Screm 4

Synopsis:
Ghostface is back and no one is safe from his killing spree.  Also, see synopsis for Scream, Scream 2 and Scream 3 since they all have the same plot.

Favorite one-line review from a different critic:
“You know a movie franchise has lost its pop culture clout when it goes from creating the most popular Halloween accessory to successfully tracing the arc of Courteney Cox and David Arquette's failed marriage.” – Mike Ward -

My Review:
So let's take a moment and look at director Wes Craven's earlier films:
- Last House on the Left
- The Hills Have Eyes
- Swamp Thing
- The People Under the Stairs
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- The Serpent and the Rainbow

Now take a look at the more recent films:
- Vampire in Brooklyn
- Music of the Heart
- Red Eye
- Paris, Je T'aime
- My Soul to Take

Do you see the pattern.  The first half are iconic films that for the most part have withstood the test of time.  The second half are films you wouldn't buy our of the Walmart bargain bin.  Wes Craven's has fallen faster than the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  His wit is about as sharp as a butter knife, about as on point as drunken monkey with a bow-and-arrow and about as insightful as a high school stoner telling everyone how stars really just flecks of salt that God has cast over the night sky.  His time has come and gone.  And now it is time for him to be gone.

That's not to say that Scream 4 isn't an entertaining movie.  The funniest part about the film is how it makes fun of itself.  But "Scary Movie" has already done that.   When the Wayans write a better spoof movie than your sequel, you know something is terribly wrong. 

So Wes, open up some film camps and help train the next generation on how to make a movie.  Then maybe instead of rebooting mediocre originals we can begin to create some new classics.

Rating:
5 out of 10

Suck Scale:
Entertaining, but still pretty sucky.