The new MTV series, “Scream,” wants so badly to be smart.
While Kevin Williamson’s screenplay for the Wes Craven-directed film was in fact clever, the new series feels like a film-school student’s attempt to be just as witty. And it’s not. Its self-aware and on-the-nose buffoonery is actually sort of nauseating.
Watch this new clip in which the “goofy” kid explains why a slasher film can’t be adapted into a television series. Get it? See what they did there? So clever, right?
The cast of “Scream” also includes Willa Fitzgerald, Taylor-Klaus, Bobby Campo, Connor Weil and Joel Gretsch.
While neither Trace nor myself hated the debut pilot presentation, we were both left disappointed and hoping for more in the coming episodes (read my review; here’s Trace’s review).
In “Scream,” “After a cyber-bullying incident results in a brutal murder, the shocking violence stirs up memories of a killing spree from the past that has haunted some, intrigued others and maybe just inspired a new killer. A group of teens – with two old friends struggling to reconnect at its heart – become lovers, enemies, suspects, targets and victims of a killer who’s out for blood.“
Watch the opening 8 minutes of “Scream” here:
