A Review delayed due to a Holiday and a round trip flight.
I noted before how the Thanksgiving Poster looked like Scream's and with good reason.
I'm reviewing it now- what a coincidence!
Be honest- it is the most famous part of that Film.
Of course, things play out a little bit differently....
The attack brings Jenna Ortega's Sister back to Town.
She left when she was 18 due to various reasons that I wouldn't dare SPOIL for you.
Let's just say that familiar faces show up.
A new Ghostface- not related to the noncanonical one from the TV Show, I'd imagine- shows up.
This time, he's targeting people who are related to those from the original Woodsboro Case.
Of course, how some of these people have relatives when they were, you know, killed by Ghostface is a bit of stretch sometimes.
They give us the 4th version of the 'Here are the Rules' bit, explanation.
This time, it is a Legacy Sequel (or a Requel) and the Rules, say it with me, are different.
We get Dewey, Gale and Sydney back.
Will all of them be back for Scream 6 (which is thankfully not called Scream 2)?
To find out who lives, who dies and who is the killer, watch the Film now!
Will all of them be back for Scream 6 (which is thankfully not called Scream 2)?
It's on Netflix (for now), so take a Stab at it.
A bloody whodunnit!
Admittedly, I had this one passively SPOILed a bit for me at some point in the past. I didn't look for them, mind you, but people love to put up images like 'All of the Scream Killers' online.
Who cares if this Film is only 2 years old?!?
So, my first viewing is more of a 2nd viewing, which makes the bits of evidence really stand out. Don't let it SPOIL you if you're safe so far.
The Film itself is SUPER META, with a Plot involving a series of killings based on Movies based on real killings from a Book...written about said killings. It also involves people hating the last Stab Film, which is the fictional Film within-a-Film Series.
In this world, Rian Johnson did the Reboot. WTF?!? It was also just called Stab like how this one is just called Scream. Double WTF?!?
It hits all of the usual beats that you get from these Legacy Sequels, while also referencing that too. That said, the META aspects don't take away from the stakes, as you get genuinely real people in the Film in peril.
It's a nice return to form that I hope carried over to Scream 6. Granted- that's on a *different* Streaming platform and nobody can make me get on yet another one right now- no matter how hard they try!
A nice love-letter to the Series while also serving as a good entry. I've never been a Scream fanboy, so hopefully my praise rings true.
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