While Scream 3 is only an above-average film in its own right, as the conclusion to the trilogy it works more effectively than anyone had a right to expect.
Scream 3 (2000)
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Reviews Counted:95
Fresh:36
Rotten:59
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: According to critics, Scream 3 has become what it originally spoofed. Despite some surprising twists, the movie seems to have lost its freshness and originality by falling back on the old horror formulas and cliches.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Desperate to escape the demons of her past, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) discretely cocoons herself in a remote, high-security ranch house in the woods of Northern California, where she works as... Desperate to escape the demons of her past, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) discretely cocoons herself in a remote, high-security ranch house in the woods of Northern California, where she works as a phone counselor for a crisis hotline. She's content to remain in quiet seclusion, but finds herself once again facing mortal danger when the masked killer Ghostface (named for the Munch-inspired costume) begins cutting into the cast of STAB 3--the schlocky series of slasher films based upon the Woodsboro and Windsor College murders. One by one STAB 3's stars meet grisly deaths at the hands of the psychopath, who--armed with a cell phone, a copy of the film's screenplay, and an arsenal of B-movie cliches--gleefully hunts down and eviscerates his victims. The killer's modus operandi adheres to the "rules" of engagement codified by the great film trilogies STAR WARS and THE GODFATHER, which dictate that in the third chapter, anything goes. Now Sidney must return to "Woodsboro"--recreated as the set of STAB 3--and team-up with cut-throat reporter Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox), small-town deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley (David Arquette), Hollywood detective Marc Kincaid (Patrick Dempsey), and the remaining cast of STAB 3 in order to stop the killer before he makes his final cut. [More]
Starring: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey
Starring: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Parker Posey, Scott Foley, Lance Henriksen, Matt Keeslar, Jenny McCarthy, Emily Mortimer, Deon Richmond, Patrick Warburton, Liev Schreiber, Kelly Rutherford
Director: Wes Craven
Director: Wes Craven
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger, Laeta Kalogridis
Story: Kevin Williamson
Producer: Cathy Konrad, Marianne Maddalena, Kevin Williamson
Composer: Marco Beltrami
Reviews for Scream 3
If you want your trilogy to become a franchise, make something grander than Scream 3.
The new movie strays pretty far from the original idea -- that the Scream characters are horror-movie savvy.
What began as mildly entertaining reflexivity has degenerated into a mindless barrage of illogical hooey, herrings as red as stop signs, cardboard characters, tepid jokes about movies as life, etc.
Logic, motivation, suspense -- anything that might make the film frightening or resonant—is buried under Dolby blams, medulla-shaming dialogue, and a rain of overdubbed hunting-knife schwings that grate like a 3 a.m. car alarm.
Es justo y necesario que en aras de mantener el éxito que hasta ahora ha tenido la serie, el asesino de la máscara se apuñale a sí mismo
Unfortunately, there's nothing here that even the most inexperienced horror film fan would call innovative, and the predictable result is a movie that pales in comparison with its predecessors.
The minute Kevin Williamson said no to writing Scream 3, that should have been the end of it.
An entertaining, comic slasher movie that offers solid answers to the questions that have been nagging fans since the original installment.
A bad slasher movie, made by a talented man who brought hardly a one of his talents to bear.
The film is youthful. The film is Gen-X. But above all, it's fun, and it doesn't ever pretend to be anything more.
Despite the various surprise cameos and cute twists, it takes itself too seriously and adheres too strictly to its formula to avoid becoming what it parodies.
Follows the unspoken rule of a trilogy to a T: 'part three must disappoint.'
If slasher films are your cup of tea, Scream 3 will probably leave you fairly satisfied.
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