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- The new “Scream” is about as good as “Scream 2” was — it keeps the thrill of the original “Scream” bouncing in the air like a blood-drenched balloon — but the film is basically a set of variations on an old sleight-of-hand blueprint.
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Jan 12, 2022 · The new “Scream” is about as good as “Scream 2” was — it keeps the thrill of the original “Scream” bouncing in the air like a blood-drenched balloon — but the film is basically a set of...
Jan 14, 2022 · Good story,acts as reboot while still being a sequel to Scream 4,the new characters get good development and their time to shine also including the original main trio back was great,the...
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Jan 12, 2022 · Mostly, yes. Surprising? It keeps faking you out about who the killer is, and playing that guessing game is part of the film's suspense, but it's a suspense based on the fact that the film can stay one step ahead of us in a totally arbitrary way.
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Jan 14, 2022 · Reviews. Scream. Brian Tallerico January 14, 2022. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The 2022 version of “Scream” is a film for viewers raised on the 1996 version of “Scream” and its three sequels.
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By Amelia Emberwing
Updated: Mar 11, 2023 11:11 pm
Posted: Mar 8, 2023 8:51 am
This is a spoiler-free review of Scream VI, which releases in theaters March 15, 2023.
“Rebootquels will continue until morale improves” would be a great opener to this review, but I regret to inform the naysayers that morale is quite high and RadioSilence’s continuation of the Scream franchise is still going strong. In fact, it’s even better than Scream (2022) — which I gave a 9/10 for breathing life back into the franchise — though, there is one slight pitfall that keeps the sixth entry from achieving the elusive 10. But, while it is the Sidney Prescott of it all, it’s not what you think.
Part of what made Scream (2022) so successful was that it took the old, the new, and built the perfect foundation for a story that could continue without its original final girl (a task many horror franchises have tried and mostly failed). Scream 6 capitalizes on that, focusing on the return of Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) and fan-favorite Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere) as the legacies, and letting the “new” cast do its thing. The problem isn’t the absence of Neve Campbell’s Sidney, though. It’s that said absence is explained in a throwaway line that’s about as well delivered as it was written. Writers James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick nail it when it comes to everything else in this new chapter, but that particular explanation was handled about as well as Neve’s contract negotiations.
Emotions and brutality are at an all-time high in Scream 6, setting it up to be the best sequel in the franchise yet. Though it does ultimately fumble the reason for Sidney Prescott’s absence, RadioSilence has officially proven that there’s a future for the franchise with or without its original final girl by giving us strong connections to the new...
Mar 8, 2023 · For close to a quarter-century, the Scream sequels were playing defense. Director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson had a back-to-back one-two punch with the success of the first two...
Jan 12, 2022 · The new movie is right up there with Scream 2 as the best sequel of the series. – Ian Sandwell, Digital Spy. Not just a very good sequel but also a film that feels like a worthy and...
