Fear Street Part 3: 1666

## Release

***Fear Street Part Three: 1666*** is a 2021 American supernatural horror film directed by Leigh Janiak, who co-wrote the screenplay with Phil Graziadei, and Kate Trefry. Based on the book series of the same name by R. L. Stine, it is the third and final installment of the *Fear Street* trilogy after *Part One: 1994* and *Part Two: 1978* and stars Kiana Madeira, Ashley Zukerman, Gillian Jacobs, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., and Darrell Britt-Gibson. The film follows the origins of Shadyside's curse in the mid-17th century and the survivors in 1994 who try to put an end to it.

Produced by Chernin Entertainment, a film adaptation of *Fear Street* began development at 20th Century Fox in 2015, with Janiak hired in 2017. Filming for the trilogy took place back-to-back from March to September 2019 in Georgia, with the intention of a theatrical release in June 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, Chernin Entertainment ended their distribution deal with 20th Century Studios and sold rights to Netflix in August 2020.

*Fear Street Part Three: 1666* premiered at the Los Angeles State Historic Park on July 14, 2021 and was released by Netflix on July 16, 2021. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who described the film as an effective conclusion to the trilogy. It will be followed by a fourth standalone sequel in the future.

## Summary

After reuniting the severed hand of Sarah Fier with the rest of her corpse, Deena has a vision showing the events of 1666 from the perspective of Sarah Fier. She lives with her father George and brother Henry in Union, the original settlement before it was divided into Sunnyvale and Shadyside.

One night, Sarah and her friends Hannah Miller and Lizzie meet a reclusive widow to gather potent berries for a party, where Sarah stumbles on a book of black magic. The group joins Isaac and Abigail at the party where Sarah and Hannah are harassed by Caleb. The two run off and start kissing, unknowingly seen by Mad Thomas. The next day, Pastor Cyrus Miller begins to act strange, as the town's food and water supply are poisoned. Sarah confides in Solomon Goode and wonders if she is responsible for the town's bad luck. The town then discovers that Pastor Miller has murdered twelve children in the chapel, including Henry and Abigail’s sister Constance. Sarah is attacked by Pastor Miller before he is killed by Solomon. That night, a town meeting is held at which the townspeople decide that witchcraft is the cause of the events, and Caleb claims that Sarah and Hannah are the witches responsible. Hannah is captured while Sarah escapes and the town declares that Hannah will be executed at dawn.

Sarah sneaks into the chapel where Hannah is confined and the two profess their love. Sarah decides to retrieve the widow's book and use it to make a deal with the devil and save Hannah, but she discovers that the book is gone and the widow murdered. She flees to Solomon's house and hides after he is ambushed by men hunting her. While hiding, she finds tunnels under his house, discovering a ritual as well as the widow's book. Solomon reveals he took the book to make a deal with the devil, offering Pastor Miller to be possessed in exchange for power and wealth. He offers to share it with her, but she rejects his offer and a fight ensues with Sarah's hand being cut off in the struggle. She escapes to the chapel only to be captured by Solomon and the townspeople. At her and Hannah's execution, Sarah convinces the town to spare Hannah's life by proclaiming she is the witch and swears vengeance to Solomon before she is hanged. Later, Lizzie, Issac, Hannah, and Abigail grieve Sarah and properly bury her body.

In 1994, Deena realizes that the Goode family is responsible for the Shadyside curse, as the firstborn of each generation repeats the ritual begun by their ancestor Solomon. Because of this, Sunnyvale has always prospered while Shadyside has become worse. Deena and Josh are found by Sheriff Nick Goode, but the two escape in Nick's car and arrive at Ziggy's house. The trio deduces they must kill Nick to end the Shadyside curse. After they recruit the help of Martin, the mall janitor, the group concocts a plan to lure Nick to the mall and set traps to have the Shadyside murderers kill him.

The group manages to trap the killers and Ziggy pours a bucket of Deena's blood over Nick, causing the killers to attack him. As Nick escapes into the tunnels, Deena and a possessed Sam follow him while the others fight off the killers. Sam attacks Deena, but she breaks Sam out of her possession temporarily before incapacitating her. Nick nearly kills Deena but she exposes him to the pile of beating organs in the tunnel, which gives him the visions of all of the killers' victims, distracting him long enough for Deena to kill him. With the sheriff's death the curse is lifted, releasing Sam and evaporating the killers.

Some time later, the Goode family are exposed for their actions while life improves for the residents of Shadyside. Josh meets his online friend in person; Ziggy reunites with Mrs. Lane; Simon, Heather and Kate are commemorated by the school, and Deena and Sam have a picnic date at Sarah Fier's grave, naming her the first Shadysider.

In a Mid-Credits Scene, an Unknown Person takes the Widow’s Satanic Book from the tunnels.

## Cast

* Kiana Madeira as Sarah Fier / Deena Johnson
	+ Elizabeth Scopel as "Real" Sarah Fier
* Ashley Zukerman as Solomon Goode / Nick Goode/Adult Goode ancestors
	+ Ted Sutherland as Young Nick Goode/Young Goode ancestors
* Gillian Jacobs as Adult Ziggy / C. Berman
	+ Sadie Sink as Constance Berman/Ziggy Berman (Hallucination only)
* Olivia Scott Welch as Hannah Miller / Samantha Fraser
* Benjamin Flores Jr. as Henry Fier / Josh Johnson
* Darrell Britt-Gibson as Martin P. Franklin
* Randy Havens as George Fier
* Julia Rehwald as Lizzie / Kate Schmidt (Hallucination only)
* Matthew Zuk as Elijah (Alderman) Goode / Mayor Will Goode
* Fred Hechinger as Isaac / Simon Kalivoda (Hallucination only)
* Michael Chandler as Pastor Cyrus Miller
* Emily Rudd as Abigail / Cindy Berman (Hallucination only)
* Lacey Camp as Grace Miller / Mrs. Fraser
* McCabe Slye as Mad Thomas / Tommy Slater
* Jordana Spiro as The Widow / Mary Lane
* Jeremy Ford as Caleb / Peter Brody (Hallucination only)
* Jordyn DiNatale as Ruby Lane
* Mark Ashworth as Jakob Berman
* Ryan Simpkins as Alice (Hallucination only)
* Todd Allen Durkin as Officer Kapinski