Ten years after the Ghost-faced killer attacked Sidney
Prescott (Neve Campbell) and her friends, Sidney returns to Woodsboro, an author of a self-help
book. She reconnects with Sheriff Dewey Riley (David Arquette) and Gale Weathers-Riley
(Courteney Cox), now married two more survivors of the insane attacks that sparked a blockbuster movie entitled "Stab." The town of Woodsboro is still full of quirky
citizens including Sidney’s cousin, Jill Roberts (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt
Kate who have been catching flak from people in the town because of what
happened to Sidney, yet they seem too stupid to just remove themselves from the
town that torments them. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about
the return of Ghost-face, as it always does.
Hat tip to The Voice of Ghost-face (Roger Jackson), who is
always the best part of any Scream movies for me.
This movie really works overtime to keep the audience
confused, but in the end, it’s the same as every other Scream. Lots of
reflection on other horror movies and clichés as it attempts to be witty and
misdirecting, but I became bored somewhere in the middle.
Why is it that the killers in all of these types of movies
are portrayed as uber intelligent until the very end when they do something extremely
predictable and stupid? Let’s just have a movie where the killer is just plain
old Psycho. Let’s have a body count so high with no predictability because the
killer is just "NUTS.”
Cameos abound didn’t really add to this movie but it’s still
a lot better than many other movies in the DVD kiosk, just don’t expect much
difference from Scream 1 through 3, save for the usual twist and turns and
misdirection. Even the fun of trying to figure out who the killer is wasn’t as
exciting as I was expecting.
If you really liked the first three, you’ll want to see the
fourth. If you were bored by the time you hit the third, you won’t be missing
much.
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