Synopsis
Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour, which brings about the return of Ghostface, putting her friends, family, and the whole town in danger.
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Cast
- David ArquetteDewey Riley
- Neve CampbellSidney Prescott
- Courteney CoxGale Weathers
- Emma RobertsJill Roberts
- Hayden PanettiereKirby Reed
- Anthony AndersonDeputy Perkins
- Adam BrodyDeputy Hoss
- Rory CulkinCharlie Walker
- Mary McDonnellKate Roberts
- Marley SheltonDeputy Judy Hicks
Recommendations
- 83
Tampa Bay Times
It's about time that another Scream flick came along to gouge the new cliches out of their sockets. Scream 4 does it in grandly Guignol style. - 70
Chicago Reader
The burden of creative responsibility feels heavier here than in any of the previous installments, ditto the trauma of seeing teenagers get stabbed to death. As a result this is quite effective as horror filmmaking and more pungent than anything he's done in a while. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Some of the riffs are really funny and/or expertly scary. Others have the feel of awfully snappy dialogue crafted by middleaged people trying a little too eagerly to sound like the young people from whose mouths the banter flows. - 63
Chicago Tribune
It's fun to see that charming underreactor Neve Campbell, looking about 20 minutes older, back as Sidney Prescott. - 60
Time Out
Don't go in expecting scares so much as laughs. Scream 4 is a better "Scary Movie" than any of the "Scary Movies" ever were, from its inventively gut-busting kills (watch out for that mail slot!) to the unintentionally humorous sight of the three leads acting as if they're in three separate films. - 60
Variety
The picture delivers enough of the expected goods, if seldom with the wit or panache of the series' best. - 50
Arizona Republic
A fast-starting film that quickly piles meta, self-referential elements on top of each other until they no longer make much sense, and the whole thing collapses under the weight of its own coolness. - 40
Boxoffice Magazine
If there was ever a horror film that made fans of the genre feel old, it's Scream 4.
