Review: 'Scream' calls again, with plenty of self-mockery
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We're now up to the fifth film in the franchise, but the first since 2011's “Scream 4.” Enough time has passed that this one, titled simply “Scream,” bears no number, no caller ID. That's presumably because this “Scream,” which features the original cast and introduces a new generation of callers and stabbers, is sequel and reboot in one. In the movie's opening phone call, one that mirrors the call Drew Barrymore received in the original, Tara — after initially ignoring a strange call on “the landline” — tells the strange voice on the other end that she prefers “elevated horror" like “The Babadook," “Hereditary” and “It Follows.” It's easy to chuckle with such winking pronouncements. But, like Tara suggests, the “Scream” movies seem like quickly aged relics — particularly when you consider that they were the products of Harvey and Bob Weinstein.
Review: New ‘Scream’ delivers the same classic self-aware chills as its forerunners
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