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Scream VI (2023)

 


Scream VI takes the franchise to a new location with mostly familiar and some legacy friends.

Directed by Matt Bettinellli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, Scream VI has the daunting task of making the formula still relevant. These two have started the reboot in the prior entry in the Scream franchise. I don't notice any glaring errors in direction. They make a pretty good team, there were some really tense moments as that was the horror they were going for.

The writing is more important now with horror films than ever. Modern horror movies need to have either really good scares to make up for poor writing or the opposite. The film is written by the Amazing Spider-Man writer, James Vanderbilt. the writer Olpin and Gillett had from Ready or Not, Guy Busick, and the original Scream writer Kevin Williamson. With this many people in the writers room it could have been a recipe for disaster. Williamson took his formula for how Scream one and two connected and applied it to how five and six are rebooting.

Staring Melissa Berrera and Jenna Ortega as the surviving sisters from the prior entry. Their relationship is strained as the younger sister wants to move on and the older feels a protective sense of duty. Solid performance from both.

Jasmin Savoy Brown is one of the best parts of the film. Her comedic timing is a chef's kiss. Courtney Cox returns as Gale Weathers as one of the legacy characters alongside a fan favorite and general audience forgotten Kirby Reed played by Hayden Panettiere. It's interesting seeing the cheerleader from Heroes jest with Monica from Friends.

Like Brown's character, the audience tries to figure out who the killer is. There are new rules for a new location but family is still important in this poem of a franchise. For those who've seen the movie perhaps that last sentence makes more sense. I enjoyed Scream VI, not many sixth entries are this good. Result B+


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