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The year is 1996, and after an opening sequence in which we see a young Drew Barrymore playing a girl named Casey Becker, home alone she decides to watch a movie, but her plans take a turn when a phone call comes on the scene, she answers, and a single question changes everything: what is your favorite horror movie?
With 25 years of existence, scream is one of the emblematic franchises within the horror and terror cinema, because thanks to the direction of Wes Cravenand the pen of kevin williamson, the franchise would bring a fresh perspective to the genre, and whose success would lead to some sequels, and despite some ups and downs, the saga has maintained a constant pace and quality that makes fans remain enthusiastic about the future of it. . A few days after the premiere of its sixth chapter, we review it, ordering the films that are part of it from worst to best.
5.- Scream 3
Dir. Wes Craven, 2000
We start this list with scream 3, released in the year 2000. By now it was already an established franchise, and after a couple of notable installments, there were high expectations for what, at the time, would be defined as the closure of the trilogy. Although the original plans for this installment were different, the script for williamson would end up being modified after the events that occurred at Columbine in 1999, so ehren kruger would be in charge of the script, and the result was the weakest tape of the series. At times the film feels like a self-parody, unbalancing the tone of past films a bit, some elements feel a bit forced, Neve Campbell He’s kind of missing a lot of the movie, we had the infamous voice changer… and Gale’s bangs. Despite these errors, there are great successes, and that is that the performance of parker posey as Jennifer Jolie They have made her one of the fan-favorite characters, and added to this, the third installment has a speech ahead of its time, which resonates in current times. Despite not being a bad film, it is far from the quality of its predecessors and successors.
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4.- Scream 4
Dir. Wes Craven, 2011
After 11 years after his last appearance in theaters, many believed that Ghostface would not return, but kevin williamson and Wes Craven (in the last film of his career after his death in 2015) would prove otherwise. Horror and horror movies were at a different time, and we were at a point where hundreds of remakes of genre classics invaded the screens, so it was the perfect opportunity to play with this resource. that was how scream 4 It hit theaters in April of that year, with a cast that was recognized at the time: Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Adam Brody, Alison Brieplus cameos from Anna Paquin, Shenae Grimes, Lucy Hale and Kristen Bell, to name a few. Unfortunately, for some, this installment did not reach the old glories of the Woodsboro murderer either: characters with little development and a very questionable filter, were details that did not end up being liked; However, the speech that the film has, would demonstrate once again that the series is somewhat ahead of its time, in addition to offering us the best Ghostface in the entire franchise, one of the most brutal deaths that fans continue to remember to date. , and an outstanding performance by Hayden Panettiere like the cool Kirby Reed.
Available in: Amazon Prime Video
3.- Scream (2022)
Dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
They had to spend another 11 years to see Ghostace return, since unfortunately the box office of scream 4 It was not what was expected, Craven was no longer with us, and the rights were a complete mystery. Against all expectations Radio Silence (keepers of the brilliant Ready or Not) along with Paramount achieved what seemed impossible: save the franchise and revitalize it. Horror and horror movies offer more, and cinema in general resorts to nostalgia to attract new and old viewers, and this entire scenario serves as the starting point to give the fifth installment a voice and tone. The original cast returns once again, but the focus is on new faces: Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Mason Gooding, Dylan Minnette, Jack Quaid and sonia ammar, among others. There are a few bugs, elements of the narrative feel forced, some characters feel underdeveloped, no chase scenes, and some plots could be saved. Fortunately, the successes are more, and they make the return of Ghostface enjoyable, a well-implemented and successful speech, performances that make you take an interest in the characters, exciting sequences, and somewhat emotional. Although it is not perfect scream represented the step that the series needed, and the duo perfectly understood the nature of the series, which is why the film ends up feeling like a tribute to Wes Craven.
Read our review here.
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2.- Scream 2
Dir. Wes Craven
After its release, little by little scream established itself as a cult hit, it became the highest-grossing slasher film of all time (until the advent of Halloween in 2018), and therefore a sequel was the safest route, after all, if anything has characterized the genre it’s sequels, and this factor lends itself to an ideal excuse. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette and jamie kennedy They are back, but now far from Woodsboro, since all the action is centered on a university campus, where Sydney is once again the target of a new Ghostface. Despite a long battle with the MPAA, scream 2 was another stark in-book example of good sequels. It is accurate, it feels somewhat satirical, but it does not lose the tone of the original, coming to feel a little darker compared to its predecessor, the music of Marco Beltrami stands out, and the chase sequences are arguably the best in the franchise.
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1.- Scream
Dir. Wes Craven
The film that started it all and that at the time was a watershed for the slasher subgenre was scream. Did you expect a traditional film? When scream arrived in 1996, it took many by surprise, and that is that after slasher movies had a not-so-lucky streak for a long time, Wes Craven came to show that it was possible to innovate, and he did this through a film in which the characters are aware that they are part of a horror film, since the threat that pursues them uses their love for the genre to hunt them one by one, so this allows them to be intelligent, but also to fall into the mistakes of other films, giving As a result, a brilliant film, and that despite its years, continues to impress thanks to its agile and cunning script, in which sequences such as the already classic initial call, memorable characters such as Sydney Prescott (one of the best final girls of horror movies), and moments that have remained in the memory of the spectators such as the scene in the garage. Thanks to that, scream it prevails as the best chapter within the franchise.
Read our review here.
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Do you agree with our ranking? What is your favorite installment of the franchise? And most importantly, are you ready to see the new movie in the saga? Scream VI It will premiere on March 8.
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