Scream IV (SCRE4M)

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This is the fourth installment of the Scream franchise. Sidney Prescott, one of the survivors from the first three incidents, has now published a novel about her own experiences. She returns to Woodsboro to promote the novel but finds her book tour haunted by the presence of Ghostface. Deputy Dewey, Dwight, Riley and Gale Riley (Weathers), try to help Sidney and her cousin Jill Roberts survive this new killer. 

This film was directed by Wes Craven. This film carries on a legacy that had been officially ended with a trilogy. This film pays plenty of homage to the original combining ironic humour, scares, and twisting horror movie slasher cliches. However, I think several audience's have come to an expectation of what is going to happen in this series, and therefore this can't surpass the original. Other than this being a fourth installment it still keeps to a great story with good characters. This film has more of a character development than Scream 2. However, it is slightly obvious whose going to die. There is the shock of Neve's character actually getting hurt in this film. This film keeps the comedy that was missing from Scream 3, and keeps the film's basis of it being a slasher parodying slashers. It opens with the current horror debate of gore fests, torture porn, remakes of originals, and asian horror ghost films that are appearing in cinema's. I do like how this choose to be a sequel instead of a remake. I also enjoyed how it kept up to date with current technology and current popular high school culture. 

The surviving cast returned to this film, which was also great to see. The original cast was met with a fresh new set of young faces that gave the film its more current feel. Neve Campbell returned to her role as Sidney Prescott. She was great showing why her character has survived this long through the franchise. It's not from luck, but mostly from being intelligent. She also continued to give her 'victim' character heart for the film. Courteney Cox returned to her popular role of Gale Riley (Weathers). She didn't return to her satire of popular media, but she did return as the unofficial detective. This film changed her character from being a bitch to a more heartfelt character. It is good to see the changes her character has gone through from Scream. David Arquette returned to his role of Sheriff Dewey, Dwight, Riley. His character remains the same from the other films. He is good brining his light hearted nature to this film. Emma Robert played the role of Jill Roberts. This role takes her from being a child actress into a teenage actress for popular audiences. She is good in this role giving the damsel character a new face. Hayden Panettiere plays the role of Kirby Reed. She was great in bringing a truly young vibe to film. She also did great in making a satire of the new horror generation. Britt (Brittany) Robertson, Marnie Cooper, was good. She kept to the lightheartedness of Arquette. 

I give this film 5 out of 5 stars! It is a good film that pays homage to its original roots. It's slightly predictable, but its mixture of humour and horror is great. 

Answer to last blog: Wes Craven's first slasher film was The Last house on the Left. 

Que: Who has been the ever popular voice of Ghostface?

Dana Farwell
Don LaFontaine
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Roger Jackson