Not directed by Wes Craven (cuz he's dead)
Starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, and a bunch of boring young people.
:yabbse-grin:
Ghostface messin with the locks via an app, get fucked
Yes I'm still excited to see it, gah damn it
"I'm Sidney Prescott, of course I have a gun." QUEEN
Cellphones have ruined horror in a lot of ways, but you can't mind them as much in Scream since they've always been integral to the story.
It looks kind of joyless.
Seems very much of our moment, so - yeah, that checks out lol
Quote from: Drenk on October 12, 2021, 01:43:04 PM
It looks kind of joyless.
Totally. No sense of humor or interesting hook worthy of bringing back the original cast. The directing duo's IMDBs do not inspire confidence either.
Scream 4 had lots of joy. The best of the sequels, far and away.
Scream without... humor... satire.. Wes... or Kevin... why?
4 already did the nostalgia trip and had the reboot/sequel angle... I don't see what's fresh here. What's the selling point?
The selling point is clearly the original cast returning once more, because if anything else the recent tv-series thing proved that not too many care to watch Scream without them. The Halloween (2018) did the same with Lee Curtis.
I'm not interested in this and I agree the fourth movie is the best of the sequels.
Quote from: pynchonikon on October 12, 2021, 02:59:25 PM
The selling point is clearly the original cast returning once more, because if anything else the recent tv-series thing proved that not too many care to watch Scream without them. The Halloween (2018) did the same with Lee Curtis.
I'm not interested in this and I agree the fourth movie is the best of the sequels.
At least 18 sold itself as ignoring the sequels and being a "real Halloween sequel".. which of course isn't true at all. They removed the Michael/Laurie sisters storyline
As someone who is biased toward horror movies taking themselves seriously, and who also thinks Scream 4 was hot wet garbage, the trailer actually has me a little hyped for this one. Even if it does feel like it's copy/pasting the David Gordon Green Halloween template onto the Scream franchise.
If nothing else, I vastly prefer this batch of young actors over the ones that were in 4.
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Quote from: polkablues on October 12, 2021, 04:28:34 PM
As someone who is biased toward horror movies taking themselves seriously, and who also thinks Scream 4 was hot wet garbage, the trailer actually has me a little hyped for this one. Even if it does feel like it's copy/pasting the David Gordon Green Halloween template onto the Scream franchise.
If nothing else, I vastly prefer this batch of young actors over the ones that were in 4.
I hope you're right, but the January release date doesn't inspire confidence.
I didn't hate but it's like.. a Scream sequel in Jan 2022.
Hits same beats as 4 with toxic fandom thoroughline thrown in. The name checks are cute but nothing is funny here. It's the least funniest, least wittiest. Nothing is being satirized. Calling it flaws of genre doesn't absolve you. It does something very stupid that can't be mentioned without spoilers. New cast is fine but Barrera who is soulless. Legacy cast pretty wasted. Some decent kills if a bit over the top.
1 > 2 > 4/5 > 3
This was better than I expected! Some clunky writing, but the cast was solid, it had some fun with the tropes, and it moved along breezily. I agree with Yes that Melissa Barrera was the weak link; not bad, just exceptionally bland compared to a bunch of much more interesting actors like Jenna Ortega and Jack Quaid. Overall, a better instance of the current wave of nostalgia horror than the last Halloween or the new TCSM.
Scream rankings: 1 > 5 > 2 > 4 > 3
Definitely better than the new Halloweens. I also liked how everyone in Woodsboro didn't even have to DISCUSS whether to start accusing each other or not - they jump straight into it and don't even take it personally. Felt like that was played better here than the "mob mentality" stuff of Halloween Kills.
I don't think this movie needed Gale or Sydney Prescott in it to work but they didn't hamper the material either. And Dewey SHINES!! Possibly my favorite of David Arquette's performances after the original.