Scream 4 Review

 

Scream 4 is a slasher movie and the fourth installment of the franchise. It was produced by The Weinstein Company, Outerbanks Entertainment, and Corvus Corax Productions and distributed by Dimension Films. Scream 4 was written by the returning Kevin Williamson and once again is directed by Wes Craven, but this would sadly be his last movie before he passed away on Aug 30th, 2015.

The story is, it's the fifteenth anniversary of the original Woodsboro murders, and because of that this has drawn the attention of a brand new Ghostface, who intends to make a remake.

• Negatives

I've got nothing.

• Mix

The only gray area is the characters, mainly the new ones. Sidney, Gale, and Dewey are still the best things out of the franchise, while the newer ones were just okay. I didn't overly like them, but at the end of the day they were serviceable. Expect for Kirby, she was actually pretty cool. I liked her.

• Positives

Now for the good stuff, where one of those is the humor. Some great jokes whether they were meta or not. There was a pretty good gay joke in there. Remember when you could make those and not have people give you shit about it?

The next thing I'll praise is the violence. If you were disappointed with how tone down Scream 3 was, well don't worry, this one's got you covered. Scream 4 has violence come back with a vengeance. The kills are way more unhinged. And when it's not just the kills, Ghostface's phone calls are also absolutely insane. I remember one where it was "You hang up on me and I'll cut through your neck until I feel bone!" Yeah, Ghostface is a bit more hate fueled this time around.

The last thing I'll give credit to is on the movie touched upon social media. Basically that's the killer's motivation. To get famous by using social media to show Ghostface's kills, which in return will make their survivor status all the more shocking and/or inspiring. Now initially back in 2011 I did kinda groan because I thought it was the movie trying to be relevant. But now I realize it is relevant even to this day. We seen or read about people doing horribly violent things and then upload them in the vain hope on getting clout.

Scream 4 is pretty good. While not without its flaws, the movie still provides a very entertaining experience.

My final rating is, Good.

Wow, until Scream 7 comes out I have officially reviewed all of the Scream movies. Anyways, that's all for me. Come back on Thursday, Oct 28

4th, for my Classic Film Night review of Misery. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.