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END FAIL: Scream 4 Misses New Franchise Foundation
Usually, I use “End Fail” columns to discuss where the ending of a movie failed to make sense or broke the film’s own rules. This time, I’m going to take a different approach and discuss how an alternate ending for Scream 4 could have revitalized the franchise and bore a new trilogy on its shoulders. As usual, this means discussing the ending of the movie, which means there will be significant...
Video Review: Scream 4
We know you’re busy and don’t always have time to check out written reviews, and our full-length hour-long podcast can be a bit hard to fit in for tight schedules. That’s why we’ve started providing video reviews: see what goes on during the podcast as Rafe reviews this week’s new releases, or just listen to hear his take on the new releases. Either way, it’s another...
Scream 4 [Review]
Fifteen years after the original Scream hit theaters and eleven years after Scream 3 finished off the trendsetting slasher trilogy in 2000, director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson return to the series with Scream 4. Along with them they bring back three of the original stars: Neve Campbell as Sydney, Courtney Cox as Gayle and David Arquette as Dewey. They also retain the same self-referential...
Re-view: Scream 2 (1997)
The moment the maniacal Stu unleashed the statement, “These days, ya gotta have a sequel,” fans of Scream knew it wouldn’t be long before a second chapter came forward. Sure enough, less than a year later, Scream 2 continued the tale of Sidney Prescott, now in college, as a new killer emerged to build upon the Ghostface legacy. But while the stakes are always higher in the second chapters, traditionally...
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Re-view: Scream (1996)
One of the problems with the horror genre is that it tends to be very derivative. Someone figures out how to build a better slasher movie and suddenly you have a million copycats. Someone figures out that the new style is to import horror concepts from another country and suddenly you have a million more copycats. It doesn’t take long for the whole thing to get weary, which is part of why Scream...
Cursed (2005)
Cursed was an attempt to modernize and update the traditional werewolf mythos of howling at the moon and silver sensitivity by combining it with the more vampire-like lore of kill-the-sire-and-avoid-the- curse. With a cast that includes Christina Ricci, Jesse Eisenberg, Joshua Jackson and Shannon Elizabeth paired with the direction of Wes Craven you would expect decent acting, some gratuitous sexiness...
