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Movie Review – Scream (2022)

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Scream, 2022. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. Starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minette, Mason Gooding, Marley Shelton, and Jasmin Savoy Brown. SYNOPSIS: Sydney Prescott returns to Woodsboro after twenty-five years, to uncover the truth, when a new Ghostface emerges. In the year […]

The Most Meta Moments from the Scream Franchise

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As audiences get ready for another trip to Woodsboro, George Nash takes a look at the most playful moments from the influential slasher film franchise…  “Hello Sidney … it’s an honour,” crackles the now-iconic tones of Roger L. Jackson’s voice in the trailer for the forthcoming Scream film. Twenty-five years since Neve Campbell’s smart, resourceful […]

The Best Slasher Movie Franchises of the Post-Scream Era

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EJ Moreno ranks the five best slasher film franchises post-Scream… Slashers were all the rage for a while, but it would quickly fizzle out like most trends. In the 1980s, the horror subgenre was at its peak with series like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Child’s Play, and Friday The 13th. Then Wes Craven […]

Scream: All the Easter Eggs You May Have Missed in the New Film

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George Nash delves into the new Scream movie to uncover the Easter eggs you may have missed… Going very much against its own set of slasher survival rules—never say “I’ll be right back” remember—Scream has returned once again with yet more meta mayhem and razor-sharp self-reference. With a new generation of cine-savvy teens and the […]

Paramount signs off on Scream sequel with the same creative team

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With $107 million in worldwide receipts already tucked away in the inside pocket of Ghostface’s cloak, along with the largely favourable reviews (read our ★★★★ review here), it comes as little surprise to hear that Paramount and Spyglass have decided to move forward on a Scream sequel. In even better news for fans of the […]

Spider-Man swings back to the top spot as Scream loses blood at the box office

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He does it multiple times in No Way Home, and now Spider-Man has once again climbed back to the top having been knocked down following this weekends $14.1M take at the U.S. box office. That was enough to dethrone the latest instalment of Scream, which bled-out with a -58.7% drop-off from last weeks impressive debut […]

Movie Review – Scream (2022)

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Scream, 2022. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Mikey Madison, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Dylan Minnette, Mason Gooding, Sonia Ammar, Marley Shelton, Kyle Gallner, Roger L. Jackson, Reggie Conquest, and Chester Tam. SYNOPSIS: Twenty-five years after the original series of murders in […]

Video Review – Scream 2022 is scarier and more self-aware

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EJ Moreno with a spoiler-free video review of Scream… 2022 marks the return of Ghostface to the cinemas, and the masked killer is scarier than ever in this new Scream film. Without Wes Craven helming the film, many were nervous if the film could work, but franchise newcomers Radio Silence knock it out of the […]

Scream gets a final trailer ahead of Friday’s release

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Ahead of its arrival in cinemas this Friday, Paramount Pictures has released the final trailer for Scream, the fifth instalment in the slasher horror franchise which sees Ghostface return to terrorise the residents of Woodsboro 25 years after the first streak of brutal murders; watch it here… Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders […]