Another series you should know I love by now is this one, the Scream franchise. One and four are some of the best horror movies of all time in my estimation. Earlier I reviewed Scream 2 and it was alright as that was the first time I re-watched it. Lets see if the third installment can be just as solid if not better this second time around.
We open Scream 3 with Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber) stuck in a traffic jam on the highway. He gets a call from Ghostface demanding to know where Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) or he's going to kill his girlfriend. He refuses and Cotton and his girlfriend are killed. This all happens amidst the filming of Stab 3, the third movie in a trilogy in a horror series based on the Ghostface murders. Production is halted due to the closeness of the murders. Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) is called in my Detective Mark Kincaid (Patrick Dempesy) to help with this investigation and she meets up with Dewy Riley (David Arquette) on the set of Stab 3 working as an adviser for the film. Sidney is now living in seclusion, disconnected from society and the people in her life don't know who she really is. One night as she's taking calls for a women's help line, Ghostface taunts her after pretending, with a voice-changer, that they're Maureen Prescott. It scares Sidney and she heads to Hollywood to be safer with the people she knows. This sets into the events of the rest of the film where there are no rules. Anything can will happen in this final movie of the trilogy, but can Sidney and the rest of the Hollywood survive?
Wes Craven's trilogy ends on a good-ish note as the twist at the end of this was good. I guess I paid more attention this time around again and it paid off. This is as well written as a Craven directed flick an be. Like SAW, this world is ever changing and inter-twining. Everything in the first two flicks could be brought back in some form in this movie. And if it is, it's done well. The story, too, is great, if you're familiar with the first two well. Otherwise it can be quite confusing, one of the draw-backs of reviewing a film like this. The kills and combat with Ghostface is good as well. I love that Ghostface is an imposing figure, but is never overpowered so to speak. The movie, like the other two are pretty long so keeping my attention, like the first two which are better, was a tough task for this. a lot of the scenes felt unnecessary to me, and some dragged on a bit. Also some of the nuances by the actors, and a lot of the actors they "hired" for Stab 3 in the movie, were just plain annoying to me. The acting, especially by Neve Campbell and David Arquette, is for the most part on point as well. Plus I love the Jay and Silent Bob cameos. Haha.
There's a lot of good and a lot of bad in this for me. The ending of the first trilogy and closure of sorts was definitely a plus. Wes is a great director and always turns good writing into good movies. If you're new to this series, don't start with three or you'll only be confused. Other series' can give you that luxury perhaps, but this isn't one of them. If you're a fan of the series this is a good enough ending. Otherwise if you're watching, this is gonna be long and sluggish. Either way, I love Scream so I like this movie.
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