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Rishloo - Terras

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Official theatrical posters for Scream (1996) / Scream 2 (1997) / Scream 3 (1999) / Scream 4 (2011) / Scream (2022) / Scream VI (2023)

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US Vogue June 1973

Lauren Hutton in a beige crepe two-piece dress. By David Wolfson for Anada (Onondaga acetate crepe Avisco and rayon Enka). Blue patent sandals by Herbert Levine. Editor Polly Mellen. Hair and makeup Rick Gillette.

Lauren Hutton dans une robe deux pièces en crêpe beige. Par David Wolfson pour Anada (Onondaga crêpe d'acétate Avisco et rayonne Enka). Sandales vernies bleue par Herbert Levine. Editeur Polly Mellen. Coiffure et maquillage Rick Gillette.

Photo Richard Avedon vogue archive

[ruleof3bobby]

SCREAM (2022) Grade: C-

Not as clever as I expected. reference the 1st movie too much.

The twist at the end was just a big yawn.

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Scream (2022)

I doubt anyone in 1996 expected the Scream franchise to become the most successful slasher series, particularly since the first had a definitive conclusion and by the third film, it sort of felt like the sequels were becoming the very material it was originally parodying. When you look at the numbers, however, it’s hard to argue otherwise. Even the weakest installment - Scream 3 - is high and above the likes of Jason Takes Manhattan, The Dream Child, or Halloween 3. For this reason, I was apprehensive at the thought of a fifth film. How many more times could a killer go after Sidney Prescott? Now, I say keep ‘em coming.

In Woodsboro, high school student Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega) is attacked by someone in a Ghostface costume. It’s only the first attack in a series. Tara's estranged older sister Samantha (Melissa Barrera) and boyfriend Richie (Jack Quaid) come to comfort her. When they realize the victims are all tied to Billy Loomis and Stu Macher’s killing spree 25 years earlier, they reach out to Dewey Riley (David Arquette), Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) and Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) for help.

While I must acknowledge that it is getting increasingly strange for the cast of familiar characters to be embroiled in yet another whodunnit with the “same” killer as before, writers James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick make it all seem organic. See, in the Scream universe, what happened in Woodsboro was dramatized in a series of movies (the “Stab” franchise) and they were big hits. By the time we get to this story, they’re up to Stab 8, though it’s not called Stab 8, it was just Stab because it wasn’t quite a remake, or a sequel, it was a “requel”; a newish cinematic trend that the film explains in detail thanks to Mindy Meeks-Martin and her twin brother Chad (Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding). Without giving too much away, the film weaves together the structure of a Scream movie, a commentary about “requels”, toxic fandoms, and so-called “elevated horror” together. Between all of these, there’s a lot to dig into.

If I were to highlight one element as the most interesting - besides the central mystery - it would be the fandom of the Stab franchise. See, the killer (or killers, there have been more than one several times now) is/are fans… but they’re more like fans of the events that transpired in Woosdboro back in the day IN THEORY than in practice. After all, this Ghostface has no love for Sidney Prescott, Dewey Riley or Gale Weathers. They just want to lure them to the town so they can slaughter them in ways their predecessors only dreamed of. Their murder spree is birthed from a desire to “correct” the past by repeating what happened to a greater extreme. They don’t want survivors to keep the series going. Shouldn’t a fan… like the protagonists of the story? It makes you think. Fans of the Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th series are not like fans of Jurassic Park and The Terminator. Both want the stories to continue but so often, we’re in love with the events in these movies, with the monsters, and less with the humans who just want to survive. In this story, who are we? Are we like Sydney, who just wants to return to a normal life? Or are we like Ghostface, who wants to see her put in peril once more?

2022’s Scream (whose title might be brilliant, awful, a marketing ploy, or all of the above) makes a lot of comments and observations about “requels” but it doesn’t look down upon them because in the end, it is a requel itself - a good one. Skeet Ulrich, whose character Billy Loomis is long dead, returns as a hallucination, along with Marley Shelton as now-Sheriff Judy Hicks, on top of the previously-mentioned trio of Campbell, Cox and Arquette. The film brings back locations and visuals from its predecessors. These work as homages and as efforts by the killer to “capture what made the series good in the first place” once more. The mystery is compelling because it is legitimately difficult to figure out who the killer(s) are, even when the rules of this story are spelled out by Dewey because the film knows what kind of story it is and buckles the audience’s expectations several times. The new crew of teenagers introduced are likable (maybe not as much as Sidney and her friends were, but close) and there’s just enough humor sprinkled throughout to keep you on your toes.

You’d think that by now, the Scream franchise would lose steam and degenerate into absurdity with supernatural elements, trips to space, or whatever but 2022's Scream a.k.a. Scream 5 proves there's a lot of life left in this series. (June 7, 2022)

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Scream (2022)

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Scream

directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, 2022

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Rookie-Critic's Top 25 Films of 2022: Honorable Mentions - Scream (dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett)

The first film I watched in 2022 is still one of the best. It's no secret that I am a lover of the Scream franchise and am, frankly, incapable of delivering an unbiased opinion on the matter. To me, these movies manage to remain fresh, remain relevant, and, most importantly, remain entertaining with each new installment. The new cast of characters were all suitable replacement for the legacy cast members, who were also all amazing in the film. Jenna Ortega and Jasmin Savoy-Brown are brilliant and special shout-out should go to David Arquette for delivering a franchise best turn as Dewey Riley. As worried as I was for the Scream franchise to continue on without Wes Craven at the helm, directing duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett proved to be perfectly capable of propelling the Ghostface-train forward at full speed. Crafting a loving tribute and a wonderful continuation in the process. Any meta-franchise that's gotten to the point where it's subverting its own expectations, and still doing it expertly, is an absolute win in my book.

Currently streaming on Paramount+.

I actually don't have a full review for this one, so I'll just consider this my review (it's a 10/10, by the way).

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so i just went to the luke combs concert and whoever the background guitarist/vocalist for gary allan pls hmu rn 🩷 he’s so UGH i need this man

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Films Watched in 2023:

31. Scream (2022) - Dir.  Matt Bettinelli-Olpin/Tyler Gillett

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Trader Mickey (1932, Burt Gillett, David Hand)

Mickey Mouse #45

11/6/22

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Podcast: The People's Joker & Abigail

Greetings programs! This week on the show, we’re discussing The People’s Joker, a chaotic but important coming-of-age story that remixes the Batman milieu into something singularly personal and also utterly universal, by Vera Drew. Next, we tackle the locked-house horror thriller Abigail. Join us! Continue reading Podcast: The People’s Joker & Abigail

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Scream (2022)

Like the original movie 25 years ago, a teenage girl is at home alone when the phone rings. A man wants to play a game with her. With the threat of killing her best friend, Tara’s forced to play along. She barely survives the ghost face masked intruder’s stabbing. Her 5 year older sister, Sam(antha), who left home at 18 due to mental problems, Sam’s boyfriend and Tara’s high school friends visit…

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Scream (2022)

"Stop! Fucking up! My! Ending!"