Scream 3

Scream 3 (2000)
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette
Directed by: Wes Craven
SC=4 V=10 C=7
Grade: A-

Although I love the Scream movies, this one is my least favorite. There are several plot points that seem kind of weak. (Although I do like how they still have Randy give the rules of trilogies. In this installment of the franchise, Sidney Prescott (Campbell) is in seclusion and the killer still wants to find her. To do this he first "asks" Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber from the first two movies). When he won't tell, the killer starts killing the cast of the newest Stab movie one by one, leaving pictures of Sidney's mother at the crime scenes, until she finally comes out of seclusion to help Dewey (Arquette). As Sidney, Dewey, and Gale (Cox) investigate the killings with some help from the remaining cast of Stab, they learn the killer is definitely not who they expected. They find out they are dealing with a trilogy and in a trilogy...anything can happen.

Scream

Scream (1996)
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette
Directed by: Wes Craven
SC=6 V=10 C=7
Grade: A++

I loved this movie! I normally don't like scary movies, especially horror movies. But I really liked this one. Sidney Prescott (Campbell) is a normal teenage girl, with a boyfriend, Billy (Skeet Ulrich), a best friend, Tatum (Rose McGowan), and a father. What isn't normal is that her mother was murdered the year before. A year after her mother's murder, a new murderer, wearing a ghostface mask, starts killing citizens of Woodsboro, including Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore). Soon, he targets Sidney, almost killing her inside her own house. Soon afterward, Billy Loomis is the lead suspect. Even Sidney doesn't trust him. After he is proved innocent, the attacks and calls increase. As all of Sidney's friends start dying, she starts to suspect that the current murders and her mother's are connected. With the help of nosy reporter Gale Weathers (Cox) and Deputy Dewey (Arquette), Sidney is able to stop the murders and save herself. In a mixture of comedy, "whodunit" mystery, and slasher-film gore, the Scream movies are hilarious, scary, and just plain awesome.