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Scream

Name: Scream
Released: 2022-01-12T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 6.7

It's always someone you know.

2022 • 114 min • ★ 6.7 (4,014) • Released

Horror Mystery

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

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Original title: Scream
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: $24,000,000
Revenue: $138,874,789

Reviews & Ratings 6

tmdb28039023

Aug 28, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

Some things never change. This can be good and also bad. Bad like Audibly Sharp knives (i.e., blades that make a sharpening noise when being whisked through thin air), or like when former deputy Dewey Riley (David Arquette) says “You have to shoot 'em in the head, or they always come back.” Of course, the very existence of the new Scream is irrefutable proof that they will come back regardless. This movie is slasher history repeating itself in more ways than one; in addition to revisiting this particular franchise, it borrows a key plot point from Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare – that I will not reveal but which you may have inkling about if you are, like me, a student of the genre. All of the above notwithstanding, Scream ‘22 is overall more good than bad. True to its roots, this iteration serves as a deconstruction of the current state of mainstream horror cinema. Specifically, it is a textbook example of a “requel” – like the last couple of Halloweens, or the recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre –, and by ‘textbook’ I mean that it actually includes a scene where a character literally explains what a requel is and how it works. I also like that it lampshades one of my least favorite tropes, which I call Chekhov's Inhaler. I just compared it to Halloween and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but the fact is that Scream ‘22 comes to join the much better company of Wes Craven’s New Nightmare and last year’s Candyman (suitably, the movie is dedicated to Craven’s memory and gives Jordan Peele a shoutout). This Scream’s oft-repeated mantra is “always go back to the original,” and that’s sage advice because, like Nightmare on Elm Street, this franchise is a brainchild of Craven that began life as thinking man’s horror only to get progressively dumbed down with each new entry – unlike, say, Friday the 13th, which was born stupid. Thankfully, this film has been made by people with knowledge of and respect for their source material, and who don’t underestimate the audience’s intelligence. Consequently, when characters send text messages, the words appear on their phone screens as opposed to our movie and TV screens, and when a someone is stabbed, they spill real fake blood instead of a stream of red pixels (and in an age where CGI is the norm, any horror movie that uses practical effects instantly doubles its visceral impact). I will only add that, also like New Nightmare and Candyman ‘21, Scream ‘22 is as much of a return to form as it is a fitting farewell, so here’s hoping that it will live up to its promise that “After tonight, no more books, no more movies, no more f***ing Ghostface.”

The Movie Mob

Aug 20, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 9.0

**One of the best slasher flicks since 1996!** I loved the first Scream - the surprise, the shock, the self-awareness, the humor. It reinvented horror and launched a franchise of sequels of varying quality. And this newest one is the best since the first! It captured all the fun of the first. It kept the stakes high by bringing back the original cast and proving that no one is truly safe. The directors had fun baiting the audience with every slasher trope they could. Tense music would rise every time a character walked past a dark doorway or opened a cabinet to hide the view from the hall - naturally, that is when the killer is standing on the other side but not in Scream! Playing with the tropes in a fun, self-aware way is what Scream is all about, and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett nailed it.

Martha

Jul 26, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

I've watched every scream since scream was invented. I like the first two okay but after that the kind of got a little iffy. This one really goes back to what screen was intended to be by Wes Craven. I really like the flow of this movie and how they put the twist on Samantha's character. It starts like the first scream and it ends like the first scream. I'll have to say out of all the scream movies this was one of the most decent and hardest to figure out.

Nathan

Jun 30, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

Scream is a self-aware thriller that doesn't try to be more than it is. The kills are great, the violence is there, and the comedy is good enough that is doesn't take away from the movie. **Verdict:** _Good_

JPV852

Apr 8, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

Okay addition to the franchise has some good kills and the acting at least was serviceable and nice seeing the legacy characters again. The killer's motivations did feel a bit 5 years ago (to me, though I don't do reddit or really other social media platforms) but fine I guess and similar to the social commentary from Scream 4. I'd rank this third in the franchise I suppose, behind the original and Scream 2 (for all that movie's flaws, it has a soft spot for me). Not great but worth watching once. **3.25/5**

edwecks

Mar 10, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

Decent movie with a nice balance of meta / references to the original without overdoing it.

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Cast 32

Melissa Barrera

Sam Carpenter

Jenna Ortega

Tara Carpenter

Mason Gooding

Chad Meeks-Martin

Jasmin Savoy Brown

Mindy Meeks-Martin

Jack Quaid

Richie Kirsch

Mikey Madison

Amber Freeman

Courteney Cox

Gale Weathers

David Arquette

Dewey Riley

Neve Campbell

Sidney Prescott

Dylan Minnette

Wes Hicks

Skeet Ulrich

Billy Loomis

Sonia Ammar

Liv McKenzie

Roger L. Jackson

'The Voice' (voice)

Kyle Gallner

Vince Schneider

Marley Shelton

Sheriff Judy Hicks

Reggie Conquest

Deputy Farney

Heather Matarazzo

Martha Meeks

Chester Tam

Deputy Vinson

Milli M.

Reporter

Christopher Speed

Movie Randy

Chelsea Rebecca

Film Fails Host

James A. Janisse

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