Scream Collection

Horror

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Scream 4

Dimension Films

Outerbanks Entertainment

Corvus Corax Productions

United States of America

English

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

Kevin Williamson

Peter Deming

Marianne Maddalena

Ron Schmidt

Iya Labunka

Matthew Stein

Cathy Konrad

Carly Feingold

Liza Richardson

Nicholas Mastandrea

Maria Mantia

Troy Brown

Riley Harper

Banzai Vitale

Richard E. Chapla Jr.

Eric Bergman

Patrick Esposito

Brendan Walsh

David Eubank

Claire Farrand-Stone

George Billinger III

Jeffree Bloomer

Anastacia C. Nemec

Lori Grabowski

Jay Fortune

Philip Sloan

J.P. Jones

Diane Crooke

Joy Zapata

Peter Robb-King

M.K. Gleason

Georgina Marquis

Logan Cooper

Ron Bolanowski

Jody Gaber

Emma Stensaas

Thomas Traugott

Gemma La Mana

Phil Bray

Anthony Cargioli

Catherine Hahn

Jennifer Kamrath

Kristi Hoffman

Megan Wiser

Maggie Fung

Norma Lee

Dawn Mattocks

Gary J. Tunnicliffe

Skip Crank

Brian McClean

Brad Irvin

Anthony 'Spike' Simms

Paul Wilkowsky

Steve Alessi

Brandon Cundiff

Spencer M. Rohan

Kevin Fannon

Tony Boura

Ronald Napier

Tina Tottis

Ryan Gomez

Kelly Stultz

M.K. Shaw

Blair Miller

Todd Toon

Donald J. Malouf

Victoria Sampson

Charles W. Ritter

John Kwiatkowski

Odin Benitez

Albert Gasser

G.W. Brown

Val Kuklowsky

Pernell L. Salinas

Patrick Cyccone Jr.

Christian P. Minkler

Joe Barnett

Darrin Mann

Catherine Harper

Christopher Moriana

Greg Steele

Robert Deschaine

Ron Bedrosian

Dean St. John

Doc Kane

Greg Zimmerman

Tami Treadwell

Julio Carmona

Julie Altus

Marcus Trumpp

Brandon Roberts

Dennis Smith

John Paesano

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_

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Neve Campbell

Courteney Cox

Emma Roberts

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Anthony Anderson

Adam Brody

Rory Culkin

Mary McDonnell

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