“New decade, new rules.”
This week, Streebo brings you a spoiler free review for the new sequel to the Scream franchise – Scream 4 aka SCRE4M. Scream 4 stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Emma Roberts and Hayden Pannetierre. The survivor of the infamous Woodsboro Massacre, Sydney Prescott, returns to Woodsboro on the anniversary of the original massacre to close out her book tour and confirm her status as an “ex-victim” that has now come to terms with her past and faces her days with a renewed sense of self and confidence. No sooner does she arrive in town, than the Ghostface murders begin anew.
Scream 4 plays fast and hard with the rules of horror, making sure to lay out the rules of the game along the way. Scream 4 is a fun return to the post-modern slasher and offers plenty of comments about the state of modern horror over the past fifteen years. Unfortunately, the post-modern examination feels heavy handed at this point in the game as the cover can only be peeled back to reveal the truth once and the original Scream did that fifteen years ago.
Scream 4 is filled with hot babes, goofy guys, messy kills and tons of characters that can disappear in the night so fast that they make Batman look like a cripple. Scream 4 plays with the genre and has fun with it – at times to the detriment of the scare factor – but overall makes for a fun time at the theater. Take your friends and have fun with it while it’s still playing. Be sure to watch for little Easter eggs such as homages to the earlier Scream films, horror posters, and scary movie references. They’re all packed in there for those that pay attention.
