Stars: 4.5/5 ⭐️So, I watched this movie on a plane, because I was bored, but I'm so happy I did. Although this movie does reference a lot of stuff from previous movies, this movie is so good solo, for the sole reason of its meta-ness. In the Scream universe, there are the Stab movies, based on the murders that happen in each Scream movie, and as the movies have continued, they've gotten more and more ridiculous, but there's an important point to the Stab movies, and that's horror movie logic. But for Sam Carpenter, played by Melissa Barrera, it doesn't really matter, because Ghostface is trying to kill her younger sister, Tara, played by Jenna Ortega, and Sam won't let that happen. But for Tara's friends, Amber, played by Mikey Madison, Wes, played by Dylan Minnette, Liv, played by Sonia Ben Ammar, Mindy, played by Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Chad, played by Mason Gooding, they're following horror movie rules, which really brings out the comedy of this movie, because they'll keep ragging on each other for not following horror movie rules, like no going to the basement alone, or no splitting up. Also with this metaness, they reference how the old Scream movies have kinda gotten out of hand, and Ghostface when they're revealed, they talk about how they want to go back to basics, the original, if you will, especially since Billy Loomis, played by Skeet Ulrich, Dewey Riley, played by David Arquette, Gale Weathers, played by Courteney Cox, and Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell play a semi-big part throughout the movie. Also, there was one thing that got my cackling, which was teased from the beginning which was the third act twist, where there is a twist, and it's revealed who the killer is, and when Ghostface reveals themselves, they say "Welcome to the third act bitch." then shoot someone in the face, and it was like definitional bad bitch energy because it was the mix of horrifying and hilarious, and shocking, because you're like WTF, they're the killer! But speaking of the killer there were some characters in the movie that felt that they had no point in being there, but to only get killed. Like they had no motivation, no goal, no nothing, except that they were connected to the original people in some form, which I thought was annoying at times, because they're just bodies getting ready to be slain, so that was kinda stupid to watch. But on the contrary, the characters who were important were super dynamic, and it was so fun to watch them on screen because this movie had so many twists in it, some humorous, some semi-scary. And Scream, it seems isn't really a horror movie, but more of a parody horror movie, where they kinda lead into the absurdism, because for example, a character is killed right in broad daylight by Ghostface, and nobody sees this happen? Also, when Ghostface, has a knife getting pushed near the characters' throats, they don't push the knife to the side, to get it stuck in the ground or the wall, which is what I would do, but maybe that wouldn't be able to work, I don't know, but it kinda felt silly at times. Which I think is what Scream was going for. So, I would say, although this is a franchise film, where it does seem like you might have to watch the previous movies Scream 2022 stands on its own, as a fun thrilling horror movie that will have you continuously guessing who the killer is.
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