My only problem with 3 was that fake-Sydney clearly was killer 2, but at the last minute, they dropped it.
The Offical Scream VI Thread
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Say what you will about Chad surviving all those stabs, but the minute they rolled him back onto the scene I wanted to shout "LET'S GOOO!!"
breh was the MVP
breh was the MVP
If you are familiar with how this franchise goes then it wouldn’t be hard to figure out who the killer is.
So in Part 3 is Billy Loomis’s long lost son gonna come back and try and butcher the sisters?
Right now, I think it's either going to be Dark Sam, or them finally pulling the trigger on the Ghostface Cult. I also think VII is where we finally see Sam and Tara's estranged mom, maybe she will be a Ghostface.
Definitely pumped for VII. There's a few directions they can go.
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Due to Columbine, they watered down 3. It felt too PG-13, TV movie-ish as a result. People were dying from 1 stab to the shoulder/back
Compare that to these last 2 recent entries, major whiplash lol.
Jay and silent Bob being in it too was weird as hellDue to Columbine, they watered down 3. It felt too PG-13, TV movie-ish as a result. People were dying from 1 stab to the shoulder/back
Compare that to these last 2 recent entries, major whiplash lol.
Loved it, one of the best Screams I have seem, easily better than 4, & 5, probably 3, and most fun theater experience watching horror in years. Especially "lower brow" horror like a slasher. This was really, fun engaging, sharp, and just flowed, I was immersed in the moment, and lost track of time, that flow feeling. You can tell the difference in budgets, and probably the directors success and confidence, this was a full level up from Scream 5.
I guessed most of the twists, but I made an effort to, and to me, shows a higher level of investment in watching. The main part for me, was how fun it was. Yes, it veers off the rails, (third act action movie stunts) yes I can see where the "nerdier" horror fans, like me, get their nods "Argento shoutout" and where the franchise fans gets their moments (a pretty unconvincing FBI agent, some dumb one liners)) and some of the extreme kills, the whole idea with Barrera, as some kind of killer savant Loomis is by far the dumbest part of the series, and clearly a nod to other horror genres the director admires.
But the opening sequence? The bodega sequence? The subway sequence? Which I may be deluding myself to think it showed a slight nod to De Palma's Carlito's Way finale. The W 96th sequence? Three of the most tense and well done in the series history. There's some shaky acting (mostly the Dad, Kirby, the daughter) and the script had some bad lines, but the audience loved them. Would have liked some more character development, some of the suspects and victims get so little screen team, and lost some of the action sequences, because the college sequences actually were engaging.
As I have said before, Ebert would say that the movie does mostly play fair with the audience in terms of guessing the killer, and there are some clues (noted the limp right away) and the script nods to the genre cliches even out some of the cheesy plot developments. Where the movie doesn't "play fair" is the old tactic of having characters "act" for a camera that isn't supposed to be there, as in behaving for an audience of zero, except the viewer. It would be like sitting alone in your room and sending a text, pretending to be hurt, even if no one can see you. That kind of stuff is expected, but can be a little frustrating.
None of the law enforcement stuff is even close to feeling real, obviously. There's a line about "switching bodies" that was hilariously dumb, but I felt directors were doing it on purpose, gets dangerously close to Scooby Doo at times, which the first never did, but all the rest have, in all fairness. but what works, really works. The meta stuff, and the horror sequences, and the new characters work, 100%. NYC felt realer and looked better than I expected, even if directors seem to no longer be able to really "get" the city, like the 80's, it wasn't stock or like an Amazon series version of NYC. It felt tense, and scary, and fun. lot of credit to the directors.
note: apparently was filmed in Montreal, still looked pretty solid, all things considered.
I guessed most of the twists, but I made an effort to, and to me, shows a higher level of investment in watching. The main part for me, was how fun it was. Yes, it veers off the rails, (third act action movie stunts) yes I can see where the "nerdier" horror fans, like me, get their nods "Argento shoutout" and where the franchise fans gets their moments (a pretty unconvincing FBI agent, some dumb one liners)) and some of the extreme kills, the whole idea with Barrera, as some kind of killer savant Loomis is by far the dumbest part of the series, and clearly a nod to other horror genres the director admires.
But the opening sequence? The bodega sequence? The subway sequence? Which I may be deluding myself to think it showed a slight nod to De Palma's Carlito's Way finale. The W 96th sequence? Three of the most tense and well done in the series history. There's some shaky acting (mostly the Dad, Kirby, the daughter) and the script had some bad lines, but the audience loved them. Would have liked some more character development, some of the suspects and victims get so little screen team, and lost some of the action sequences, because the college sequences actually were engaging.
As I have said before, Ebert would say that the movie does mostly play fair with the audience in terms of guessing the killer, and there are some clues (noted the limp right away) and the script nods to the genre cliches even out some of the cheesy plot developments. Where the movie doesn't "play fair" is the old tactic of having characters "act" for a camera that isn't supposed to be there, as in behaving for an audience of zero, except the viewer. It would be like sitting alone in your room and sending a text, pretending to be hurt, even if no one can see you. That kind of stuff is expected, but can be a little frustrating.
None of the law enforcement stuff is even close to feeling real, obviously. There's a line about "switching bodies" that was hilariously dumb, but I felt directors were doing it on purpose, gets dangerously close to Scooby Doo at times, which the first never did, but all the rest have, in all fairness. but what works, really works. The meta stuff, and the horror sequences, and the new characters work, 100%. NYC felt realer and looked better than I expected, even if directors seem to no longer be able to really "get" the city, like the 80's, it wasn't stock or like an Amazon series version of NYC. It felt tense, and scary, and fun. lot of credit to the directors.
note: apparently was filmed in Montreal, still looked pretty solid, all things considered.
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CourtesyFlush
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My hype isn't that high because everyone said Scream 5 was a return to form and I thought it was garbage. The lead actress couldn't act her way out a paper bag. The kills were awful, no creativity, no suspense, no chases, just a jump scare and stabbed to death. It lacked what made the original trilogy so amazing. Hopefully this one is actually good
Lurk Angle
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I thought this one was better than the last except for that ending
Other than that 7/10
Other than that 7/10
too many fake deaths in this one bumped it down
That gale scene
girl power shyt
that opening was some piff tho mad creative to have ghostface kill another like that
That gale scene
girl power shytthat opening was some piff tho mad creative to have ghostface kill another like that
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CourtesyFlush
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Also, I don't get the hate for Scream 3. I think it's awesome and has some of the best suspense in the original trilogy.
Lurk Angle
All Star
I agree
CourtesyFlush
Superstar
The opening scene with Cotton rushing home to his wife. The corpse of Sydney's mom popping up in the window. Sydney being chased by Ghostface in the empty studio set of her "house". So many good scares.I agree
Yeah, The Cotton opening/killing him off was amazing.
