{"id":676,"date":"2011-04-11T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmstripcomics.com\/?p=676"},"modified":"2011-04-11T22:19:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T03:19:11","slug":"why-is-scream-4-coming-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmstripcomics.com\/?p=676","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Scream 4 Coming Out?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>It is April of 2011. So why is Scream 4<\/span> coming out this weekend?<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong. I liked\u00a0Scream<\/span> as much as any teenager back in 1996. It really did refresh and somewhat redefine horror movies at the time.\u00a0Scream 2<\/span> was alright, back then, and\u00a0Scream 3<\/span> was forgettable.<\/p>\n

Sure, Scream<\/span> sparked the teen horror genre imitators like\u00a0I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/span>,\u00a0The Faculty<\/span>, and\u00a0Urban Legend<\/span> among others, but interestingly enough, the\u00a0Scream<\/span> legacy has been carried on the most by the\u00a0Scary Movie<\/span> spoofs.<\/p>\n

All that being said, do we really need another\u00a0Scream<\/span> movie? The third movie came out in 2000. Since then, teen horror movies have been replaced by psychological horror movies like\u00a0The Ring<\/span>,\u00a0The Grudge<\/span>, and\u00a0Paranormal Activity<\/span>, and then by torture-porn horror like\u00a0Saw<\/span>,\u00a0Hostel<\/span>, and\u00a0Touristas<\/span>. (Insert multiple sequels where appropriate.)<\/p>\n

Sure, those movies are good and bad to varying degrees, but at this point are we really looking\u00a0for a quasi-comedy slasher movie? I mean, the\u00a0Scary Movie<\/span> franchise has really usurped the\u00a0Scream<\/span> franchise. The teenage target audience is actually a lot more familiar with Scary Movie<\/span> and has probably never seen Scream<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"Just think about it, the average Senior in High School was 3 years old when Scream<\/span> came out. They have no idea who Neve Campbell is, and if you showed them an episode of\u00a0Party of Five<\/span>, they would only notice “Jack from\u00a0Lost.” <\/p>\n

Courtney Cox is currently popular again for\u00a0Cougar Town<\/span>, but really, do high schoolers and college kids watch\u00a0Cougar Town<\/span>?<\/p>\n

Basically, there is no way this movie could even remotely be a critical or financial success.<\/p>\n

Which is sad.<\/p>\n

We just looked at multiple reasons why Scream 4<\/span> will fail, and none of them mentioned the fact that because it is a sequel, and a fourth sequel at that, it is inherently bad. Though I will give them credit for not using a stupid sub-title.<\/p>\n

It is a known fact to the average movie viewer that Hollywood relies too much on remakes and sequels. The reason studios usually go to this well over and over is because it’s a guaranteed money-maker due to a built-in audience.<\/p>\n

The built-in audience for Scream<\/span> is a bunch of 30-year-olds with families, jobs, and responsibilities that don’t involve paying money for a horror sequel that is ten years too late.<\/p>\n

Then again, there are probably a lot of 30-year-old men who still have a crush on Neve Campbell and have been wondering where she has been for ten years.<\/p>\n

…I’m just saying.<\/p>\n

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