Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin,Tyler Gillett
Notable Cast: Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jack
Quaid, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Dylan Minnette, Mason
Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mikey Madison, Sonia Ben Ammar, Marley Shelton,
Kyle Gallner
Over the last couple of decades, the Scream franchise
has seen its fair share of praise and detractions. The original Scream
was unleashed when I was 11 years old - and depending on your age in comparison
that makes me either a baby or ancient but never betwixt, and it’s been a part
of my horror history throughout. The meta commentaries, the satire, and the
status as kick-starting a multitude of trends has cemented the Wes Craven and
Kevin Williamson film and its subsequent sequels as one of the most iconic
modern (post-modern?) horror series ever.
In a day and age where the slasher is slowly but surely
rearing its head once again, it’s not shocking that a new Scream film,
tenaciously titled Scream - and from this point on will be referred to
as Scream ‘22 for the sake of clarity, would also be coming back to
theaters to take another stab at reigniting the franchise.
It’s a new horror era though and the fresh minds of Radio
Silence are slicing the line between modernizing the series and staying true to
its core values with surgical expertise. Granted, the meta nature of its satire
practically makes the series critic-proof to a certain degree, but it’s hard
not to appreciate a legacy sequel that actively maintains the values of the
legacy sequel while simultaneously running a cold, sharpened blade to its
impracticalities. You know, as we all expect from a Scream film.