Murder runs in the family: a review of Scream 6
Wes Craven's legacy lives on.
Sam (Melissa Barrera), Tara (Jenna Ortega), Chad (Mason Gooding), and Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown) move from their native Woodsboro to New York City in hopes of starting a normal college life. Alas, the past still has no intention of letting them go: a new mysterious killer in a Ghostface costume begins a new hunt, with the lives of those closest to them at stake.
The cult slasher "Scream" was and remains one of those franchises that, like a good wine, gets better every year. The master of classic horror Wes Caven definitely shouldn't be ashamed of his imitators, contrary to the fate and all kinds of Hollywood stereotypes, his franchise continues to blossom and flourish, refusing to parasitize on its own popularity. Moreover, the sixth "Scream" somehow miraculously manages to combine all the best of the previous parts, with the exception of the main character Sidney Prescott, as Neve Campbell refused to participate in the shooting for the first time because the fee was too small. Anyway, Prescott has long ceased to be the central figure of "The Scream", becoming something of a calling card, a nostalgic "hello" from the past, but not a full-fledged character.
Paradoxically, much more valuable for Scream was the return of Kevin Williamson, the screenwriter of the first four films in the franchise. In Scream 6 he took over as executive producer, and that was enough to keep the film in a delicate balance between true slasher and parody postmodern, something the previous installment failed to do. "Scream 6" came into this world not just for profit, but for unashamed fan pleasure. First of all, because it's really capable of scaring, scaring the hell out of you, scaring you to the point of shaking your knees and chilling your heart; the episode in the subway car can even give you a panic attack. The traditional opening killing scene is the most abrupt and inventive in the whole franchise - which, you must admit, is an unprecedented achievement for a film coming out under number six.
Along with Williamson, Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere), the heroine of the fourth part, whose fate has long been in doubt, also returned to "Scream." By and large, Kirby, who over the years has managed to become a fearless FBI agent, took the place of the deceased in the fifth part of Dewey (David Arquette), acting in the film as a kind of mother-savior, coming to the rescue at the most crucial moment. While the kids, represented by Sam, Chad, Tara and Mindy, stubbornly continue to play deadly games with Ghostface.
The motive for another wave of murders, not in Woodsboro but in New York, is still family ties, which in turn help Sam, daughter of Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich), to connect with her own inner aggressor, capable not only of destroying her younger sister's personal boundaries but also of protecting her, and herself, from very real danger. By accepting the part of her father that she had always rejected, Sam became a healthy incarnation of Ellen Ripley, a woman who would stick a knife into Ghostface and, if necessary, save the world from an alien threat.
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