Plot: Returning to Woodsboro to launch her new self-help book, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), once again finds herself the target of the Ghostface Killer.With the killer now terrorizing her niece Jill (Emma Roberts) and her group of friends including horror fanatic Kirby (Hayden Panettiere), Robbie (Erik Knudsen), and Charlie (Rory Culkin), Sideny must reconnect with old friends Dewey (David Arquette), and Gale (Courteney Cox) to uncover the identity of this new and violently improved Ghostface before Jill and her friends are killed.
Review: I was ecstatic when I heard of the release for SCREAM 4. A generation of lag time has a way of successfully adding to an already blood savy triology. I can't help but admit to getting swept up in the hype surrounding this new installment. Once I found myself watching the familiar Dimension logo pop up on screen, with the ever-present ring of a phone in the background, I remembered Wes Craven's knack for a shocking, gory movie intro: and that it was. SCREAM 4 has no trouble roping in its viewers with a brutal, through-provoking begining.
The question that looms in everyones brain is whether or not SCREAM 4 revitalizes the franchise and feels as fresh and hip as the first film back in 1996. Yes in that a sharply directed, bloody, R-rated slasher flick with a good cast can’t help but look mighty slick next to the increasingly poor films in the SAW-franchise, or some of the wimpy PG-13 horror remakes we’ve seen lately. SCREAM 4 was not only a comeback for the horror movie genre but also for Wes Craven himself. Most people thought after his mediocre films, Cursed and My Soul To Take, that Craven lost his touch.
The appealing Neve Campbell and likable duo, Cox and Arquette truly give the film a major upturn. I even really liked the new group of kids Ghostface terrorizes, with Hayden Panettiere being a major highlight, as the cool, horror-movie loving gal. For the first ninety-minutes or so, SCREAM 4 is a pretty damn fun slasher film. As for the last twenty minutes, it really depends on your definition of a good ending. I had an inkling who the killer was a little earlier in the film, and happily, I was right. Not only is the movie bloody savy, but it's tech savy. After a shocking ending, SCREAM 4 actually had me still sitting in the theater thinking about its climax. The ending is outrageous, suprising and holds no mercy. I had to remind myself that this new installment is ten years after the original trilogy, so just as our society and technology has progressed, SCREAM 4 has as well. Think about the ending. It requires thought if you truly want to understand Wes Craven's awesome addition to the franchise on a movie level and even beyond that.
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