31 Days of Halloween: Day 9

Day 9

Scream 4 (2011)



Who can't say that they've seen the Scream saga? You may not have seen all four of the movies, but everyone has seen at least one of the films. I mean, come on, the series started with Drew Barrymore. Classy.

All centering around Sidney Prescott, a victim in the 10+ year saga. It has been 15 years since the original Scream movie that brought Wes Craven back into the forefront of horror movies. This 4th movie, while predictable in some areas, is fantastic.

Please note, I'm admitting that I may be biased towards these movies, as I grew up with them, but I do feel that the fourth had a nice twist to them. However, saying that, the twist is a little old, if you've seen the third of the series. By far, the third is my favorite twist and the fourth is kind of a spin off of that ten years later.

I do enjoy the modernizing of the era. In the beginning, it was all about scary movie plots, using it as motive in the original. I do appreciate the updating of the series with the use of web caming and the use of being able to watch the murders live. It's a nice twist that I can appreciate.

I would like to say that this is probably the end of an era...but I thought that ten years ago when the third piece of the puzzle was released. So...here's hoping!

Similar Movies:

Scream (1996)
Scream 2 (1997)
Scream 3 (2000)


Up Next:

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

31 Days of Halloween: Day 8

Day 8

Rosemary's Baby (1968)


I'm getting to my overall review early. Overall, I was extremely disappointed. All my life I've heard nothing but horrors about this movie and I don't know if it was the hype of everything that let me down or the movie.

Mia Farrow withering away due to the unknown baby inside her, that is harming her on the inside and making her look like more of a skeleton than she already was, was pretty decent. The ritual scene that got her into that situation was weird, but not creepy...not even the weird satanic creature taking advantage of her was scary. Just odd.

I will say that while the final scene of the movie was weird as well, the creepiest part of the movie came at that point, where Rosemary was rocking the cradle holding her and Satan's child with a content smile on her face. After fiercely rejecting the child for how it look initially and she found out its origins, she comes forward to actually mother the child.

The whole movie just fell flat. Completely flat. They could have at least shown a shot of the abomination...but nope.


Similar Movies:

Blessed (2004) (thanks to Andy P. for the suggestion)


Up Next:

Scream 4 (2011)