Category Archives: Films in the Scream series
SCRE4M
SCRE4M-United States-2011
Courteney Cox as Gail Weathers-Riley
Adam Brody as Deputy Hoss
Emma Roberts as Jill Roberts
Hayden Panettiere as Kirby Reed
Marley Shelton as Deputy Judy Hicks
Directed by Wes Craven
Written by Kevin Williamson
New Decade, new Rules, same old re-hashed, re-booted, regurgitated garbage. You know, I was all ready to actually like Scream 4. The beginning was promising with the whole movie within a movie before the actual movie even starts shtick. I really thought Scream 4 was going to go places that “Scream 2” and the abhorrent “Scream 3” had only had wet dreams of going. But alas, ‘twas to no avail as Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson rob our wallets with yet another Sidney Prescott pity party slash (pun intended) psycho with a knife and a stupid mask mash-up. We all know that Sidney is going to return and the body count is going to begin anew. We all know that the killer will be someone we least expect, but suspected all along. We all know that the hot chicks with big tits and small brains are going to have their guts rearranged. Hey, here’s a newsflash, Wes; TELL US SOMETHING WE DON’T FUCKING KNOW!! Where is the Wes Craven who directed such horror masterpieces as “The Hills Have Eyes”, “The Last House on the Left” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street?” Where is the Wes Craven who wasn’t afraid of controversy and pushed the envelope as far as it could be pushed? I’m terribly fucking sorry, but that Wes Craven is dead. He was crushed beneath the weight of bad sequels. His epitaph reads, “Here lays a man who was once an individual who believed in the power of his craft. Now he is merely a franchise that believes in King Dollar.” May we all rest in peace.
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Ashley Greene was considered for the lead role, but ultimately, Emma Roberts was cast.
The film suffered two casting changes in quick succession as shooting had begun. Lake Bell had originally been cast as Judy Hicks but was forced to drop out (which she announced via her Twitter account on June 24th 2010) due to “scheduling conflicts.” She was replaced by Marley Shelton. Six days later, Lauren Graham, who was originally cast as Kate Roberts, dropped out also citing “scheduling conflicts” as well as “script changes.” She was replaced by Mary McDonnell.
Each of the new central characters is an archetype for one of the characters from the original: Jill (Sidney), Kirby (Tatum), Trevor (Billy), Charlie (Stu), and Robbie (Randy).
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SCREAM 3
SCREAM 3-United States-2000
Courteney Cox Arquette as Gail Weathers
Patrick Dempsey as Det. Mark Kincaid
Lance Henriksen as John Milton
Matt Keeslar as Tom Prinze
Emily Mortimer as Angelina Tyler
Parker Posey as Jennifer Jolie
Deon Richmond as Tyson Fox
Patrick Warburton as Steven Stone
Directed by Wes Craven
Written by Ehren Kruger
Based on characters created by Kevin Williamson
I actually considered re-posting my review for “Scream 2″ as my review for “Scream 3″. All I would have to do is change the main setting from a college campus to a movie studio and toss in the names of a few new supporting cast members and there you have it; the plot of “Scream 3″. “Scream 3″ is more of the same old same old that “Scream 2″ was and to be honest I am running out of shit to say. Neve Campbell returns as Sidney Prescott blah blah blah yada yada yada. David ‘I was WCW champion, dammit!’ Arquette returns as Dwight ‘Don’t call me Dewey’ Riley and Courteney Cox returns as Gail Weathers, about whom I have nothing witty to say. Toss in Patrick Dempsey, Jenny McCarthy, Patrick Warburton, Parker Posey and a few supporting characters that I could care less about as well as a killer that has become a complete joke and I am now in horror movie hell. Oh wait, I almost forgot. There’s still “Scream 4″ to watch and review. Kill me now, please.
TRIVIA
Throughout Scream 3 the actors of Stab 3, the movie-within-the-movie, complain about rewrites and three different scripts. The complaints actually originated with the actual cast of Scream 3, because of frequent rewrites and three different endings.
Wes Craven agreed to direct Scream 3 only after Miramax allowed him to direct the inspirational drama Music of the Heart.
“Scream 3″ never had a public test screening. The cast and crew only had their first chance to see the finished product at the premiere because of fears of spoilers being put out on the Internet.
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SCREAM 2
SCREAM 2-United States-1997
Courteney Cox as Gail Weathers
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Casey Cooper
Jamie Kennedy as Randy Meeks
Laurie Metcalf as Debbie Salt
Jerry O’Connell as Derek
Jada Pinkett as Maureen Evans
Liev Schrieber as Cotton Weary
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Ninety-five percent of the time sequels are inferior to the original film that spawned them in the first place. They either go in a completely opposite direction to the first film; or else they completely rehash the plot of the first film with the same characters and a few new ones thrown in for good measure. Scream 2 is no exception to that rule. Neve Campbell returns as Sidney Prescott, the ‘final girl’ with what appears to be a magnet in her ass when it comes to killers in black robes and ghost faced masks. David Arquette reprises his role as dorky Dewey ‘My name is Dwight’ Riley, and Courteney Cox is once again opportunistic news reporter Gail Weathers. Change the setting to a college campus and begin the whole thing over again for a 100% brand new same old experience. Boring! I say boring! The entire Scream franchise has always revolved around whether or not art imitates life or vice versa. The trouble with that theory is that the audience has to buy into it. For the sake of argument, I for one do not. I believe that if someone is truly evil (or perhaps insane), then they’re going to commit murder anyway; and that it’s not going to matter whether they saw Jodie Foster playing a twelve-year-old hooker or Ghostface slicing and dicing bubble headed teenagers. Art imitates life, not the other way around. Scream 2 is just another tired unnecessary sequel spinning its wheels.
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The cast was not informed of the identity of the killer until the last day of principal photography. Also, the cast did not receive the last ten pages of the shooting script until it was time to film the scenes contained therein. Furthermore, the last ten pages of the shooting script were printed on gray paper in order to deter illicit duplication of them. All cast members were required to sign confidentiality clauses as parts of their respective contracts that precluded them from discussing the outcome of the story and the killer’s identity.
Randy’s reference to fake nude pictures of Gale Weathers on the Internet was inspired by fake images of Courteney Cox that appeared on the worldwide web prior to production of Scream 2.
The rules for a horror-movie sequel as stated by Randy are: 1. the death total is always greater; and 2. the murder scenes are always much more elaborate, with more blood and gore. The third rule to surviving a sequel was cut from the movie, but appears in its trailer, “And number three, never, ever under any circumstance assume that the killer is dead.”
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