Kate Schmidt (Fear Street: 1994)

## Kate Schmidt (Fear Street: Part One - 1994)

* Fear Street: 1666 - Part Three (2021 film; school tribute, flashback, mentioned)

## Relationships

### Relatives

* Mr. Schmidt (father)
* Mrs. Schmidt (mother)

### Allies

* Deena Johnson (best friend)
* Simon Kalivoda (best friend)
* Samantha Fraser (friend)

## Actors/Actresses

### Portrayed by

Julia Rehwald

**Kate Schmidt** is one of the main protagonist of the first movie of The Fear Street Trilogy, 1994. She is portrayed by Julia Rehwald. She is seventeen years old, cheerleader at Shadyside High. She is the best friend of Deena Johnson and Simon Kalivoda in Shadyside.

She was killed in the Grab & Bag Supermarket by Skull Mask and her body was later discovered by Simon and Josh with her head wedged in a bread slicer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Kate Schmidt was born in 1977 to Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt. She was popular, valedictorian, president of all the clubs in Shadyside High, and a cheerleder (possibly Head Cheerleader). Kate deals drugs along with Simon Kalivoda so she can get enough money to leave Shadyside.

### The 1994 Shadyside Massacre

We are introduced to Kate at Shadyside High School, when she makes fun of Shadyside and its curse (which at the time she believed to be a big joke), along with Simon Kalivoda, her best friend.

Kate is also best friends with Deena Johnson. Deena scolds Kate and Simon for being drug dealers and for making fun of Heather's death. Deena asks Kate to deliver a box to Sam, and Kate refuses, telling her to do it herself, and that she won't get mixed up in Deena's ex drama. Leaving the bathroom, Kate and Simon are amused by a student's prank on Heather's death.

At the gym, Kate and Deena are told along with all the other students by the Gym Teacher that they will be required to attend the Sunnyvale memorial, which she definitely didn't want. Kate is later seen on the bus heading to Sunnyvale.

### Death

Kate is seen collecting tubes of hairspray in one of the supermarket's sections when a metal clanging noise makes her turn around. Meanwhile, Deena tries to kill Sam with an overdose, but Sam throws up the pills. Immediately, as Deena tries to think of something else, Sam alerts her that something is heading their way. Deena turns to see the Skull Mask killer running towards them, knife raised, ready to attack them. Kate arrives just in time and saves them with a makeshift flamethrower made from a lighter and hairspray. Deena and Sam run away and Kate hides behind the bakery counter. She spies Skull Mask through the cake window until she loses sight of him. He quickly finds her, pulls her by the hair, and tries to stab her in the chest, but she blocks it with her forearm. He tries to stab her in the chest again, but she is faster again and blocks the blow with a metal cupcake pan.

   Kate tries to escape, but is pushed to the ground, and in the meantime, her body hits the lever of a bread slicer, activating it. Skull Mask jumps into the bakery space, as Kate tries to escape, but he manages to catch up to her and slams her face into a cake. Skull Mask chokes her and stabs her in the belly, but Kate pulls the knife out of her belly with a kick to the killer, but he throws her onto a worktop. When Kate realizes that she is about to be pushed into the bread slicer, she tries to fight off Skull Mask, but despite her efforts, he pushes her head directly into the machine's blades, resulting in a gory and gross death.

## Relationships

### Family

* Mr. Schmidt - Father
* Mrs. Schmidt - Mother

### Allies

* Deena Johnson - Best Friend
* Simon Kalivoda † - Best Friend
* Josh Johnson - Hookup, Former Crush
* Nurse Beddy † - Drug Dealing Friend

### Enemies

* Killers
	+ Skull Mask (Ryan Torres) † - Acquaintance / Killer
	+ The Nightwing Killer (Tommy Slater) - Aunt's Killer

## Quotes

* *"You see? It's the witch. Sarah Fier's back."*
* *"No way, Deena. I am not getting mixed up in your ex drama. Do it yourself."*
* *"Which one of us is valedictorian, again? President of every club this shithole has to offer."*
* *"I'm getting out of here. Off the claim my place among the stars bitch."*
* *"Suck it in--"*
* *"Pieces of shit! They think the can do whatever they want! They ruin our vigil, then go waltzing back to their masions, like we're some reject pile that they can step on! Well, we are not the reject pile! This shit ends tonight!"*
* *"We're gonna go kill those preppy assholes!"*
* *That's disgusting. You're disgusting."*
* *"Totally! I just have to run out and... Kill that pervert!"*
* *"Why do you know so much about killers?"*
* *"You hang onto any of that candy?"*
* *"Camp Nightwing. Yeah, my mom's sister was there. That screwed my family up for a long time."*
* *"No wonder the witch is pissed at us. I'd be pissed too. Sam disturbed her grave."*
* *"Hey, wait. I don't want to go in by myself."*
* *"Do you really think this is going to work?"*
* *"Josh... Can you help me?"*
* *"Calm down. It was barely first base."*
* *"It's working. Skull Mask freak, three o'clock."*
* *"This is so dumb. If this doesn't work, I will murder you!"*
* *"They're gonna keep coming!"*
* *"No, no! We are not fucked! She's fucked. They're coming for her. If we put Sam in the hall, we end this now!"*
* *"I got it! C. Berman! 9006 Brennan Way. This has gotta be her!"*
* *"Remember when you decided to sacrifice yourself for us? We're ending this together."*
* *"I'll run interference up here."*
* *"GO! GO! GO! GO!"*

## Trivia

* Kate's death is probably an homage to Intruder (1989), in which a character gets killed in a supermarket by a meat saw.
* Leigh Janiak wanted to show Kate’s blood mixed with cake. So, she had the character’s face shoved into a dessert before going through the slicer.
* Kate's name is likely a homage to a character from the Fear Street books.