OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
In movie theatres April 15, 2011. Distributed by Dimension Films. Genres: Sequel, Thriller, Suspense, Horror. Scream 4 sees the return of the three main characters, along with a group of new stars.
http://www.scream-4.com/
STORYLINE
SIDNEY PRESCOTT has been living the last few years of her life in relative silence. Now a guidance counselor for Woodsboro High School, her alma mater, she finally lives her life out of the media spotlight. But with the discovery of a murdered student, Sidney Prescott’s world will once again be ripped apart by the reemergence of Ghost Face.
http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_13883.html
TRAILER
ABOVE THE LINE
Stars: Neve Campbell
Courteney Cox
David Arquette
Producer: Michael Weinstein
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Kevin Williamson
BUZZ
It was phenomenal! What can I say. This outshines the 3rd one easily. Definitely the bloodiest of all of them, but I feel like they’ll edit some of it down. An unrated DVD would be nice to have though. All the acting was superb. Not one flaw. The opening scene was hilarious and brutal. Definitely a lot of great Williamson writing. The characters all felt very genuine. Gale was back to her bitchy self, and had a bunch of great one-liners. The ending was insanity. Easily the best of all the series, in my opinion, anyways. The crowd experience was great, and everybody was totally into it. Cannot WAIT to see this in theaters come April. Hopefully they don’t change anything. Loved it loved it loved it.”
http://www.slashfilm.com/early-buzz-scream-4/
INFORAMA COMMENT
In movie theatres April 15, 2011. Distributed by Dimension Films. Genres: Sequel, Thriller, Suspense, Horror. Scream 4 sees the return of the three main characters, along with a group of new stars.
http://www.scream-4.com/
STORYLINE
SIDNEY PRESCOTT has been living the last few years of her life in relative silence. Now a guidance counselor for Woodsboro High School, her alma mater, she finally lives her life out of the media spotlight. But with the discovery of a murdered student, Sidney Prescott’s world will once again be ripped apart by the reemergence of Ghost Face.
http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_13883.html
TRAILER
Stars: Neve Campbell
Courteney Cox
David Arquette
Producer: Michael Weinstein
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Kevin Williamson
BUZZ
It was phenomenal! What can I say. This outshines the 3rd one easily. Definitely the bloodiest of all of them, but I feel like they’ll edit some of it down. An unrated DVD would be nice to have though. All the acting was superb. Not one flaw. The opening scene was hilarious and brutal. Definitely a lot of great Williamson writing. The characters all felt very genuine. Gale was back to her bitchy self, and had a bunch of great one-liners. The ending was insanity. Easily the best of all the series, in my opinion, anyways. The crowd experience was great, and everybody was totally into it. Cannot WAIT to see this in theaters come April. Hopefully they don’t change anything. Loved it loved it loved it.”
http://www.slashfilm.com/early-buzz-scream-4/
INFORAMA COMMENT
Please, somebody stab me!--Nope--done in Scream 1. Ok, shoot me and stab me!--Nope--done in Scream 2. Well, how about shoot, stab and bludgeon me to death!--Nope-- that was Scream 3. Let me ask you, is there really a plot for Scream 4?
If you are looking for a social metaphor for the sequence of the three movies, it is this: Everyone connected to Woodsboro, California has serious mental problems. Nutballs all! For this college town there apparently is a total intellectual vacuum. After years and years and agonizingly long years of repeated gruesome psycho murders in their small college community, how could the town, much less the college survive? What degrees would be conferred? Mortuary discipline with emphasis on post mortem reconstruction from all that mayhem. There were so many town officials being killed off so often, who is left to run the town after a decade of murders? So many co-eds are killed that the college would have to offer, forgive the pun, cut rates in tuition to entice potential victims to the school and it's deadly courses and extracurricular activities.
You would think the plot would at least have an EPA representative in the film searching for a toxic waste dump. Why else would so many townspeople be turning into such savage killers in such a quaint town? Or why so many of the villagers are just too stupid not to move elsewhere?
The family dynamics in all the Scream movies have a brother, a mother, a sister, second cousins twice removed all involved with a passion in gruesome murders what would have made the Marquis de Sade proud--Yawn--boring. Can't help not going back to the school where much of the violence takes place. Can you imagine the literature classes where yet another villain pens the lie: How do I kill thee... Let me count the ways...
Sorry to the fans of the series, but Scream 4 is going to be very predictable. Someone with (again forgive the pun) an ax to grind, searches out the heroine in order to kill her for a perceived slight. Woe be to anyone helping the heroine!
Hopefully the three main characters will be offed, so the writers and producers can search for fresh material to write and film. I'm happy for everyone who made money on the first three films. But a fourth in the series would be like watching Rocky XXXVIII. How much drivel does Hollywood expect audiences to take? Although I grant that long time fans are sure to see this latest installment, I still maintain that it will not have legs. We'll scream....see.
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