Stop me if you’ve know this one, twelve strangers wake up in deserted clearing with no idea of how they arrived there and aClear cachere then systematically hunted for sport by more affluent members of society. If you haven’t heard that story, morality play, joke, or whatever you would like to call it, before, that may be because it is none of those things. It is, in fact, the plot of the new horr...[Read More]
Scream 4, the fourth installment in the Scream horror series, is all about expectations. To expect something as original and edgy as the original Scream (1996) will result in a huge disappointment for moviegoers. However, to expect a film that is above mediocre and more reminiscent of the original Scream than its two prior sequels will more likely result in an enjoyable movie-going experience. Tha...[Read More]
When Wes Craven’s original Scream motion picture was released in the winter of 1996, I was still too young to see the film in theaters unaccompanied by an adult. In fact, this was still true in 1997 for Scream 2, and also for the release of Scream 3 in 2000. However, despite the ardent efforts of my parents, the Motion Picture Association of America, and several very strict ushers, I still managed...[Read More]