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Remember when I told you Jurassic Park was my favorite film and one of my favorite franchises? Well, the first Scream movie is my second favorite film of all time, but the series overall is my #1 franchise. The Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson collaboration was a genre game-changer back in the mid-90s.
But ultimately, Scream 3 is the Roman of the series. It’s the result of a Craven and Ehren Kruger collaboration, not Craven and Williamson. It’s the installment that feels like it's trying to claw its way into the club. Whereas its predecessors nail the balance between sheer terror and meta humor, Scream 3 tends to spiral via its drastically different tone.
One of the core ideas of the 1996 original was that horror movies could influence killers. So now in Scream 2, not only do you have the high-profile news story covering what really happened to Sidney and her friends, but you’ve also got a movie based on their experience in Stab. That’s two sources of inspiration right there. Within the rules of the Scream franchise, it makes all the sense in the world for both of those things to motivate others.
In fact, it did so within the first few minutes of the movie with that downright genius opening sequence. It was like a big old bloody hug for anyone who’s been thinking about movies influencing slashers non-stop since 1996 thanks to Billy and Stu. But that’s just one example of Craven and Williamson taking a concept they started back in the mid-90s and modernizing it for a younger viewership without ever sacrificing the characters and thematic pillars from the first film.
And of course, the “requel” gives the filmmakers justification to bring back Scream’s big three while also introducing a new cast of characters. And somehow, Scream 2022 manages to do something I once thought was impossible — make me feel ready to say goodbye to Sidney, Gale, and Dewey .
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