C. Berman, birth name Christine "Ziggy" Berman, is one of the main protagonist of the Netflix dark horror film Fear Street trilogy.
Biography[]
On July 19, 1978, Ziggy Berman from Shadyside is accused of stealing by Sheila, a Sunnyvale camper, and her friends. They accuse her of being a witch and rope her to a tree beginning to burn her before camp counselors Nick Goode and Kurt intervene. Ziggy's older sister, Cindy, and her boyfriend Tommy Slater are cleaning the mess hall when Nurse Lane, the mother of Shadyside killer Ruby Lane, attacks Tommy, saying that he will die that night, before she is removed from camp by police. The teenagers from Sunnyvale believe she was possessed by Sarah Fier, as was her daughter. While investigating the infirmary, Cindy and Tommy encounter counselors Alice, Cindy's former friend, and her boyfriend Arnie. They find Lane's diary which says that Fier made a deal with the devil by cutting off her hand on Satan's stone, thereby earning eternal life. They also find a map in the diary leading to Fier's house.
At the house, they find empty graves dug up by Nurse Lane and discover the witch's mark below the house. Alice and Cindy find a wall carved with the names of all the Shadyside killers and Tommy's name included. Tommy, now possessed, kills Arnie with an axe and the girls escape into a cave. At camp, Nick helps Ziggy prank Sheila and lock her in the outhouse. As the two bond and share a kiss, Tommy reaches the camp and murders several Shadyside campers, including counselor Joan. Meanwhile, Cindy and Alice try to escape using the witch's mark in the diary as a map of the cave. They come across a pile of beating organs, which, when Alice touches, gives her flashbacks of all the past killers and their victims. After Alice injures her leg, she reconciles with Cindy and the two reach a cave opening beneath the outhouse.
After fighting an angry Sheila and knocking her unconscious, Ziggy and counselor Gary try to rescue Alice and Cindy until Tommy decapitates Gary. Ziggy hides with Nick, until he is injured by Tommy, and escapes to the mess hall. As the rest of the camp leaves via bus, Cindy finds a route to the mess hall while Alice stays behind. Tommy attacks Ziggy, but Cindy intervenes and kills him. Alice arrives and tells them that she found the witch's hand. She had started bleeding and realized that she was sitting near Satan's stone, where she dug it out.
The trio decide to end the curse by reuniting Sarah's hand when Ziggy suddenly bleeds on the hand and sees a vision of Sarah Fier. This triggers the curse, resurrecting several Shadyside killers. Tommy kills Alice before Cindy decapitates him.
Death[]
As Cindy and Ziggy went to reunite Sarah Fier's hand with her body, Ziggy bleeds on the nose, causing her to be targeted. As they are running to reunite the hand, the Milkman and Tommy Slater chase them down and kill both of them. Cindy attempts to sacrifice herself to save Ziggy but both are attacked nonetheless. Ziggy and Cindy's corpses are found by Nick Goode, and he tries and succeeds to revive Ziggy.
Trivia[]
- James gave this and Cindy's kill the Golden Chainsaw for how unexpected and emotional their deaths were.
- Ziggy's younger self is played by Sadie Sink, best known for her role as Max Mayfield in Stranger Things. While her adult self is played by Gillian Jacobs, best known as Mickey Dobbs in Love.
- The nickname “Ziggy” is most likely a reference to David Bowie’s alter ego Ziggy Stardust as Berman is shown to be a fan of his, naming her dog “Major Tom”.