Tag: Scream
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Best 6th Movies in Franchises
In an era where intellectual properties dominate the film industry, we’re seeing more sequels than ever before. Some franchises that have been around for decades are revamping once more for new installments, even if they’ve already been outdated for quite some time. However, audiences seem to show up nonetheless; despite crippling reviews, franchises like Despicable…
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Scream 6 Review: Bloody Kills And Lackluster Thrills
Is there anything left for the bloody, quippy “Scream” franchise to say? The knee-jerk reaction would be to reply yes — as long as there are new horror movies, there will be plenty of material for “Scream” sequels to riff on. But after the severely humdrum “Scream 6,” it might be time to put Ghostface…
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‘Scream VI’ Review: Once More Unto the Mask, as Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega Battle Ghostface in New York
The phone-call-with-the-killer sequence that opens every “Scream” film is always a tasty appetizer, one that as the characters in any “Scream” film could tell you establishes the tone for the movie in question. In “Scream VI,” that scene kicks off at the bar of a trendy restaurant in downtown Manhattan. The woman seated at the…
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‘Scream 6’ Review: Ghostface Goes to NYC in This Nostalgia-Filled Blast
The Scream movies have always been about looking at the past and utilizing our shared knowledge of horror films to create new nightmares out of that awareness. In Scream, the girl in distress doesn’t just run away from the killer by going upstairs instead of running outside. After all, she’s seen countless movies that tell…
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Box Office: ‘Scream 6’ Aims to Slash Franchise Opening Weekend Record With $35 Million
Half a dozen movies in, and the bloodletting hasn’t eased up — or gotten less popular. “
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Scream 6: Gale’s New Book & Billy’s Mask Confirmed at Experience Event
And so it begins! During this Scream-filled weekend leading up to the release of Scream VI, I had the pleasure of visiting the Scream VI Stabby Meal event and the Scream VI Experience in Santa Monica, California. Both were a true treat and good time for any diehard franchise fan, but the Scream VI Experience…
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‘Scream VI’ Stabby Meal Debuts at Chain Restaurant
Horror fans are just weeks away from the release of Scream VI. The highly anticipated slasher sequel is in the final bloody stretch of its marketing campaign. There are so many things to get excited about and stress over with this New York City stab-a-thon. However, while you’re trying to avoid spoiler leaks and sweat…
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Sarah Michelle Gellar Was In Real Pain During I Know What You Did Last Summer’s Big Chase Scene
“I Know What You Did Last Summer” almost worked as a phantom wave for the neo-slasher genre, hitting theaters in the wake of Wes Craven’s game changer “Scream,” and sneaking in just a couple of months before “Scream 2” in October of 1997. Spawning an inferior sequel, a third entry called “I’ll Always Know What…
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‘Scream 6’: Everything We Know so Far About the Slasher Sequel
The next installment in the Scream franchise will be here sooner than you think. Co-directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. Both have worked together on previous projects such as Ready or Not, as well as the most recent Scream (2022) film. The new movie, Scream VI, is written by James Vanderbilt and Gary Busick…
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‘X’: Jenna Ortega Made the Most of Her Small Role
2022 was a historical year in the horror genre, and it had no more defining final girl than Jenna Ortega. Although Ortega’s familiarity with the genre seemed limited to a smaller role in Insidious: Chapter 2 and the disastrously-reviewed Netflix film The Babysitter Killer Queen before, she proved in the last twelve months to be…