The Freddy connection becomes more apparent in episode 4. Well there is a certain "guest" actor for a start..

I totally understand your point in regards to them releasing episodes in bulk. I'm on episode 6 and I've tried to avoid spoilers, especially the trailer for volume 2 of course but it's hard especially in regards to which characters are still alive.

The length of the episodes hasn't really bothered me as they're consistently entertaining and don't feel as long as they do. Not like some episodes of TWD which are half as long but feel twice as long..

On a side note, it took me a while to realise but the actress who plays Max appears in Fear Street part 2 and the actress who plays Robin is the first victim in the first part and is also Uma Thurman's daughter. She's a spitting image and I guess if Tarantino ever makes Kill Bill Vol.3...

Oh and episode 4 is definitely peak.

You're making me curious to watch it to see how bad it is but I suspect I won't find it as bad as you did, probably just mediocre. I'll get around to it but it's certainly not a priority, much like watching Eternals is not one despite it being the only MCU movie I haven't seen yet. Oh and Doctor Strange 2 but I'll definitely watch that when it comes out on Disney+ in a couple of weeks though.