Scre4m

Scre4m (2011)
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette
Directed by: Wes Craven
SC=4 V=10 C=10
Grade: A++

This is my favorite Scream movie, even better than the first one. Sidney Prescott (Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, comes back to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. Little does she know that another Ghostface killer has emerged, killing people with similar names, in a similar order, as the first time around. While in town, Sidney visits Dewey (Arquette) and Gale (Cox), who are now married. She also sees her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts), who has a lot of friends who introduce new characters to kill off. There's her best friends Kirby (Hayden Panettiere) and Olivia (Marielle Jaffe), geeks Charlie Walker (Rory Culkin) and Robbie Mercer (Erik Knudson) (who is this movie's Randy), and ex-boyfriend Trevor Sheldon (Nico Tortorella). As Robbie explains the rules of the reboot, it becomes clear that anything can happen and the rule is there are no rules. Plus, the opening scene with Lucy Hale, Shanae Grimes, Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Aimee Teegarden, and Britt Robertson is brilliant and surprising. LOVE this movie!

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 2

Scream 2 (1997)
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette
Directed by: Wes Craven
SC=5 V=10 C=6
Grade: A

I liked this movie, but not quite as much as the other one. Part of it might be the absence of Skeet Ulrich. The thing that makes this movie more awesome than it would have been, however, is Timothy Olyphant (oh yeah! :) and Jerry O'Connell (Vern from my favorite movie Stand By Me). In this sequel, it has been two years since the original events in Woodsboro. Sidney (Campbell) and Randy (Jamie Kennedy), two of the original survivors, are trying to move on with their lives at college. Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber), the man originally convicted of Sidney's mother's murder, is trying to cash in on his wrongful incarceration. Gale Weathers (Cox) has written a best-selling book called "The Woodsboro Murders" which has been turned into a film called "Stab", starring Tori Spelling as Sidney. As the film's release date approaches, the cycle of death starts all over again. Dewey Riley (Arquette) immediately comes to Windsor College to protect Sidney, his "surrogate sister". As with the other Scream movies, Randy tells everyone the rules of horror movies. And, also as with all of the other movies, his predictions come true. And, in this sequel, the number of suspects only goes down as the body count goes up.

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.