Director Wes Craven decided to wait a good three years before making this final installment to the overdone Kevin Williamson screen shocker "Scream". This film was actually much BETTER for me. To start, the concept was a little different from it predecessors. The plot is more personal, and I DO mean personal. When dealing with such tactics as the last two, a third one would have only worked if a NEW writer stepped in, to both restore the feel, and create a new kind of formula for which the characters will be defined. I am pleased to say that, after original creator Williamsons departure from the writing booth, we were given a new, fresh camp feel by scriptwriter Ehren Kruger. He makes the continuation chilling, funny, and interesting. He puts the seriousness at certain, and appropriate moments, unlike the original writer. What is put together, is a real finale, or climax to what started four years earlier.
First off, we know all could be well after the college murders in 2, I mean, who else has the nerve to take on Sidney Prescott and her henchmen? Well, there really IS someone who is willing to take the odds, and as such, does a good enough job, but not without giving the characters a real juicy bygone to work against. Gotton Weary, convicted killer of Sidney Prescotts' mother, is now as famous as he dreamed in "2", until he realizes that someone is messing with his phone. Basically, another madman is here to break the silence. There is one specific detail, along with wanting to kill Sidney, he causes confusion, by needing her personal information. Now, that said, he slashes his way through the set of a third "Stab" installment while he is at his bloody best. Who is he, and why, after three years of solace, would he lash out now? Dewey, Gail, and a determined police chief pursue this monster, and why he is ruining the lives of celebrities in attempt to find Sidney.
David Arquette is, as always, a good blend of comic, neediness which proves to be cute, and yet brave in an hour of need. He gives a deeper feel for the geeky cop, as life has gone on with out Gail Weathers, who also returns. Courtney Cox has also kept true to her character, by putting Gail on a new level of bitchiness. Gail is now a real standard-setter, but without Dewey, she has no depth other than 60 Minutes 2. Neve Cambpell is, for the third time, a silent, passive formation for her famous "Sidney". The tough stuff from her inner strength is needed in this final caper, and it's there, hiding, just like her physical being, who is afraid to actually live. Finally, after numerous deaths, Sidney is out to confront the new psycho. Other cast members include Parker Posey as a stereo-typical actress, looking for better work than a scary movie. Portraying Gail Weathers in the new STAB film, she attach's herself to Coxs' Gail for research and security. Posey is funny as usual, very entertaining. Also included, is Lance Henrickson, a vet of the genre as a sleazy B-Movie director, a brief appearance by Jamie Kennedy, as his usual movie-master Randy Meeks, from an old tape. This time, Kennedys' dialog is more tolerable. Last, but NEVER least, is a funny cameo by Carrie Fisher, as a caracatcher, making fun of herself.
The script was well thought out, and the dialog, much better, and even creepy at times. A great bow is to be given to the makers of this film, as it was most likely, not too easy to go back to the same characters and storyline again. Still, a good film ends up as the result of a better produced script, and a better direction for the series in general. The film does have its flaws, but they don't seem to shadow over the enjoyment, as this high camp, creepy climax plays to the final act...literally.
Wes Craven, doing his usual number, makes this one as enjoyable as he can, and rightly so. Thank heavens we will not be seeing anymore "Scream" movies.
Patrick Dempsey, Heather Matarezzo, Jenny McCarthy, Kelly Rutherford, Emily Mortimer, and Scott Foley also star.
First off, we know all could be well after the college murders in 2, I mean, who else has the nerve to take on Sidney Prescott and her henchmen? Well, there really IS someone who is willing to take the odds, and as such, does a good enough job, but not without giving the characters a real juicy bygone to work against. Gotton Weary, convicted killer of Sidney Prescotts' mother, is now as famous as he dreamed in "2", until he realizes that someone is messing with his phone. Basically, another madman is here to break the silence. There is one specific detail, along with wanting to kill Sidney, he causes confusion, by needing her personal information. Now, that said, he slashes his way through the set of a third "Stab" installment while he is at his bloody best. Who is he, and why, after three years of solace, would he lash out now? Dewey, Gail, and a determined police chief pursue this monster, and why he is ruining the lives of celebrities in attempt to find Sidney.
David Arquette is, as always, a good blend of comic, neediness which proves to be cute, and yet brave in an hour of need. He gives a deeper feel for the geeky cop, as life has gone on with out Gail Weathers, who also returns. Courtney Cox has also kept true to her character, by putting Gail on a new level of bitchiness. Gail is now a real standard-setter, but without Dewey, she has no depth other than 60 Minutes 2. Neve Cambpell is, for the third time, a silent, passive formation for her famous "Sidney". The tough stuff from her inner strength is needed in this final caper, and it's there, hiding, just like her physical being, who is afraid to actually live. Finally, after numerous deaths, Sidney is out to confront the new psycho. Other cast members include Parker Posey as a stereo-typical actress, looking for better work than a scary movie. Portraying Gail Weathers in the new STAB film, she attach's herself to Coxs' Gail for research and security. Posey is funny as usual, very entertaining. Also included, is Lance Henrickson, a vet of the genre as a sleazy B-Movie director, a brief appearance by Jamie Kennedy, as his usual movie-master Randy Meeks, from an old tape. This time, Kennedys' dialog is more tolerable. Last, but NEVER least, is a funny cameo by Carrie Fisher, as a caracatcher, making fun of herself.
The script was well thought out, and the dialog, much better, and even creepy at times. A great bow is to be given to the makers of this film, as it was most likely, not too easy to go back to the same characters and storyline again. Still, a good film ends up as the result of a better produced script, and a better direction for the series in general. The film does have its flaws, but they don't seem to shadow over the enjoyment, as this high camp, creepy climax plays to the final act...literally.
Wes Craven, doing his usual number, makes this one as enjoyable as he can, and rightly so. Thank heavens we will not be seeing anymore "Scream" movies.
Patrick Dempsey, Heather Matarezzo, Jenny McCarthy, Kelly Rutherford, Emily Mortimer, and Scott Foley also star.