Get ready to start dancing the Macarena again because Scream 4 is spearheading 90's nostalgia with a vengeance.On the 15th anniversary of the Woodsboro murders (and the 15th anniversary of the first Scream movie), Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) triumphantly has returned to her hometown on the last stop of her book tour (people still read books?). Of course, trouble has followed as well.
Someone has taken on the guise of the Ghostface Killer, and he's recreating those murders that took place 15 years ago. While Sidney is put under 24-hour protection, the local high school kids, including Olivia (Marielle Jaffe), Kirby (Hayden Panettiere), Sidney's cousin Jill (Emma Roberts), Charlie (Rory Culkin) and more are trying to avoid being the next victim.
Can Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courtney Cox) find the killer before it is too late?
Who will live and who will die?
Writer Kevin Williamson and director Wes Craven have recreated the magic we loved the first time around. Sure, they are still embracing and mocking horror movie rules, so it's not all that original, but we get plenty of surprises, some campy moments, some funny moments and I bet you won't be able to predict the identity of the killer. It's a mélange of horror, satire and comedy, and Williamson and Craven know exactly when Scream 4 needs to be each of those.
Williamson and Craven also know when to let go of the nostalgia. Sure, we get some inside jokes about Cox and Arquette being married, and plenty of references to the original Scream trilogy, but Scream 4 can stand on its own. If you have never seen a Scream movie, Williamson and Craven explain enough to let you know about the history, but they also entertain us with a well written, fast paced, exciting and scary movie.
In fact, my favorite actor in the movie is Panettiere. She's awesome with all of the right amounts of sass. Of all of the young actors in Scream 4, she has the most confidence and screen presence. For that, Panettiere gets the best lines in the movie, and knows how to deliver them. Alison Brie comes in a close second as the tough and brassy agent.
Scream 4 is perfect for those who like a sick, twisted sense of humor, or those who want to be shocked. I guess I felt a special kinship with this film when they started ripping on the Saw movies.
3 ½ Waffles (Out of 4)
Scream 4 is rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some teen drinking.
Williamson and Craven also know when to let go of the nostalgia. Sure, we get some inside jokes about Cox and Arquette being married, and plenty of references to the original Scream trilogy, but Scream 4 can stand on its own. If you have never seen a Scream movie, Williamson and Craven explain enough to let you know about the history, but they also entertain us with a well written, fast paced, exciting and scary movie.
In fact, my favorite actor in the movie is Panettiere. She's awesome with all of the right amounts of sass. Of all of the young actors in Scream 4, she has the most confidence and screen presence. For that, Panettiere gets the best lines in the movie, and knows how to deliver them. Alison Brie comes in a close second as the tough and brassy agent.
Scream 4 is perfect for those who like a sick, twisted sense of humor, or those who want to be shocked. I guess I felt a special kinship with this film when they started ripping on the Saw movies.
3 ½ Waffles (Out of 4)
Scream 4 is rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some teen drinking.
You are high. Scream 4 was fing terrible. David Arquette looked like he was playing the retarded parody of himself from Scary Movie. I also liked how it took place in a town that experienced 20 knife murders yet never had more than four cops. My God it was terrible.
Willie Waffle I truly believe you need a different profession. Anyone who would give I am number four a bad review and give a good rating to yet another Scream movie (which by the way stopped being interesting after the first one) truly has no business being a film critic.