As a toddler of the period the place Concern Avenue books had been as prevalent as Calvin & Hobbes collections on the guide honest, seeing Netflix launch its 2021 trilogy of terrifying variations made my darkish coronary heart soften. Going into the 2025 film schedule, that flame reignited when Concern Avenue: Promenade Queen’s announcement video promised a brand new entry for a Could debut.
So after having lastly seen the trailer, I believe this newest slasher throwback seems to die for; whereas additionally worrying about how the collection might doubtlessly transfer ahead. And no, I’m not speaking about how based on that timestamp on the trailer, this promenade could be held on a very manic Monday.
Concern Avenue: Promenade Queen’s Easter Egg Invokes The Spirit Of Concern Avenue: Half 2 – 1978
Oooh child, I do know what it’s price, to have one other Concern Avenue flick on Earth. Director/co-writer Matt Palmer seems to have crafted a worthy follow-up to Leigh Janiak’s earlier Concern Avenue trilogy, stuffed with period acceptable style and needle drops. However in fact, this is Shadyside we’re coping with; and the historic curse that holds the city in its grip remains to be very a lot in impact.
That results in a second that each happy and anxious me, as we see a fast glimpse of the Camp Nightwing mural you see pictured above. Whereas we all know what Concern Avenue: Half 2 – 1978’s ending meant for the general story, seeing the impact these occasions have in town’s youth a decade on definitely seems like a enjoyable concept. Nonetheless, this little bit of continuity has me eager about the long run – which supplies me a really particular axe to grind.
I Hope That Future Concern Avenue Installments Aren’t Forgetting The Stand-Alone Remedy
Continuity is one thing I’ll at all times worth in an prolonged universe like Concern Avenue, because it permits me to make use of my Netflix subscription to revisit the spectacular gore anytime I would like. On the similar time, trying again at writer R.L. Stine’s anthology collection has me eager for self-contained tales on this universe.
Sure, I liked the trilogy arcs that might pop up on a recurring foundation; which is a part of why I’ll by no means shut up about how The Cataluna Chronicles deserves the identical film adaptation remedy The Promenade Queen bought. However on the similar time, one-offs like this 1992 entry, in addition to others similar to Double Date and The Flawed Quantity, all existed as remoted tales within the Shadyside universe.
Whereas “The Curse of Shadyside” can nonetheless be current in these tales, and perhaps even affect a few of them, I actually hope that the Concern Avenue movies will department out previous slashers that merely construct on the lore of that curse. Typically your maniac killer is a jilted lover who needs you to themselves; and never an individual possessed by an historical evil.
And earlier than anybody thinks I’m getting my hopes up right here, R.L. Stine admitted in a THR interview from again in January that there’s three new films being developed. So if Concern Avenue: Promenade Queen’s Could twenty third launch is topped a slashing success, we’d get to have this dialog once more.