The 7 Best Deaths In The FEAR STREET Series (So Far)

The first film in the trilogy is set in the '90s, and you immediately get that feeling with the first scene in a neon-lit mall. We meet a Shadyside resident named Heather (Maya Hawke) who is full of personality and working late at the mall. Of course, her night flips upside down when she's attacked by a Ghostface-inspired killer nicknamed “Skull Mask.” 

Just like the iconic cold opening Scream kill with Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore), Heather is able to flee and nearly escape her pursuer. Unfortunately, like Casey, Heather is ultimately slashed, tackled, and stabbed multiple times before she gets to see who is killing her. The opening kill sets the tone for the film, and with a Scream-inspired cold open, there's much to love and appreciate about it. 

During the teens' mission to defeat the killers who are in pursuit of Sam (Olivia Scott Wench), since she bled on Sarah Fier's grave earlier in the film, everything goes completely wrong. Kate's (Julia Rehwald) bravery in saving Sam and Deena before Skull Mask attacks them is turned on its head. Her death is absolutely unforgettable because of the method as well as its shocking nature.

After struggling to survive, Kate gets stabbed in the gut and thrown onto a table with a bread slicer nearby. Instead of just being stabbed to death, her head is pushed through the bread slicer while she's still alive. It's gruesome, unique in nature, and is so gloriously disgusting (it also won Best Kill at the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards). It'll make you look at bread slicers a bit differently moving forward, and maybe shed a tear or two for Kate. RIP.

There's almost always a sexually liberated character in a slasher, and more often than not, they die. It's not fun, and in earlier slashers, the reasons that sexually active people die are outdated. But Joan (Jacqi Vené) gets a mention because she's a really quirky character. After having sex with the worst Sunnyvale counselor, she goes into relaxation mode and when Tommy shows up, she's caught off guard.

Sometimes, a classic slasher death by way of an axe is satisfying enough. That's exactly what happens to Joan, and it again pays homage to Jason's kills in Friday the 13th Part 2. Despite the somewhat simple method, it works for what the film is referencing, and that's fun.

Out of all the films in the trilogy, Fear Street Part Two: 1978 is definitely a fan favorite. The camp setting and exploration of past events is done quite well. In terms of the film's main killer, Tommy is very Jason Voorhees inspired.

Specifically, Jason in Friday the 13th Part 2. When Tommy is possessed during a cave exploration with Cindy (Emily Rudd), Alice (Ryan Simpkins), and Arnie (Sam Brooks), he becomes a ruthlessly relentless killer. 

After he massacres many of the Shadyside campers and staff, (kids included), he goes after final girl Ziggy Berman (Sadie Sink). But her sister Cindy comes in swinging and stabs Tommy to death.

He wasn't an intriguing character, but his death is a moment to mark Cindy's badassery. Therefore, it belongs on the list primarily for that reason. 

Alice (Ryan Simpkins) is a Fear Street fan favorite. She's unapologetically sexual, queer-coded, and hates conforming to society. After reuniting and making up with her former best friend (there's some subtext to read into their relationship) Cindy, as well as being brave and ready to defeat the evil, she gets killed by a reanimated Tommy.

It's a shocking death and reiterates how their situation is somewhat hopeless. Alice's death kicks off what is going to be a gruesome ending to the past events. And considering how brave she was in a horrible situation makes her sudden death all the more uncomfortable. She does get avenged momentarily by Cindy, though, and it's an intense sequence altogether.

When Cindy and Ziggy flee to end the curse and try to escape death at the hands of numerous Shadyside killers that have emerged, nothing goes as planned. Cindy's attempt to save her sister turns deadly.

Both girls end up in the field as they're brutally hacked and stabbed to death by multiple killers. It's not to say that Ziggy's “death” isn't just as horrible, but she's able to be magically revived. Meanwhile, Cindy isn't that lucky and dies (permanently) near her sister.

Her death is very bloody, and her suffering feels endless. Cindy's likability increases as the film goes on, and by the end of the film, it's horrible that she meets such a violent fate.

She's lost her friends, her town, and she's still cursed. Her final words to her sister are incredibly gut-wrenching, and nobody but her sister will carry that memory with her. It's effective, though, and that's why it deserves a mention. 

Fear Street Part Three: 1666 reveals that Sheriff Goode (Ashley Zuckerman) is actually part of the problem and that his family is the reason for the Shadyside curse in the first place.

During the 1666 timeline, when Deena is psychically transported to experience Sarah Fier's life, it's revealed that Solomon Goode (also played by Ashley Zuckerman) framed Sarah Fier as a witch. Sarah being a lesbian and not wanting to be with Solomon certainly contributes to her fate. And since he was the reason for the events of 1978, it makes Sheriff Goode's ending all the more deserving. 

As soon as Deena's mind comes back to the 1994 timeline, she vows to take down Sheriff Goode with her brother and their newly made Shadyside friends in adult Ziggy (Gillian Jacobs), and mall janitor Martin (Darrell Britt-Gibson).

After enduring a battle with the Shadyside killers, Deena takes Sheriff Goode down with a screwdriver. He gets stabbed in the eye and ends the curse on their town. It's worthy of a few hoots and hollers for a number of reasons.