It does not come as a surprise that a horror franchise like “Scream,” attracts an audience who know that they will jump when a murder takes place or when an unsuspected incident occurs. It’s their addiction of fear which brings an intense excitement that causes horror movie fans to want more. However with “Scream 4,” you ultimately get a cheesy comedy that robs any potential scares.
After watching this atrocious waste of a so called horror film, will you finally get it in your heads that sequels of this magnitude are nothing but a brainwashing scheme to get you to spend your money? Sequel or not, this film could barely pass for a B movie with good production values.
The character development in this film is an absolute joke and the main reason why it falters. David Arquette’s character, Dewey Riley who is now the Sheriff, is horrible. It would be more believable if he was “Doofy” from “Scary Movie.” If you think about it, Doofy does have more smarts than the character Arquette plays. Does “The Usual Suspects” ring a bell? Another flaw this film has is the repetitive and predictable storyline. There are the same old murder scenes, along with the same stupid stumbles that the Ghostface killer takes down the stairs.
The film’s main character, Sydney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell [“Wild Things”] returns to her hometown for the release of her new book which details her horrific past. As you would guess, just at the time Sydney returns, a murderer is on the loose once again.
Snore, lather, rinse, repeat, ping pong balls, crickets or any other overused cliche which signifies boredom. This has been done before.
Obviously, “Scream 4” is similar to the previous films in the franchise. You got new characters, such as Sydney’s younger cousin, Jill, played by Emma Roberts, her two hot ditsy friends and the most annoying character in movie history, the moronic jock ex-boyfriend. Every scene involves him walking in a room in an obnoxious manner. There are also the cops that if it wasn’t for Sheriff Riley being a complete imbecile, they would probably work in convenient stores.
It seems that Director Wes Craven, mocked his own film by casting actors that are not believable. While watching “Scream 4,” you think you are seeing a prelude to “Scary Movie 5.” As a matter of fact, if a movie like Scary movie 5 was to ever come out, it would focus on “Scream 4,” because this film was an absolute parody of itself.
Overall, “Scream 4” is predictable and unwatchable and will have you scratching your head with its inability to get you scared and make you laugh. Put it this way going to the dentist and getting your teeth pulled would be worth more than the experience of this flick.
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