Scream 4 (2011)

 I haven't been posting movie reviews on here for a while with the simple reason that I haven't seen any for a while. The reason is because I'm currently rewatching every season of Lost. I decided to watch Scream 4 last night to get back in horror films a bit.

Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.

The first +- 45 minutes of Scream 4 annoyed the hell out of me. Ghostface has as much as a cameo and sticks mostly to ''creepy'' phone calls. It must also be said that even the phone calls are less ''creepy'' as in the original. The many references to other horror films feel forced and are far from original. Next to all this BS the old cast has returned and are supplemented with some annoying teens. 

David Arquette is probably the best character and actor in this movie. Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox are decent. Then there also is Marley Shelton's part as the clumsy deputy Hicks which to me wasn't funny and felt like a complete failure. The role of Anthony Anderson as deputy Perkins was probably the most entertaining although it must be said that the character was cliche as hell. 

After about an hour Ghostface starts turning up. It sure as hell isn't best killer out their and more often than not looks rather clumsy but at least he brings some action in this movie. His kills by the way are arguably more brutal than in the original film. 

My review looks slightly negative but it's not like a hate this movie. I'll be the first to admit it's far from original but overal it is an entertaining movie. Definitely not as great as Craven's 1996 original but still a cool movie with some very decent kills and a couple of hot girls to add some flavour. 

Fun Fact (Source:IMDB)

This time, the footage from Stab includes the credit "A Robert Rodriguez Film." Rodriguez really did direct the footage, and also made Grindhouse co-starring Scream's Rose McGowan and Scream 4's Marley Shelton.