The meta jokes are funny, the death scenes bring a suitably post-Saw level of gore, and the big twist is the best since the 1996 original. In short: it's a scream.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 11, 2025

Scream 4 certainly does a give a voice to the disgruntled horror fans that have been disenchanted with what Hollywood has been serving up recently, now we just have to hope that they listen.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 29, 2024

Scream 4 has the perfect opening to remark on a culture so saturated in meta-ness, irony, and social media that reality no longer has any meaning.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 9, 2023

A lazy continuation of continuations. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 6, 2022

It is a clever reboot, reuniting writer Kevin Williamson and director Wes Craven and honoring the original while embracing a fresh, new, and horrific new decade.

| Jan 22, 2022

Unexpectedly prescient, Scream 4 is a marvelous return to form for the franchise with some razor-sharp commentary and thrilling bloodshed. Welcome back, Scream.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 11, 2022

This film is a gift. It's not only prescient about the the dark pursuit of fans and celebrity, it's a faithful sequel with plenty of homages to the OG film. It's also packed with powerhouse female performances, particularly Emma Roberts

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 8, 2022

[A] post-post-modern, meta- meta-meta (this time there's even a movie-within-a-movie-within-this-movie) subversive horror Shriekquel.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 7, 2022

[Craven and Williamson] observe technology as an extension, a funhouse mirror, of the silver screen. . . . [M]eta doesn't even cover it.

| Apr 15, 2021

The opening scene is superb, once again mocking slashers and itself, this time with whimsicality and flair.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 30, 2020

Fans of old school horror and suspense, think Hitchock or Powell, will find some interesting references in the film.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 22, 2020

A fun and witty reminder of an old horror master's unparalleled talents.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 7, 2019

Combining the three constant players from the original trilogy with a new cast of fresh faces, this is a fun little flick that will surely entertain fans of the genre.

| May 8, 2019

Old meets new in the best, most genuine kind of way.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2019

Where the film works best is in its sharp, self-aware attitude toward the rules of the horror genre, and can perhaps be forgiven its occasionally unexciting dialogue and ridiculous one-liners.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 14, 2018

It doesn't always hit the vital organs, but it comes pretty close, and sometimes that's all it takes.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 4, 2018

The films true strength, though, lies in the young cast. Alongside [Hayden Panettiere's] Kirby are Kieran Culkin and Emma Roberts. Their performances elevate the film from simply a great movie to a rewatchable classic.

| Oct 24, 2017

Its gimmicks haven't grown up, although its older fan base has.

| Original Score: C | Sep 8, 2017

A half-thought-out lark, the movie mocks and rejects every current trend of the genre.

Full Review | May 3, 2015

Easily rises up its peers in the genre and is a suspenseful sequel worth screaming about.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 30, 2013