Scream4

What’s your favourite scary movie? Gasps of excitement echo throughout the audience as the franchises signature question is asked by yet another ghost face that is terrorising the small, suburban, US town of Woodsboro.

This is Scream4, complete with more grisly murders, jumps and laughs. Wes Craven successfully brings back our all time favourite scary movie complete with Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) our main character who continuously escapes murder, Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) the blood thirsty reporter that will stop at nothing to break the story and Dewey Riley (David Arquette) our loveable but useless policeman.

For the people of my generation who grew up watching the Scream movies this will without a doubt exceed your expectations, bringing us new characters that one by one get picked off in exactly the same manner as the other 3 films. This may be a new film but Wes Craven has done well to stick to the original rules of a scary movie, which in Scream manner, is explained to us by the movie fanatic in the film.

Its 10 years later and Woodsboro is still known for its infamous serial killers that have plagued the town and ruthlessly picked of groups of teenagers one by one. Their grotesque and sickly plans have all been down to killing Sidney Prescott, but each time failing miserably.

Known as a hero and the ultimate survivor, Sidney returns to Woodsboro launching a book that describes how she has overcome her ordeal, but it isn’t long until ghost face makes their return, butchering innocent teens and causing widespread panic throughout the streets. This time it appears as though her cousin and her friends are the targets, and as they run screaming and fighting for their lives you will feel far from disappointed.

As the film begins and you hear the phone ringing, terror and silence impact immediately on the audience, it doesn’t matter that you know what is coming, you are no way prepared for the jumps and screams that ghost face causes.

A must see this year as Scream4 will have you in fits of laughter one second and the next clutching on to the person next to you in fear. This no way falls into the stereotypical view that sequels are awful but the complete opposite as it makes you want to get down to your local blockbuster and re watch the other three.