Scream 4 (2011)

“New Decade. New Rules.”

Fashion, music, and film have changed in the 21^st century, as well as the rules of survival. Nowadays, all bets are off.

Scream 4 is the much anticipated third sequel from Wes Craven’s 1996 Scream. It follows main protagonist, Sidney Prescott, who returns to her hometown of Woodsboro, California on the anniversary of the killings from the original film to promote her new book. However, things take a turn for the worst when two more murders on the eve of the anniversary put Sidney right on the radar for suspects. And all bets are off.

I have been waiting for this film ever since the end credits of Scream 3 and honestly, it was definitely worth the wait, but I absolutely wished it was better. However, just like all the other films, it contained a lot of meta references, this time referencing reboots and remakes. According to two geeks (homage to Randy from the original film) reboots take a whole new direction where it follows the new rules that have formed in the new decade, such as: virgins can die, the killer records the killings, and anybody, even Sidney, can die. I also loved how it took a remake direction, mirroring the status of the film and the events going on in the film; the killers were patterning the kills from the original film.

This film featured a whole mess of blood and guts. A lot more gore than the others. And I think this also pays homage to the growing amounts of blood in certain horror films such as Saw and Hostel.

The satire in the film was a bit off and in a lot of times I thought I was watching a parody rather than a slasher flick. There were some scenes that I just thought were plain ridiculous.

Now, to get to the cast and acting. It featured a great cast of seasoned Scream actors and newcomers. I love how Neve Campbell has this attitude to her that she’s scared, but she toughs it out, but she is still scared shitless. I also love how the newcomers really got into the role. They didn’t try to be your typical dumb blonde with big tits, but instead they would scream and yell and try to fight off but they still had their guts ripped out.

Scream 4 really is an improvement of the last film, but you don’t fuck with the original. I give this film a 3 out of 5 and it’s out now in theatres. For the die hard Scream and horror fans, I highly recommend it, but for you guys who watched all three the week before this film came out, don’t watch it.