Scream 7

Loved this entry. Kevin’s direction was so fresh and new. Neve’s emotional performance and motherhood dynamic pulled me in all directions. Joel was a standout. Isabel was phenomenal as Sidney 2.0. And Gale is back! I laughed, i cried, my theatre was clapping multiple times, it was such an amazing ride. Nonstop action from start to finish. Scream 8 here we come!

So this has had a lot of bad reviews, but a few friends who'd already seen it seemed to enjoy it. The good news is it's an improvement on Scream 6. The loss of Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega has helped especially, because the Carpenter sisters were the most boring new characters from the reboot as it is and certainly not worthy of replacing Sidney Prescott. The bad news is it's not really a proper Scream film at all.. it gets off to a great start at the house in Woodsboro but then the first kill scene rapidly turns gratuitous and unpleasant, and it's at that point you instantly realise this is just a bog standard gory slasher film with Scream characters in it. The typical rules of the franchise have been thrown out now and it plays out more like your average Blumhouse slasher or Saw movie, with all the same problems - characters get absolutely no development before being immoliated, impaled through the head or ripped open with their guts falling out. There's a 10 minute scene with Mindy, Chad and the other young characters in a bar discussing who the killers could be, which turns out to be nothing more than paying lip service to the series rules because immediately afterwards, all the plausible prime suspects are murdered one after another in a single scene. Beyond the return of Sidney, the only sign this is any way related to the Scream series is a huge amount of surface-level fan service that adds nothing to the plot. We're back in Woodsboro again and Stu Macher, Nancy Loomis and Dewey Riley return as deepfakes. Even the boyfriend of Sidney's daughter Tatum is an obvious Cotton Weary lookalike that I'm certain was a deliberate casting choice. Gale Weathers is also back with the newer characters Chad and Mindy working for her. But as with Scream 6, Gale gets about 5 minutes of worthwhile screen time and adds nothing to the plot - as do Chad and Mindy, which makes you wonder why the writers bothered bringing them back in the first place. The film would've been much better off without adding the whole AI deepfake plot device just to bring back long dead characters for no reason. Overall, Scream 7 had a lot more going for it - it's far less chaotic and convoluted than Scream 6, with none of the repetitive fake plot twists or unrealistic scenes of people running away from Ghostface after being stabbed multiple times. It's good to have Sidney back and her daughter Tatum is a great addition to the series. Ultimately though it's been let down by a ton of unnecessary fan service, careless writing, and unnecessarily graphic death scenes that have no place in a Scream film. At its best, the Scream series is clever, witty and fun to watch, whereas this one is mostly just gory, depressing and joyless. As I say it's still an improvement on Scream 6 but the next movie HAS to be better than this. What a disappointment.

Un film carino e tutto sommato intrattenente, soprattutto da vedere in compagnia con amici. Essendo parte della saga di Scream riesce comunque a tenere alta la tensione e a offrire momenti divertenti per gli appassionati del genere slasher. Allo stesso tempo però ho trovato il film spesso poco realistico, soprattutto nelle scelte dei ****. In alcune situazioni i protagonisti avrebbero potuto risolvere i problemi molto prima, ma prendono decisioni poco sensate che sembrano fatte solo per far continuare la storia. Ad esempio ci sono momenti in cui un **** potrebbe usare l’arma per difendersi ma esita senza motivo, mentre in altre situazioni spara in modo esagerato quando non sarebbe necessario. Anche la resistenza di alcuni **** risulta poco credibile. In certi casi **** che subiscono ferite molto gravi continuano comunque a combattere e a restare in piedi, mentre altri sembrano essere messi fuori gioco molto più facilmente. Questo crea una sensazione di incoerenza nella tensione del film. Nel complesso resta comunque un film godibile e intrattenente per passare una serata, soprattutto per chi ama la saga. Tuttavia, personalmente l’ho trovato il capitolo più debole della serie e mi aspettavo qualcosa di meglio.

Oh boy. I dont know where to start but this movie just never took hold for me at all. It felt like a sad unneeded follow up. While I liked having Neve back in it, it just fell flat. Boring retread of a worn tire. The recent ones with Barrera and Ortega were better.

I found that kind of boring. I think that's the worst part of Scream. I wish it had more horror and stuff