I. Fucking. Loved. This. Movie.
Just watch the opening scene:
SCRE4M (and yes, I'm going to write it like that every time) is the horror equivalent of 22 Jump Street, although since the former came out before the latter, maybe those should be switched. Regardless, this movie is a meta-masterpiece. Rarely do you watch a horror movie with a smile on your face (unless you're a sociopath), but that was me during much of this movie. It's funny, but not in a haha way. It returns the franchise to its satire foundations.
Plus the cast is bonkers.
First, basically all the surviving characters from the series are back (read: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette). In addition, you saw the cameos of Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell above. You've also got Alison Brie, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Anthony Anderson and Adam Brody (both playing cops!), a Culkin, and the shopkeep kid from Jericho (which I like to think its a delightful wink to the first film with Skeet Ulrich, the star of Jericho).
I'm not going to sit here and pretend that SCRE4M is the scariest movie around, it's not, but it does have its fair share of scares and twists. What's more important is that it is entertaining as hell. So much excellent commentary on reboots and sequels, not to mention more on the horror genre in general.
Spoilery, but great scene: Click here for spoiler clip
Rating on the Spook-o-meter: 4 out of 10 boos
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