Scream 7

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Scream 7 is a complete disaster; the screenwriter must have had their brain slammed in a door. It's a pile of garbage, disgusting to watch. 2. Sidney is a complete idiot. He keeps saying he's protecting his daughter, but he never says a word, withholds all information, and even when the killer is at their doorstep, he pretends to be dead. He's like a stupid mother sending her own daughter to her death. 3. The villain just grabs a broken knife and starts killing indiscriminately. Bystanders are like they're blind, the police are like they're dead, and the main characters are like they have no brains. Does the screenwriter think the audience is stupid? 4. After defeating the killer, they don't finish them off, they just run away. They're insane, afraid the villain won't die, so they deliberately give them their heads. It makes you want to smash the screen. 5. And they even try to sell nostalgia! You trashy production team have ruined nostalgia. Besides fooling old fans and making money, it's utterly useless. 6. The entire film is illogical, utterly stupid, relies solely on shouting for suspense, and its plot twists are all far-fetched. It's the biggest disgrace in the series, a pure disaster. 7. In conclusion: Did the person who made this rubbish have a screw loose? A waste of time and life; after watching it, all I want to say is, "What a stupid piece of crap!"

This is a completely illogical and terrible movie. In the protagonist's house, a masked man pushes the father down the stairs, causing him to faint. Then, the masked man chases after the mother and daughter and stabs them repeatedly. When the father wakes up, instead of immediately going up to retrieve the gun that fell to the ground, he disappears, just to wait for the masked man to come down and fight him hand-to-hand. Isn't that just plain stupid?

The masked woman in the restaurant, who took down four people single-handedly, was incredibly strong. The worst part was that she was a woman, and her height was wrong too. She just stabbed her own son to death. Are you kidding me?

The father was stabbed so many times he didn't die, and ended up half-dead in an ambulance. Instead of immediately taking him to the hospital, the mother and daughter leisurely put on a sentimental show of comforting each other before slowly making their way to the hospital. Seriously, are they even her own father and husband?

As the final chapter of a 30-year series, this installment is undoubtedly subpar. The few highlights of the film are merely a few relatively bright and terrifying scenes. The pacing of the latter half of the series is truly cursed; it's not just simple chaos, but a complete mess of stale, rotten mud. Characters are killed horribly shortly after being hit by smoke bombs, and this haphazard plot is repeated repeatedly, creating an absurd and chaotic viewing experience. The suspense and narrative rhythm completely collapse. The film's nostalgic tributes in the latter part are nothing more than a few dozen seconds of short videos featuring veteran actors, lacking even basic real-life appearances. The screen time of classic supporting characters like Gale is drastically reduced, offering almost no opportunity for them to shine, a blatant waste of the series' accumulated character charm over the years. Sydney is forcibly tied to her newly introduced daughter in this film, and the two barely manage to carry the main storyline together. However, Tatum lacks any emotional development or sufficient growth arc, and the core theme of "succession" completely fails to hold up. The formula is followed, the rules are broken, the counter-attack and the revelation of the mystery feel anticlimactic, and the killer's identity and motive are far-fetched. The entire film is nothing more than a copy and amplification of the flaws of its predecessors. With too many quality defects, coupled with external factors, it hardly deserves a satisfactory conclusion to this classic franchise. This classic series, which has accompanied audiences for many years, ending in such a hasty and terrible way is not just regrettable, it's infuriating.

The killer's motives in the previous films were somewhat logical, but in this one they are completely forced and contrived. It feels like the killer's descent into darkness is just for the sake of darkness, and he has to add very weak self-justifications, which is a bit too much of an overreaction.

Whether it's the Sidney family or other characters who were killed along the way, they often had the chance to defeat the masked killer and retaliate. However, each time they just watched helplessly as the killer fell to the ground. They either scrambled away and fled, inevitably getting stabbed in the end, or ignored the danger and went to check on their injured family members or companions, insisting on holding on until the masked killer regained his senses and came back with his knife to kill them again. Thus, a new round of infuriating cat-and-mouse games began.

Regardless of who the masked assassin is, once he dons the black robe and mask, he automatically enters an invincible state. His judgment of his prey's escape trends is extremely accurate, his speed is fast enough to dodge bullets, and his resistance to damage is exceptionally strong. After being knocked down by a heavy blow, he can quickly recover to full health. If he is hit by a bullet, he only needs to lie down for a while to recover immediately, unless he is completely killed by a headshot. However, as soon as he actively removes the mask, his intelligence, physical strength, and defense drop to negative values, giving the impression that the film will not be able to end if he doesn't leave the screen soon.

The character of the daughter's boyfriend may have been arranged by the screenwriter to mislead the audience as a "fake masked killer," but his plot is too deliberate. He is burly and appears suddenly on several occasions. Anyone who has seen the Surprise series knows that he is definitely not a killer. He even deliberately lets his daughter find the AI ​​transformation program on the computer in his car, and then he is easily dealt with by the masked killer as if he were just a minor character. It's a bit too pointless.

This move basically relies on Neve Campbell's return to sell nostalgia. The scare scenes are okay, but the plot is too old-fashioned and the logic is far-fetched. Instead of deconstructing the thriller genre, it has made itself a target of criticism. Only longtime fans will enjoy the show, but don't have too high expectations.

A fairly satisfying sequel. Due to off-screen reasons, this film, like *Scream 5*, is positioned as the second reboot of the series, and another nostalgic return to the first. This film successfully fulfills this task. Wes Craven's established paradigm is so effective that as long as you follow the formula, it's unlikely to be too bad. However, the underlying problem of the entire series remains unresolved: the core concept cannot sustain a long-running horror film. The masked creature lacks superpowers, and each film must introduce a new killer and a new motive, easily leading to mass-produced, homogenous mediocre works. After the reboot, a decisive leader is needed to introduce new settings and paradigms to the entire series. One possible approach is complete meta-metamorphosis: the protagonist clearly understands that they are in a world of horror films and needs to explore the rules of different types of horror movies. As new horror movies are released in the real world, the horror elements and rules of this world also change. The effect would be similar to a horror version of *Scary Movie*. The opening scene, where the masked creature burns down the house from the first film, hopefully foreshadows that the sequel will completely break free from the shadow of the first film.