Scream 4
Nobody really believed. After the debacle of “My Soul to Take”, the master of horror Wes Craven revived the series “Scream” – and his career at the same time – with a surprising fourth episode that makes laugh to tears. Enough to forget a third volume particularly doubtful.
They are never completely died. This law applies horror filmmaker Wes Craven also. Even if the moviegoer feels that the creator of Freddy hit rock bottom, he can always resurrect from its ashes. The feathers of the phoenix have rarely been more vivid than in this post neo satire will fantasize fans of the genre. In the history of cinema, has there been a fourth episode as good as this one?
Whenever Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) set foot in Woodsboro, a masked killer is on his heels to make her skin. It is still true when she returns to town to promote her book. Suddenly teenagers are found dead and threatening phone calls are multiplying. Enough to frighten the sheriff Dewey (David Arquette), his wife, journalist Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), Sidney’s cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her classmates.
After graduating in 1996, “Scream” was a hit. The audience reveled in his freshness, his way of mocking the horrific films and its unbearable suspense that accumulated potential culprits. Two years later, his followers went even further, developing a finer sense of humor and unique situations (the use of Greek mythology as the scene of existence, the separation of images and sounds at a great moment of tension, etc..), the whole being embedded within a scene much more elaborate. “Scream 3″ in 2000 would ruin everything always applying the same formula without renewing or push it to its climax.
A decade was to elapse before seeing the immortal trio composed of eternal victim Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox from the flamboyant and irresistible David Arquette. Several years that recall how the series is an excellent portrait of society. In the first trilogy, the characters rarely sacrament and the blood does not flow necessarily afloat. Two elements here are revised upwards. There is nothing more moral. The end justifies the means, information is increasingly using the Internet instantly and voyeurism coming back into fashion. A trend maximized by the success of “Saw” and others “(CCC)” that are diverted with a rare intelligence.
Life seems more focused on yesterday or tomorrow, but on the present moment, which means individual and selfish. A prism that Craven applied with surgical precision. His work is like Russian dolls that fit the time. He not only continues to echo the classics of the genre, but it increases housing abyss, tributes and references to his own “Scream” – and derivative thereunder (the “Stab”). The year variable layers – as in “Inception” – captures at the highest point since its introduction that requires beautiful tone quickly.
The fans know what to expect. Nothing should be taken seriously, but just go with what happens on screen. Laughing to tears by the grotesque situations and the constant originality in how to slaughter the human body. That character still has the same facial expression? It’s normal, it is the eternal stereotype that is found in this type of production. What better understand the function of these entities, including David Arquette, which is probably one of the most unknown comedians of his era.
Although it seemed impossible to renew “Scream”, the fourth effort to come all the same. Not completely (the final could have been daunting before returning … more consensual) or even completely (a few drops plan appear in “too long” sequences spoken), but adapting brilliantly to the canvas with the times, between repetitions and required great sardonic delirium. A great and unexpected surprise announces exciting new trilogy.
