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Scream 4 (Scream IV, Scre4m)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on April 15, 2011 @ 12:00am
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In theaters April 15, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courtney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.

The newest installment in the acclaimed franchise that ushered in a new wave of horror in the 1990s is written by series creator Kevin Williamson and directed by suspense master and director of the first trilogy, Wes Craven. The film stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox-Arquette, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody, Mary McDonnell, Marley Shelton, Nico Tortorella, Marielle Jaffe, Kristen Bell, Anna Paquin, Lucy Hale, Shanae Grimes, Aimee Teegarden and Brittany Robertson.

WHY NOT REVIEW: ‘Scream 4′ The ‘Most Heart-Stopping Sequel In Franchise To Date’!

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Posted by THEoDEAD on April 14, 2011 @ 8:25pm
Category: Comics / News

One of my earliest memories of the Slasher film sub-genre (though not my first, that honor went to Carpenter’s “HALLOWEEN”) was my parents renting a VHS copy of Wes Craven’s (“A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET”, “THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT”) genre riffing, completely self-aware industry oddity, “SCREAM”. I was 8, and from the now classic opening frames of a young Drew Barrymore being chased down and brutally murdered just a few short feet from her unaware parents by the infamous Ghostface (A moment, that admittedly at my young age, scared the living crap out of me), to the unforgettable finale, I knew once and for all that horror would forever be in my blood.

Now this isn’t to say that as I walked into the press-screening I didn’t have my reservations. I, like many, look back at the sequels with the same melancholy feelings and mixed emotions. “SCREAM 2” was a passable effort at making Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott), David Arquette (Deputy Dewey Riley), and Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) household names of the genre, while “SCREAM 3” was an almost entirely abysmal attempt to wrap-up what at the time was the most successful slasher trilogy fans had been offered since the Golden Years of old. With those thoughts in mind I watched with hopeful reservations as the opening credits rolled. Read on for the skinny…

WARNING: The Following Review May Contain Minor Spoilers

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Posted by David Harley on April 14, 2011 @ 2:55pm
Category: Movies / News

Taking an opposing side to Dimension Films’ Scream 4, David Harley was NOT amused with Wes Craven (interview) and Kevin Williamson’s slasher sequel, in theaters tomorrow.

In fact Harley was so in “meh” about Ghostface’s return to theaters that he gave the film a whopping “this is a film” out of 5. Yikes.

Read below for his full review (or click the title for Mr. Disgusting’s thoughts), and don’t forget to return this weekend to write your own and tell all of BD what YOU thought!
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Yet Another Two Peaks Inside ‘Scream 4′

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 13, 2011 @ 3:38pm
Category: Movies / News

Arriving in theaters this Friday, Dimension Films is going all out in promoting Wes Craven’s monstrous Scream 4 (review), which is positioned for a mega boxoffice opening.

Stars have been making their talk show rounds, debuting new clip after new clip. Inside you’ll find footage from the crappy “Jay Leno Show” where star Kristen Bell shares a look at the opening scene with Anna Paquin.

In addition, you’ll also find a clip that will bring you into the teased “Scream” haystack party where Gale (Courteney Cox) sets up a bunch of cameras to spy on the kids. Dewey (David Arquette) can see what’s going on behind her. Wink, wink.
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BD Review: ‘Scream 4′ Fresh, Smart, and Twisted!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 13, 2011 @ 6:44am
Category: Movies / News

The day is nearly here (Friday!), Wes Craven (interview) is back with Scream 4, a reinvigorating return to the franchise that took the horror genre by storm. With a few reviews arriving this week, we’ll kick it off with my positive thoughts:

“Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson were triumphant in delivering a fresh, smart, twisted, and ultra-violent slasher sequel that will not only please fans of the original trilogy, but introduce an entire new generation of kids to horror…”

Click the title for the full review, and don’t forget to return this weekend to write your own and tell all of BD what YOU thought!
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BD Interview: Director Wes Craven on ‘Scream 4′!

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on April 12, 2011 @ 3:21pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

The tagline to Scream 4 may be “New Decade, New Rules”, but the “rules” for director Wes Craven have more or less remained the same over the last 40 years – keep making movies. Now 71, the still-youthful director has rarely strayed from the genre he made his name on (Music of the Heart was an anomaly, thank god), and to the delight of Scream fans everywhere he returned to the director’s chair for the highly-anticipated fourth installment, reuniting with original cast members Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox Arquette, and David Arquette to bring to life a new Kevin Williamson-scripted tale of tongue-in-cheek mayhem.

B-D’s Chris Eggertsen recently caught up with Craven to talk to him about the new sequel, with the director giving insight into the process of updating the franchise for a new generation while keeping true to the tone of the first three movies, deciding how much blood was too much, and taking on the much-publicized additional photography that followed an early test screening. See inside for the full interview – and lest you forget, Scream 4 opens everywhere on April 15th.

BD Interview: Director Wes Craven on Scream 4!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 12, 2011 @ 2:56pm
Category: Movies / News

In this fresh clip from Wes Craven’s Scream 4 star Hayden Panettiere chats with Emma Roberts’ annoying ex-boyfriend, who ends up being the notorious Ghostface killer. Unfortunately the clip was recorded off a TV with an Android, but hey, it beats nothing.

In addition, a hilarious article was posted over at The Herald in Australia where mothers at Albert Park primary say their children are spooked by the enormous Scream 4 poster that towers over their school. It features the masked “Ghostface”, an evil knife-wielding killer.

This story is HILARIOUS considering how many kids run around wearing “masks” during Halloween. Do these psycho, overprotective parents lock their kids in the basement on October 31? Cry me a friggin’ river. Full story here.

Ex Boyfriends and Ghostface in Latest Scream 4 Clip; Wussy Kids, Mom.

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 08, 2011 @ 10:54pm
Category: Movies / News

We’ve got a few more goodies from Wes Craven’s Scream 4 starting with a brand new clip that aired on NBC. It features a scene where Neve Campbell and Emma Roberts’ characters are attacked by the illustrious Ghostface. In addition, you’ll also find yet another TV Spot entitled “Reveal”.

Additionally, the world premiere of Scream 4 takes place this coming Monday, Aprill 11 and will be broadcast LIVE online, starting at 6:30 PM PST. The player is embedded below for your ease.

“Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courtney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.”
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Horror Returns to the Cover of EW, New ‘Scream 4′ Clip, TV Spots, Kevin Williamson Gets Brutally Honest!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 07, 2011 @ 2:34pm
Category: Movies / News

It’s a Scream 4 extravaganza as we’ve got all sorts of goodies leading you up until next week’s release (April 15).

First, and the most exciting in my opinion, is the brand new cover for Entertainment Weekly, which features good ol’ Ghostface! It’s rare when mainstream media gives horror this much love; only good things can come of it. You can watch a video of the photo shoot from set here.

Included in the article, screenwriter Kevin Williamson opens up about the on set turmoil: “Everyone was second-guessing everything, because everyone wanted it to be so perfect,” Williamson recalls. His arguments with Weinstein intensified over the months and ultimately came to a head. “Oh, I got in a big fight with Bob,” says Williamson. “We got into a massive fight creatively, and we hugged it out and then we moved on.”

Also, beyond the break you can dig on a fourth clip that features a bit of death, alongside two new TV Spots.

Next week Bloody Disgusting will bring you an exclusive interview with director Wes Craven, with the official review on Wednesday.
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Official Canadian ‘Scream 4′ Website Does it Right

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 06, 2011 @ 4:42pm
Category: Movies / News

While the domestic website leaves some room for improvement, BD reader ‘Joseph M.’ pointed us over to the official Canadian website for Wes Craven’s Scream 4 that’s everything you hoped for.

The site celebrates the franchise looking back at the rules, characters and much, much more. Enjoy it here.

In theaters April 15, “Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courtney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.”
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Stabbing Our Way Into a Second ‘Scream 4′ Press Conference

Movies
Posted by Chris Eggertsen on April 05, 2011 @ 3:11pm
Category: Movies / Editorials

With anticipation building for the April 15th release of Dimension Films’ Scream 4 – the latest entry in the top-grossing slasher franchise after more than ten years of silence – B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen and a horde of other journalists crowded into a conference room at West Hollywood’s Mondrian Hotel this week to engage in a Q&A session with director Wes Craven, returning cast members Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox Arquette, and David Arquette, and new additions Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, and Anthony Anderson, to discuss their involvement in the massively-hyped new sequel.

Topics covered included the reasons behind revisiting the franchise after such a long absence, updating the rules and conventions of the series for a modern audience, and how the ill-fated town of Woodsboro has changed in the decade-and-a-half since the original massacre. See inside for the full report.
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Wes Craven Discusses Kevin Williamson ‘Scream 4′ Controversy, Plans for Fifth Installment

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on March 31, 2011 @ 2:44pm
Category: Movies / News

While the rumors have been flying for months now that original Scream 4 scribe Kevin Williamson – who was forced to leave the production early due to a scheduling conflict with “The Vampire Diaries” – became upset when Ehren Kruger was brought in for rewrites, when we asked Craven about the controversy earlier today the director was quick to deny (or at least plead ignorance) that any bad blood exists there. He instead maintained that the majority of what’s in the finished film was present in Williamson’s original script.

Wes Craven Discusses Kevin Williamson Scream 4 Controversy, Plans for Fifth Installment

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on March 31, 2011 @ 2:33pm
Category: Movies / News

While speaking to Wes Craven yesterday about the upcoming release of Scream 4 on April 15th, B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen took a moment to ask the director for updates on previously-rumored remakes of his earlier films – Shocker and The People Under the Stairs have both been mentioned – given that he’s taken a very active role in producing previous reboots of his (with the exception of last year’s Elm Street, which he confesses he had nothing to do with).

However, it appears we may not be seeing any more remakes of Craven’s movies (at least those he owns the rights to) anytime soon, as he told B-D that spending so much of his time on Hills and Last House caused him to realize that doing what he really loves – actually directing movies – had been put on the back burner for far too long.

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Blu-ray Review: ‘Scream’ Trilogy

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Posted by David Harley on March 30, 2011 @ 12:59am
Category: Movies / News

When you look back at the 90s in retrospect, the horror output seems better than it really was. You’ve got In The Mouth Of Madness, From Dusk Til Dawn, Dead Aive and a variety of others, but there were really only enough GREAT films to fill up a Top 20 for the decade. After wallowing in (fun) stupidity for the entirety of the 80s, the genre slowly began gravitating away from functioning in excess by default – after all, you can only be considered over-the-top and boundary pushing for so long before everyone starts copying you and you seem boring in comparison. With only two or three memorable horror films materializing every year, something really needed to be done. Something that would completely tear down the genre and rebuild it from the ground up. Something like Scream.
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Spoilery Fourth Clip from ‘Scream 4′

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 29, 2011 @ 3:53pm
Category: Movies / News

MTV aired a new clip from Wes Craven’s Scream 4 that features Ghostface’s revealing his “new movie” while also spoiling a character’s death (well, if you look up who plays her on IMDB).

Don’t forget to check out the first three clips from Dimension Films’ hotly anticipated sequel arriving in theaters April 15.

Geek Passion in New ‘Scream 4′ Imagery

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 28, 2011 @ 10:42pm
Category: Movies / News

Bloody Disgusting’s ‘JayKah’ sent us in four new images from Wes Craven’s Scream 4 that gives us a peak into a potential romance between Hayden Panettiere and Rory Culkin, along with new looks at Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell and Emma Roberts.

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 22, 2011 @ 5:42pm
Category: Movies / News

Alright kiddies, Bloody Disgusting has got your first ever look at a trio of clips from Wes Craven’s Scream 4, Dimension Films’ franchise revival that hopes to bring on a fresh new trilogy.

Take a Stab at the First 3 Clips from Scream 4!!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 18, 2011 @ 8:05pm
Category: Movies / News

We just now got our hands on a brand new image from Scream 4, Wes Craven’s sequel arriving in theaters April 15 from Dimension Films.

The new pic features Ghostface with his trusted bloodied knife.

In addition, Dimension provided us with an HD look at the first TV Spot now on airwaves.

Check out the full image gallery:

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 17, 2011 @ 9:25pm
Category: Movies / News

Thanks to BD regular ‘JayKah’ who just sent us the following new image from Scream 4, Wes Craven’s sequel arriving in theaters April 15 from Dimension Films.

The new pic features Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) in what appears to be a hell of a pickle.

A Beaten and Bruised Dewey in New Scream 4 Still

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 17, 2011 @ 4:33pm
Category: Movies / News

The other night Dimension Films secretly released a slew of uber-violent lo-res stills from Wes Craven’s Scream 4 that brought us new look at Ghostface, and the bloody mess he leaves behind. This morning we got our hands on hi-res versions of all five and figured some of you might like them to use at backgrounds on your PC/Mac.

Click HERE for our full batch of hi-res imagery!

Scream 4 Hit Whoring: Hi Res Look at Crazy Violent Stills!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 17, 2011 @ 4:37am
Category: Movies / News

Dimension Films has begun airing TV Spots for Wes Craven’s Scream 4, Ghostface’s triumphant return to theaters on April 15. Inside you’ll find the ad with many more planned down the pipeline.

In addition, ~~the studio has launched~~ a pretty fun fan made viral website was launched for Woodsboro High, Sidney Prescott’s old school that will also act as a device to introduce us to the “new” teens.

The site is loaded with all sorts of goodies that are sure to keep the avid Scream fan busy for quite some time. If the news would stop pouring in I personally wouldn’t mind taking a peak around for a few minutes. Feel free to post your own personal discoveries in the comments below.
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Special Feature: ‘Scream 4,’ Slicing Into New Rules & Conventions

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Posted by Chris Eggertsen on March 16, 2011 @ 3:37pm
Category: Movies / Editorials

In the decade-plus period of time that has passed since the release of Scream 3, there’s no doubt that the horror landscape has changed significantly. In the intervening years we’ve witnessed the rise of the torture porn craze, seen a resurgence in “found footage”/shaky-cam horror, and watched helplessly as a seemingly unyielding series of remakes cluttered up our local multiplexes.

Given all of these developments, the makers of Scream 4 (releasing April 15th!) have been handed a wealth of new rules and conventions to work with, and in the following feature B-D’s Chris Eggertsen takes a look at some of the most significant ones – along with examples of the films that utilized them – that may or may not make an appearance in the upcoming sequel.

See inside for the full list, and study it carefully. Remember, knowledge is power.

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 14, 2011 @ 6:50am
Category: Movies / News

Over the course of production there were a flurry of rumors that genre writer Ehren Kruger (The Ring, The Ring Two, Blood and Chocolate, The Skeleton Key, Scream 3) had come aboard to rewrite much of Kevin Williamson’s Scream 4 script. While it was more rumor than fact, no party ever really openly spoke about the situation.

Now that Craven is is post production, with an April 15 release date in sight, the iconic director opened up to UK mag Total Film and revealed exactly what went down on set in Ann Arbor, Michigan. You’ll find the full story inside…
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‘Scream 4′ Website Launches With a Game of Cat and Mouse

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 04, 2011 @ 3:36pm
Category: Movies / News

Marketing has officially hit full speed as Dimension Films just launched the official website for Wes Craven’s Scream 4. Unlike most initial launches, the site is already built up and connected through Facebook where you can play a game of cat and mouse with Sidney and her “friends”. Go forth and have some fun, it’s Friday!

The buzz surrounding Scream 4 is at an all time high. Earlier this year we posted the first in depth raving review that said the movie was incredibly violent, with that confirmed through the film’s newly announced R-rating. Even through rumors of some troubles on set, and with the script, I think we’re all willing pretty excited for April 15.
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