Review of Scream VI (2023) by Jluis_001 — 10 Mar 2023

Ghostface Takes Manhattan.

It was bound to happen. After the unexpected success of the fifth installment the franchise had to shake things up and change the setting if not the style.

It doesn't work out so well, but it gives the franchise another chance for oxygen at the box office.

I must admit that I had numerous doubts about how this sixth entry would end up being due to the speed with which it was approved, written and shot and while it doesn't end up being a complete disaster it does once again exhibit its many weaknesses, especially the forced reasons why its killers exist.

Almost every situation lends itself more to tension than horror.

I'd love to find someone who can tell me that some of it genuinely scares them.

Everybody knows the rest. This game doesn't change at all.

Clichés are the order of the day, and the ''meta'' resource is corroded from exhaustion.

The performances are pretty bad, mostly, Melissa Barrera who has none of Neve Campbell's charisma to sustain the lead role, and yet I must mention that Sidney Prescott is not missed.

Jenna Ortega who is now world famous, basically limits herself to the basics to collect her paycheck because she probably signed on for this sequel before she signed on for Wednesday.

Scream was a decent trilogy. 4, 5 and 6 left me with nothing worth mentioning. That's my opinion.

Frankly I don't want to see a seventh movie, but from what I'm seeing with its box office tracking, I'm absolutely sure we'll be hearing about it before the end of this month.