Fails the Bechdel test
Fear Street: Part One - 1994
2021. Directed by Leigh Janiak, written by R.L. Stine and Kyle Killen and Phil Graziadei.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
15 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
1994. In Shadyside, the murder capital of the United States, another brutal and unmotivated massacre sends chills down people's spines. But more and more, the unholy name of cursed local witch Sarah Fier keeps popping up. After all, something evil has awoken, forcing a team of five teenage friends to get to the bottom of a bloody, centuries-old secret. Now, there is no turning back; they must fight tooth and nail against unstoppable supernatural forces to stay alive. However, in this dangerous cat-and-mouse game, someone else makes the rules. Can the young defenders lift the town's curse and end the terror on Fear Street?
- Released
- 02 Jul 2021
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 67 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 9 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Deena 156 lines, woman
- Gary 118 lines, man
- Corky 81 lines
- Josh 69 lines, man
- Jamie 47 lines
- Goode 38 lines, man
- Tyler 20 lines
- Chet 15 lines
- Holly 15 lines
- Slater 15 lines, man
Full cast, 35 people
- Kiana Madeira as Deena
- Olivia Scott Welch as Samantha Fraser
- Benjamin Flores Jr. as Josh
- Julia Rehwald as Kate
- Fred Hechinger as Simon
- Maya Hawke as Heather
- Charlene Amoia as Rachel Thompson / Sunnyvale Customer
- David Thompson as Ryan Torres
- Noah Bain Garret as Skull Mask
- Darrell Britt-Gibson as Martin
- Ashley Zukerman as Nick Goode
- Jana Allen as TV Reporter #1
- Matt Burke as Football Coach
- Christian Bridges as Fun Shadyside Football Player
- Matthew Zuk as Mayor Will Goode
- Jeremy Ford as Peter
- Jaime Matthis as Shadyside Player
- Danyon Huntington as Sunnyvale Skullmask
- Elizabeth Scopel as Sarah Fier
- Tayla Rogers as The Babysitting Twin
- Maya Rogers as The Babysitting Twin
- Jordana Spiro as Mrs. Lane
- Diane Sellers as Check In Nurse
- Eric Mendenhall as Nurse Beddy
- Todd Allen Durkin as Officer Kapinsky
- Jordyn DiNatale as Ruby Lane
- Lloyd Pitts as Nightwing Killer
- Kevin Waterman as 'The Milkman' Harry Rooker
- Emily Brobst as Billy Barker
- Keil Oakley Zepernick as 'Shame Killer' Isaac Milton
- Michael Chandler as 'The Pastor' Cyrus Miller
- Lacy Camp as Mrs. Fraser
- Meghan Packer as TV Reporter #2
- Gillian Jacobs as C. Berman (voice)
- Sadie Sink as Ziggy Berman (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 35% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 106
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 15 | 4 | 14 |
| 16 to 18 | 3 | 17 |
| 19 to 21 | 8 | 19 |
| 22 to 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 to 27 | 4 | 8 |
| 28 to 30 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 to 33 | 7 | 0 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 to 39 | 8 | 2 |
| 40 to 42 | 5 | 5 |
| 43 to 45 | 4 | 3 |
| 46 to 48 | 11 | 17 |
| 49 to 51 | 3 | 1 |
| 52 to 54 | 12 | 11 |
| 55 to 57 | 2 | 4 |
| 58 to 60 | 2 | 1 |
| 61 to 63 | 18 | 31 |
| 64 to 66 | 5 | 6 |
| 67 to 69 | 3 | 14 |
| 70 to 72 | 11 | 22 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 17 |
| 76 to 78 | 28 | 32 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 1 | 2 |
| 88 to 90 | 6 | 1 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 6 |
| 97 to 99 | 8 | 1 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 1 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 13 |
| 106 to 106 | 2 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 38 are women's.
161 lines from women, 266 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
15 women and 17 men in the cast. 3 women and 3 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 9 of 653.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 59 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 37% of the words (1,640), men 63% (2,794). Women have 38% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
31
Exhibit E: behind the camera
7 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Leigh Janiak (woman)
- Written by
- Leigh Janiak (woman), Phil Graziadei (man)
- Story by
- Leigh Janiak (woman), Phil Graziadei (man), Kyle Killen (man)
- Produced by
- David Ready (man), Jenno Topping (woman), Peter Chernin (man)
- Shot by
- Caleb Heymann (man)
- Edited by
- Rachel Goodlett Katz (woman)
- Music by
- Marcus Trumpp (man), Marco Beltrami (man)
- Production design by
- Scott Kuzio (man)
- Costumes by
- Amanda Ford (woman)
- Cast by
- Carmen Cuba (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
9 women, 26 men, 40 not listed
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Sound
7 women, 26 men, 11 not listed
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Production
10 women, 11 men, 22 not listed
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Art
4 women, 4 men, 27 not listed
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Visual Effects
4 women, 13 men, 10 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 9 men, 12 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 2 men, 14 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 4 men, 6 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 25 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Maya Hawke 22, Olivia Scott Welch 23, Julia Rehwald 25, Kiana Madeira 28, Charlene Amoia 38
Men
Benjamin Flores Jr. 18, Fred Hechinger 21, David Thompson 26, Darrell Britt-Gibson 34
Exhibit G: the money
It made 28.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $284 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 106 scenes and 653 lines of dialogue. How the test works
