what's going on tomorrow movie fans out there horace slasher fans and scream fans welcome
back to my channel movie files elliott back again with a brand new early movie review and today we
are discussing the new scream film scream 5 scream 2022 got a chance to check it out in theaters last
week and i'm so excited to share my pros my cons my favorite moments give you my overall thoughts
and let you know if it's worth checking out in theaters in this spoiler-free review but before we
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so let's go ahead and talk about your pros your cons favorite moments favorite kill favorite new
character what were some moments that didn't work for you all and more importantly let's talk about
the continuations franchise once you see it do you want to see more from it but more importantly
um tell me what is your favorite scary movie in the comments below so let's kick things off my
positives in this spoiler-free review first and foremost i want to take the time to thank the
directors of this film who come from radio science productions matt and tyler as well
as the writer of this film and the writers of the film i should say not only do they
pay homage a legendary director wes craven who passed away in 2015 and such a great visionary
director and what he brought to horror and slashers and what he brought to his franchise
but i was so impressed by how they managed to bring nuance bring something fresh and new to
the franchise and bring their vision into this beloved franchise this is how you do it hollywood
this is how you do a sequel to a film from screen 4 for example that came out 11 years ago
but to continue a plot that came out from a film from 26 years ago i was just so impressed by how
they were able to do that i thought that the attention to detail was so meticulous from
the easter eggs from all the previous four scream films that came before the one-liners being able
to recreate iconic moments from this franchise whether it be musical cues the creative cool
camera angles and of course being able to bring back the legacy characters from this franchise and
interweave them with this new batch of characters with something that was just beyond impressive i
love this script it did not waste any time but instead it laid out the plot in such a way that
i think die hard fans like myself this franchise will appreciate this film but it does something
very rare i think that someone that's never seen a scream film before is going to be able
to see this film and be able to follow along on what's going on it's a very impressive feed
so impressed by what they were able to do with this film but also i have to applaud the tropes
that i've come to love from this franchise which is the meta nature being so self-aware
of not only the franchise but be self-aware of what happens in horror films and slasher films i
love what they were able to do there it knows the rules of the films that came before but also too
there's some commentary that i love in this film that talks about a24 films and elevated horror
and the debate with that it talks about social media it talks about star wars and toxicity within
a fandom there's so much to love about this film and i just really enjoyed the script so
let's move on to performances and i want to start off with the ogs we're talking courtney cox we're
talking david arquette and of course we're talking about the scream queen herself and nev campbell at
sydney prescott let's talk about gail now gail it was so great to see courtney cox back because
she has the gail isms in this film she still has her gail ways about her but she's matured she's
learned from her past mistakes and again i thought courtney cox was great david arquette as dewey he
is ready he ain't playing around in this movie he has read the rule book how to survive these scream
films i thought dewey was just so great where he is in this film and you kind of understand
what he's been going through and what happened in the past i love the narrative they gave him
but also what he did in this film he was involved in two of my favorite scenes of this movie one
that takes place in a house that goes over the rules of this new film but also there's a scene
in a hospital and i'm just going to say that i thought that dewey was great but of course we got
to finish things off with nev campbell as sydney prescott this to me was just like jamie lee curtis
in 2018's halloween it's just as she never left the role she's just like hidden in on cylinders
she is placed so perfectly in the film there's not too much of the the legacy characters there's not
too little legacy characters i thought that they blended their roles into this film so perfectly
which brings me to the performances of the new cast now this is a 100 a positive and
this might be a hot take i was so invested in the new characters that i'm not going to lie
i almost forgot that the legacy characters were in this film that's how invested i was
these new characters starting off with our lead actress melissa biera as i love these names sam
carpenter you know who that's paying homage to there one of my favorite halloween movies and my
favorite horror film is halloween 1978 but sam carpenter melissa barrera ever since i saw her
last year in the heights i said oh yeah she's a mega star she's a lead actress and she proves me
right in this film she's so great in this movie as our lead actress she does not disappoint i
love her role and i love how integral she is to the history of scream i'll just kind of leave
it at that but i thought she was fantastic i thought that jenna ortega as tara carpenter
she's so great i've been following her career for quite a while now she has such an impressive
career in front of her i thought she was fantastic in this movie you know jack quaid as richie was
great we have dylan marquette as wes i love that his name is wes and the way that they tie that
name to the film was fantastic what we get with wes and his mother judy who's another legacy
character within this franchise they had one of the most emotional moments in the film which i
absolutely love you know we have mikey madsen as amber but i want to talk about the standouts the
mvps for me in this film starting off with the great roger l jackson as the legendary voice as
ghost face he was fantastic but i'm not gonna lie ladies and gentlemen these two characters
stole the film for me they were my absolute mvps those are the twins jason savoy brown and madison
gooding they play mindy and chad they are twins in the film and i won't say who they're connected
to you all that's been following this film know who they are legacy characters of but
i won't spoil it here but they were fantastic in particularly maddie was so great she was fantastic
i loved everything she had to offer and again her relationship with her brother was fantastic so
those two characters were my standout everyone was great but those two were my mvps for me so let's
talk about without spoiling my favorite kills my favorite moments and by the way the kills in this
movie are some of the best in the franchise so i won't obviously get into context i won't spoil
where they take place in the film or what happens i'm just going to say things like for example
i love the opening i love the opening of the film i just say that i mentioned earlier there's a
scene that takes place in the hospital and when you walk gets that scene be prepared to just be
very impressed by there's two scenes at the hospital but there's another one and you'll
know what i'm talking about when you see the film but there's a couple other moments there is an
homage to psycho that takes place in the shower i love that moment and that whole scene and when you
when i saw it when i said emotional you know what i'm talking about the moment they're talking about
commentary and fandom and toxicity and phantom i love that scene and then without spoilers the
third act is just really entertaining i'll just leave at that so those are some of my favorite
moments without giving anything away but the film isn't flawless it isn't perfect i do have some
criticisms and it is a lot i'll say that they're more kind of moments i felt were a little bit off
for example there's an emotional moment in the second half of this film that uh i really enjoyed
i was really invested in that story and those characters and what happens is very heartbreaking
but for me and this is where i talk about moments that didn't work immediately following that like
literally seconds following that emotional moment we get this really other big moment of
of a big reunion i love the reunion don't get me wrong but i feel like it kind of undercut the
emotional resonance that i was just given in that scene and i wanted to spend a little bit more time
in the consequences in the emotional stakes i just placed in that scene and and once you
all see the movie you'll know exactly what i'm talking about but i just felt like it undercut
the emotional resonance that i had and i wanted to spend a little bit more time in that scene another
moment that didn't really that was a little bit off i mentioned there's a moment in the hospital
i loved it one of my favorite scenes in the entire film the execution was great but it was amazing
but there's a decision from a character that i felt like it was more of a plot device than
it was like a logical choice by that character what i mean by that is and again once you see
the film i'm talking about the film establishes these new characters and the legacy characters
and i think the decision this character makes goes against what the character would have done
and i thought it just kind of moved on the plot versus like again a logical decision that that
character would have made there are other moments where certain characters make decisions i'm like
that kind of goes against what you're establishing this film or what was established in other films
again no spoilers but when you see the movie you know what i'm talking about there and then lastly
i can't express enough how excited how happy i was of where the third act takes place
and 99 percent of the third act really works for me but i will say when it comes to and
this is obviously a scream trope and obviously a horror movie troll but when we get the reveal of
who's behind the killings the awesome achilles in this film i think logistically speaking i
personally just have to go back and i can't wait to revisit this film but i want to go back and say
how did how did the person do this do that and how was there that so i want to go back and kind
of see if it lines up i'm pretty sure that it does but it was just something that played in my head
but more in particularly when it comes to third act there is a a moment of recreating a very
iconic moment in the scream franchise and i thought that the acting from the particular uh uh
you know characters were was a little bit off i'll just kind of leave it at that again i didn't want
to i was kind of vague but again when you see the film i think you'll know what i'm talking about
in those moments i just mentioned there but before we get into my overall thoughts on my score if you
stuck around to this point of video i appreciate you make sure if you haven't already to like the
video share the video and go ahead and leave your thoughts in the comments overall if you love the
original stream like i did and appreciate the sequels and what wes craven was able to bring to
the genre but bring to this franchise and what it offers you will love this new scream sequel
the direction is not only fresh it has love and attention to detail and so much personality
energy it's both a love letter to the original but also fresh at the same time it delivers and giving
you laughs thrills and chills and the performances from not only the og's but the new cast blends so
perfectly this is how you do it hollywood this is how you do a continuation to a beloved franchise
like scream but also give us something new and fresh and again paying homage to wes craven and
it has some of the best kills in the franchise it has some of the best moments in the franchise
this is the textbook ladies and gentlemen of how you revive a franchise continue a
franchise and bring it back to the top of the mountain i'm gonna give scream 2022 scream five
a 4.5 out of five and if i were to give you all the ranking right off the top of my head
the 1996 screen is still my number one i'm giving number two the brand new scream screen five my
number two slot i'm gonna give i love stream two so i'm gonna give that to my number three
number four is scream three and then number five is scream four i don't hate any of these movies
i love them from what they are it's such a great franchise and if you ask me if i want to see more
hell yes give me more of this from the same creators there is a door that can open up
more sequels and particularly there are some characters that we don't get to see in this
movie that they reference to a couple times and i think there's more of a story to be told so i
want more i love this film and i want to know what you all thought about it once you've seen it again
favorite moments favorite new characters what worked what didn't work do you want to see more
and of course what's your favorite scary movie mine is halloween 1978 share yours in the comments
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