill at the end of Old Mill Road reopens as a teen dance club, The Mill, sometime between the first and third books.
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- ReferenceThe river and the café
The Canononka River marks the edge of town. Alma's coffee shop on Hawthorne Drive shows up here as a college hangout.
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- ReferenceNo birds
There are no birds in the Fear Street woods, and scientists couldn't explain it. The cemetery sits at the east end of the street.
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This book's lead is named Deena, the same name as the Netflix trilogy's heroine. There is no known link between the two.
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- ReferenceCamp Nightwing
Holly works at Camp Nightwing, the same name as the camp in the film Fear Street Part Two: 1978. The film uses the setting, but tells a new story.
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- ChangeA different queen
In the book the lead is Lizzie McVay. In the film she became Lori Granger.
source ↗ - ChangeA loose adaptation
The film is described as "loosely based" on the 1992 novel. The script, by Donald McLeary and Matt Palmer, keeps the idea of murdered candidates.
source ↗ - ChangeFrom 1992 to 1988
The book came out in 1992. The film is set in 1988 and ends with the Witch's Mark, a symbol from the Netflix trilogy.
source ↗ - ChangeFrom the page to the universe
On screen the murders become part of the same universe as the 2021 trilogy, with the prom queen story falling between 1978 and 1994.
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- ReferenceThe call returns
It continues The Wrong Number: Deena and Jade are the same as in book 5, and the wrong number comes back a year later.
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- ReferenceA follow-up
It follows The Stepsister: Emily and her sister Nancy are back at the center of the story.
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- ReferenceFear Island
Fear Island sits in the middle of Fear Lake and is the stage for several books in the series. Here it hosts the birthday party.
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- ReferenceTwo volumes
Fear Hall is a two-book story. This is the first, and the conclusion arrives as number 47.
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- ReferenceHoney returns
A follow-up to The Best Friend: Becka meets Honey again, who is back after all she did in the first book.
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- ReferenceFrom Fier to Fear
In the series' lore the family was called Fier. Simon Fier was told the letters could spell "fire", so he changed it to Fear, but the curse followed him.
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The lore says brothers Benjamin and Matthew Fier sentenced Susannah and Martha Goode to burn. Father William Goode cursed them. The Netflix trilogy uses similar names, with a different version of the story.
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- Behind the scenesAfter nine years
It is the first Fear Street since Fear Street Nights in 2005. St. Martin's Press bought three books and then expanded the deal to six.
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- Behind the scenesLonger, bloodier
Stine said the new books are longer, more adult and more violent, to reflect how young adult fiction had changed.
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- Behind the scenesEnd of the deal
It was the last of the six books contracted by St. Martin's Press. Stine later confirmed there would be more. HarperTeen picked the series up in 2018 with Return to Fear Street.
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