I know a lot of people aren’t keen on the idea of another Scream movie, but I’m pretty open to it. It’s clearly one of the best horror franchises of the 90’s, but didn’t have the iconic weight to it as a Freddy or Jason. I’m honestly just glad they’re not trying to “reboot” it so to speak. If they carry on with more movies but without Sidney, Gale, or Dewey then so be it. At least they’ll get to pass the torch so to speak. I think it’s almost a guarantee that the originals will die, at least I hope so. That’s cool with me because I’m always about some closure with long term characters. The new cast seems cool enough. I’ve seen Emma Roberts pop up more and more. She has a strong enough personality to easily carry this franchise for another trilogy. We also have Hayden Panettiere, who I’m also a fan of. I’m happy to see her get a bigger project after the unjust cancellation of Heroes. Then add on Rory Culkin, Adam Brody, Alison Brie, Anthony Anderson, and lots of other familiar faces. Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell are listed as well, but I have a feeling they’ll have a Drew Barrymore/Jada Pinkett Smith first big death scene. All in all, it seems like it’s done right. The fact that the killer always changed makes it easy to swallow the series being reintroduced. With a Freddy and Jason there are always comparsions to the original. What are you going to compare in Scream movies? It’s not so much about the killer, but the situation and the whole mystery “who-dun-it” teen horror movie that made it work. There has always been something charming about the tongue-in-cheek about the Scream movies. As long as they keep that tradition I have no complaints. I really have no big desire to see this movie. I anticipate it, but I doubt it’s going to be a movie I’ll see in theaters. Stranger things have happened.
