Rotten
Scream's brand of horror, which lampooned the slasher genre while simultaneously embracing it, was fun and breezy in 1996. In 2011, it's about as fresh as the whiff of something stale and rank from a crypt.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Overview
Ten years after the original Woodsboro murders, one of the survivors returns home to promote their new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.
Director and cast
- Wes Craven Director
- Emma Roberts as Jill Kessler
- David Arquette as Dewey Riley
- Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
- Adam Brody as Detective Hoss
- Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers-Riley
- Hayden Panettiere as Kirby Reed
- Anthony Anderson as Deputy Perkins
- Mary McDonnell as Kate Kessler
- Rory Culkin Cast
- Erik Knudsen Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
61%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Craven guides us expertly down a series of blind, bloody alleys, a journey that's more pleasurable than frustrating. On account of his steady hand, the last act is as good as could be expected: skillfully conceived and entertaining in its preposterousness.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Fresh
Scream 4 is a total hoot. Assuming you can find the humor in knife stabbings.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
Compared with so many of the rebooted slasher flicks, Scream 4 remains a cut above. No, that is not an intended pun.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
On its own terms, Scre4m is pretty good.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
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