Scream Collection

David Arquette

Neve Campbell

Courteney Cox

Emma Roberts

Hayden Panettiere

Anthony Anderson

Adam Brody

Rory Culkin

Mary McDonnell

Marley Shelton

Alison Brie

Marielle Jaffe

Nico Tortorella

Erik Knudsen

Anna Paquin

Kristen Bell

Lucy Hale

Shenae Grimes-Beech

Britt Robertson

Aimee Teegarden

Roger L. Jackson

Nancy O'Dell

Justin Michael Brandt

Dane Farwell

Gordon Michaels

John Lepard

Kim Adams

Devin Scillian

Mark Aaron Buerkle

Julia Ho

Alexander Punch

Glenda Lewis

William Spencer

Tim Doty

Peter Carey

Wes Craven

Elliott Jo Sinclair

Kevin Williamson

Peter Deming

Marianne Maddalena

Ron Schmidt

Banzai Vitale

Eric Bergman

Brendan Walsh

Cathy Konrad

Carly Feingold

Troy Brown

Richard E. Chapla Jr.

Claire Farrand-Stone

Matthew Stein

Maria Mantia

Iya Labunka

Patrick Esposito

Liza Richardson

David Eubank

M.K. Gleason

George Billinger III

Diane Crooke

Logan Cooper

Lori Grabowski

Joy Zapata

Anastacia C. Nemec

J.P. Jones

Georgina Marquis

Maggie Fung

Skip Crank

Philip Sloan

Jeffree Bloomer

Nicholas Mastandrea

Jay Fortune

Phil Bray

Catherine Hahn

Riley Harper

Anthony Cargioli

Megan Wiser

Norma Lee

Thomas Traugott

Gemma La Mana

Ron Bolanowski

Gary J. Tunnicliffe

Dawn Mattocks

Peter Robb-King

Jennifer Kamrath

Jody Gaber

Emma Stensaas

Kristi Hoffman

Brad Irvin

Spencer M. Rohan

Anthony 'Spike' Simms

Kevin Fannon

Tony Boura

Paul Wilkowsky

Steve Alessi

Brandon Cundiff

Ronald Napier

Brian McClean

Greg Steele

Todd Toon

Julio Carmona

Marcus Trumpp

Joe Barnett

Kelly Stultz

Darrin Mann

Catherine Harper

Dean St. John

Blair Miller

Brandon Roberts

Tina Tottis

M.K. Shaw

Donald J. Malouf

Patrick Cyccone Jr.

Doc Kane

Tami Treadwell

Victoria Sampson

John Kwiatkowski

Albert Gasser

Val Kuklowsky

Greg Zimmerman

G.W. Brown

Pernell L. Salinas

Christian P. Minkler

Christopher Moriana

Robert Deschaine

Ron Bedrosian

Odin Benitez

Charles W. Ritter

Ryan Gomez

Julie Altus

Dennis Smith

Ben Schor

Horror

Mystery

Scream 4

Dimension Films

Outerbanks Entertainment

United States of America

Nathan

**_Scream 4_ breaks the mold of the franchise, delivering brutal kills and suspenseful scenes that keep the audience engaged throughout the entire runtime.**

The story is pretty weak, requiring quite a suspension of disbelief, as is the case with the majority of the Scream sequels. The introduction of new family members of Sidney Prescott felt a little out of place, with no mention of an aunt in the previous films. But all that aside, this movie delivers on what I have been wanting throughout the entire franchise: blood, gore, and brutality. The majority of slasher films have poor plots, but that is not why you are there, you want uncensored horror. With Scream 4, the blood is cranked to a hundred, with crime scenes left with the walls repainted, intestines falling out of victims, and slits that ooze with blood with every heartbeat. Not only are the kills brutal, but our Ghostface is too. His phone calls have a tremendous amount of anger, with some lines being incredibly messed up. Overall, it was a real treat to watch. In addition, the meta-commentary worked pretty well for me unlike the previous films; I do not know if it is just a product of the times, as I was only a child when the first trilogy was released, so quite a bit of references could have flown over my head.

Much like previous films, the new characters did not do much for me. They lacked any interesting details and were merely there to be meat sacks for our killer's knife to enter, and enter they did. Hayden Panettiere was a standout, who I especially enjoyed though. Emma Roberts was okay; she never really seemed convincing in the role she was attempting to play. Neve Campbell and Courtney Cox are badasses once again; I will never get sick of seeing them kick Ghostface’s ass while attempting to avoid death. I have been pretty critical of David Arquette throughout the series, but in Scream 4, he did a great job and really added a lot to the movie.

Wes Craven did an excellent job with the direction of this film. Where Scream 3 felt generic and uninspired, Scream 4 felt like a real passion project for him, with an infusion of new ideas to keep the series fresh. It was easily my favorite directorial performance since the original.

Overall, I really enjoyed Scream 4 and think it is the first film to actually rival the original. With a slightly tighter story, this film could have easily been the best in the series.

**Score:** _70%_
**Verdict:** _Good_