I didn't expect it at all, but the movie is actually slightly better than the previous Scream (5). It's actually quite a decent effort until the final 20 minutes where they manage to stink it up a lot. The movie does manage to capture a fair bit of magic from the early days of the franchise.
And yes, as they boldly proclame in the movie, that this is now a franchise. Just like Luke Skywalker had to die in order to clear the narrative and enable the story to go into new directions, so will the great purge befall the Scream characters. Except that the studio chickens out in the end and all the major characters end up surviving their horrible stabs to be there for the next movie in the franchise. :( It is clear by now that there will be no stopping ever, the producers will keep milking the Scream into the ground, until no more money can be made on these once iconic horror films.
And yes, as they boldly proclame in the movie, that this is now a franchise. Just like Luke Skywalker had to die in order to clear the narrative and enable the story to go into new directions, so will the great purge befall the Scream characters. Except that the studio chickens out in the end and all the major characters end up surviving their horrible stabs to be there for the next movie in the franchise. :( It is clear by now that there will be no stopping ever, the producers will keep milking the Scream into the ground, until no more money can be made on these once iconic horror films.