Ein weiteres ausgelutschtes Slasher Remake... ist Scream 4 zum Glück nicht | Review & Analyse

Scream 4 does something I never would have thought possible: It rivals the 1996 original. Coming back eleven years after the trilogy was actually complete made me incredibly skeptical. It all sounded too much like rehashing old themes and making a remake to make some money. But my God, was I wrong? Scream 4 does everything right that it can do right. It transfers the concept of Scream—simultaneously exposing and celebrating horror films on a meta level—into a new era of horror films. Among other things, emerging horror films like Saw, Hostel, The Walking Dead, The Ring, and many more get their fair share of flak. 0:00 Not Another Remake 01:30 The Intro Within the Intro Within the Intro 05:20 The Alternate Intro of Scream 4 06:17 Back in Woodsboro 09:08 Digression: Bambi as a Horror Film 12:04 Ghostface's Most Brutal Kill 16:34 Who's the Killer? 19:38 The Alternate Ending 20:38 Bitch Fight in the Hospital 21:52 Conclusion and Rating Rating and Conclusion: Scream 4 is a damn good film. After the disappointment of Scream 3, Scream 4 gets back on track and focuses on what made the franchise so successful and popular: the love of horror films. Scream 4 takes on the horror genre of the 2000s and shows, on a meta level, which rules have changed since 1996. If Scream (1996) dealt with the slasher icons of the 80s, Scream 2 explored the topic of sequels, and Scream 3 was all about trilogies, then Scream 4 indulges in the topic of reboots and remakes. And my God, is that brilliant and desperately needed. You have to keep in mind that between Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011), pretty much everything that didn't have the typical slasher virgin plot armor was rebooted or remade: "A Nightmare on Elm Street," "Friday the 13th," "Halloween," "Dawn of the Dead," "Black Christmas," "The Exorcist," and many more. Then Scream 4 comes around the corner like the white knight and skillfully rubs the studios' lack of ideas in their faces, packaging it with wit and charm. And the irony is that Scream 4 itself is a remake, which was a financial flop. So, on a meta level, Scream 4 is in no way inferior to the original. And the violence has also been turned up considerably: Ghostface has never been so brutal and merciless. After the bloodless caress of Scream 3, the fourth installment was almost shocking. When Ghostface brutally beats his victim, demonstratively hangs the torn corpse out of the window, and then cuts out the intestines and drapes them on the bed, then we all know: We've landed in the 2000s, the year the horror torture porn subgenre became huge. Visually, we return to the mix of garish boardroom visuals paired with a dark slasher atmosphere, which I was already a huge fan of in Scream (1996). The plot itself is unfortunately not very original, but in that respect, Scream probably can't develop any further. However, I found the final resolution and the encore in the hospital extremely satisfying. I didn't predict who was under the Ghostface mask, and unlike in Scream 2 and 3, I didn't have to rewind to figure out who the killer was. The only thing I can criticize about Scream 4 is that it doesn't quite match the originality of the original, which is, of course, impossible, since every new Scream film will be a sequel. Otherwise, I consider Scream 4 a near-perfect sequel, a worthy conclusion to this franchise. I gave Scream 1 9 points, and I give Scream 4 a well-deserved 8 out of 10. And I could well imagine that a Scream film every 10 years has great potential, because by then the horror metagame has changed again and there's new material for the franchise. Sources and images: 📸 'Scream 4' Is Tech Savvy yet Tech Wary, abcnews.go (https://web.archive.org/web/201104130...) 📸 https://www.news.com.au/technology/sc... 📸    • Scream (TV Series) | Official Trailer | MTV   ___ ▲ Email: [email protected] ▲ Instagram:   / fancy_reviews_   ▲ Community Discord Channel:   / discord   ___ #scream #scream4 #fancyreviews