Synopsis:
Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courteney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.
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Cast & Crew SCREAM 4 has Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Nico Tortorella, and Rory Culkin in addition to the three returning members, Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courtney Cox. Roberts will play Campbell’s cousin Jill, who becomes the heroine of the movie Panettiere would play her best friend, a nerdy film geek and Culkin would play Jill’s potential love interest. Adam Brody (Jennifer’s Body) will play a cop recently graduated from college who was raised on the CSI TV series.
Marley Shelton is Lake Bell’s replacement, as Deputy Judy Hicks, “A police officer, decidedly sexy but a bit off, she knew Sidney from high school. Didn’t make a big enough impression for Sidney to remember her. Likes her boss, Dewey, perhaps a little too much.”
Eric Knudsen will play a role similar to what Jamie Kennedy played in the first two installments, a comic relief character.
Alison Brie will play Rebecca, “Campbell’s ambitious personal assistant who secretly envies her boss’ reluctant fame and fortune”. Mary McDonnell possibly plays Roberts’ mom, the role that Lauren Graham had to drop due to scheduling conflicts.
Shenae Grimes, Lucy Hale, Anna Paquin, Aimee Teegarden and Kristen Bell are also said to be co-starring.
Directed by Wes Craven, Written by Kevin Williamson with the intention of making this the start of a new trilogy.
Craven said in an interview that the story is set 10 years later, it’s an integration of those three characters and new kids and continue the story in a way that’s “totally organic”
Movie Review:
It’s quite telling when the best scene in your movie isn’t even from your own movie. When a clip is shown early on from Shaun of the Dead, I felt a burst of both enjoyment and frustration. Enjoyment because, well, it’s Shaun of the Dead. The overbearing frustration came from the fact that the movie I was watching was Scream 4.
This fourth installment is only a surprise in the sense that it didn’t continue the downward spiral of the series, but lets face it, surpassing the third film is about as easy a task as one could get.
The fact that the fourth is nearly on the same level as the third comes as a real disappointment, considering how director Wes Craven wisely kicks off the film with a compelling bang. The once-reliable filmmaker, and his film, seems aware of how ridiculous and usually bad sequels past the third film mark get, but, by the end, Scream 4 becomes one of those films it’s trying to rip apart. There’s a constant mockery and deconstruction of horror conventions, as expected, and hardly any of its artificial smarts work.
When Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) returns back home to Woodsboro, she’s turned a new page in her life. Sidney has a new book coming out and everything seems to be going just dandy, but how long will this happy streak last for? Obviously, not for long. “Stab” inspired serial killers have returned for another go, and their shocking targeted victim: Sidney and what’s left of her family, including her rarely seen aunt (Mary McDonnell) and cousin Jill (Emma Roberts). New rules have entered the killers’ game because of the updated horror cliches and Sidney, with her old gang, must learn these 21st century rules to survive.
Every “witty” joke comes off as obvious and obnoxious. The whole film is a major contradiction. Craven and co. make fun of the stupidity of horror tropes, while falling into plenty others themselves. This is a horror film where people don’t act like people, but instead what the horror set-pieces need them to be. Craven didn’t set up a world intended for logical thinking by rational people. Each character is an irritating body bag that you can’t wait to see gutted if only so the film can get closer to the end.
The ensemble is off-putting due to their pure stupidity and lack of basic human skills. Horror vet Campbell is comfortable in the role of Sidney Prescott, but, like the rest of the cast, she’s stuck in a role that consistently requires having to sell stupid decisions as human logic. It’s as if screenwriter Kevin Williamson, or most likely the re-writer Ehren Kruger (the man behind Scream 3, Reindeer Games and many other disposable films), made it an imperative goal to have a character make a plot-convenient choice every 10 minutes.
With each new kill, Craven furthers my theory that he despises teenagers as much as I do. Craven interjects the annoying girls, the obsessive film nerds and other tired cliques. And they all happen to be young, good looking white kids. How original and meta, right? The horror movie nerds are basically a combo of Jamie Kennedy‘s Randy Meeks, except totally unlikable. No one in the cast is interesting enough to latch on to or care about. They are all either boneheaded, underwritten or unneeded. The only one that survives the pitfalls of the script is Alison Brie, who brings a genuine sense of life to the film whenever she’s onscreen, which is sadly sparse.
Scream 4‘s final result is similar to giving a pack of film nerds 40 million dollars to make a film based on their tedious and half-baked conversations on the horror/meta-horror genre. Nothing new is being said or done with Scream 4. The first Scream film broke barriers, this one lazily treads over them. A strong set-up quickly gets diminished by uninspired writing, cheap scares and a third act that couldn’t possibly get any more goofy. Starting off with Drew Barrymore‘s iconic first scream fifteen years ago, this iteration only lets out a frustrating whimper.
Main Cast And Crew
Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette,Lucy Hale, Roger Jackson,Dane Farwell,Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell,Brittany Robertson,Alison Brie And Others
Director: Wes Craven
Writers: Kevin Williamson,
Kevin Williamson (characters)
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 15 April 2011 (Pakistan)
Also Known As: Scre4m
Filming Locations: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Runtime: USA: 111 min
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