In the opening scene, the book store shelves are filled with Fear Street books with the author listed as "Robert Lawrence". The letters "R.L." in R.L. Stine's name stand for Robert Lawrence.
The Fear Street book the woman buys at the store from Heather is "The Wrong Number". It was originally published on March 1st, 1990 by Simon Pulse. It is the fifth book in the original Fear Street series. The main character in this book is named Deena.
Skull Face's costume was inspired by R.L. Stine's "Halloween Night II" from the Point Horror book series.
Despite the film's title "Fear Street", the movie is focused on murders that happen in Shadyside as a whole. The actual street in the title has not yet been shown, or even mentioned.
The neighbor that Kate drops off her babysitting charges with is Nurse Mary Lane, Ruby Lane's mother. She is only seen briefly in this movie, but has a larger part in the second movie in the trilogy.