The first film in the supernatural trilogy, subtitled 1994, stars Kiana Madeira and Olivia Scott Welch as Deena and Samantha, lesbian high schoolers who encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their doomed hometown of Shadyside for centuries.
The following two entries continue their love story while flashbacking to the events of 1978 and 1666. The latter, out this Friday on Netflix, also combines the events of the previous two instalments as the teenagers try and put an end to the town’s curse.
Due to the notorious lack of LGBTQ+ representation in the horror genre, the first two instalments have received widespread critical acclaim and the trilogy’s two central characters, Deena and Samantha,