Review of Scream VI (2023) by Rebecca31 — 13 Mar 2023

Yes another one. No really another one. Hardcore fans of the Scream franchise may be excited for the sixth instalment of the slasher franchise but more casual fans like myself who only dip in and out are not infatuated enough to get on board with a mediocre sequel. Ghostface needs to take a long hard look at Michael Myers and ask "do I want this to be me?" because that's the road Scream hurtling towards.

The "sequel to the requel" no one asked for but we got anyway. Picking up from Scream V, the survivors leave Woodsboro behind and are now trying to move on with their lives in New York. But the constant media online conspiracies and the continued fascination with the slasher movies has now led to another serial killer fulfilling their fantasy on Halloween.

Absolutely all the Scream tropes are there, from the blonde doing everything wrong to people with seemingly mortal stab wounds running around whilst not dropping dead from blood loss. Also in there is the return of some legacy characters, no not Neve Campbell, the other ones. If you really care, check out the poster, I'm sure they're stuffed onto it somewhere. And of course, there's the resident horror movie buff that lays out the plot for you, all while the movie pokes fun at itself at every opportunity. Yep you're watching a Scream movie alright, just not a very good one unfortunately.

Whereas Scream V was a surprisingly enjoyable sequel to a jaded franchise, Scream VI is stupid and annoying with an ending that may cause some viewers eyeballs to roll into the back of your head and stay there. It's nothing close to scary, not funny and the characters are very hard to care about. For me there's almost nothing working for it, the subway scene was decent but that's about it. All I felt watching Scream VI was "why are they still making these damned movies and why am I still watching them?" Enough now lads, this has to stop.

Scream VI is gory and certainly has enough stabbings to classify it as a slasher movie but the plot is terrible and just when you think it can't get worse, it does. Overall this sequel was not as ambitious enough as it should have been, not good enough considering we're now at the sixth movie of a franchise that pretty much follows the exact same formula each time. It's just another reminder that the franchise needs to hang up its mask and call it a day. Recommended for diehard fans of the Scream franchise.