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Meeks Speaks: Jamie Kennedy Shares His Thoughts on the New ‘Scream’ in 30-Minute Video [Spoilers]
“My first reaction… it is FANTASTIC.”
We’ve seen countless reactions to the new Scream movie these past several days, and of course we’ve shared our own – read Meagan’s review here and my own thoughts here – but it’s particularly interesting to hear what members of the Scream family think about it.
For starters, Matthew Lillard tweeted last week that the new movie is “a love letter” to all the fans of the franchise, while going so far as to say that “Wes [Craven] would be proud.”
High praise from one of the franchise’s most iconic actors, to say the least.
Over on his YouTube channel today, Jamie Kennedy shared his thoughts on the movie after seeing it in theaters last weekend, that “reaction” taking the form of a 30-minute video.
Kennedy, who of course played horror fan Randy Meeks in Scream and Scream 2 & 3, offers up glowing praise for the new movie, while also sharing what he knew going into it. Be warned that Kennedy’s video contains spoilers, so don’t watch until you’ve seen the movie.
“It’s just done perfectly… I don’t know if you could execute it any better,” raves Kennedy. He also talks about the handling of Randy in the movie, whose legacy is on full display.
You can watch Kennedy’s reaction to Scream 2022 below!
Want some more commentary? Below, you can slice and dice through the blockbuster hit with our own Halloweenies, who just dropped a two-episode deep dive into the sequel.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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