No matter how you feel about each Scream movie, it says a lot about their commitment to making a good movie that this franchise has existed since 1996 & yet there are only 4 sequels. They could have easily rushed a sequel out every two years. The effort is consistently there.

For a horror movie that's releasing in January, I'm glad to hear that it didn't sucked atleast

I’m an extra in this movie, and it was an absolute pleasure to work on it for sure, as the first film I was ever an extra on. Spoilers Ahead: I’m in the party scene in the last act, which I shot for three days, and I’m right outside the porch behind Jack Quaid’s character, and you can even hear me say “buzzkill!” to Jack Quaid after he tells everyone to “get the f*** out”

I’d like to see a sequel featuring Torrie Spelling, David Schwimmer and Heather Graham playing fictionalized versions of themselves who starred in the original in universe Stab 1 film. Now that would be meta

It was neat talking to my mom about Scream 5 coming out and I mentioned how it was 25 years since the first one, and Im going to be 25. She responded by telling me that in 97 which was my dad's senior year of high school, they went on a date to see the first film

David Arquette's also dabbled in death match wrestling and almost got killed by Nick Gage as a result. He truly is a renaissance man.

Roberty L. Jackson is one of my inspirations for becoming a voice actor. Creating a memorable character without even being on camera. Ghost face's voice is iconic.

This was the most gruesome for me. They showed more details on the killings I loved it.

I’m going to see this movie glad it’s getting positive reviews

Jeremy using chess logic in the review as an example is freaking awesome

This movie had a lot of fan service and it actually worked. My main complaint is that too many people didn't get killed, but instead injured. I was able to predict one of the killers and the big character who was killed, so it was easy to read where it was going.

Ever since Scream 2, Dewey was my favorite. By the second movie Sidney isn't the underdog, Dewey is. He failed as a cop and a brother. All he cares about is protecting the only thing he has left of his sister, Sidney. By Scream 4, Sidney has been his "sister" longer than Tatum. Hearing those 8 notes from Dewey's theme automatically puts a smile on my face.

"Ready Or Not" was such a fun movie!

Personal Scream ranking: 1, 2, 3, 4. I just couldn’t get over the Ghostface killers in 4 weighing 120 lbs combined. But Emma Roberts Edward-Norton-in-Fight-Club-ing herself was metal.

Someone described the stabbing in this film to a prison yard fight. Pretty accurate. The stabbing was brutal in this one. Really uncomfortable to watch. Didn't like the hallucination angle. Didn't work for me. And, one of the killers, and really both of them, I couldn't buy being the ones to pull off these kills. One because there was NO way they would be remotely strong enough or big enough to be any version of ghostface in this movie. I'd have liked it if there were more than two killers this time. At least three maybe more. A full conspiracy of psychos ravaging their hometown.

The fact that they killed off a vet who’s been through this multiple times by a damn 100 lb teen is the only thing that killed it. The dude that plays the other killer would have made some sense but that kill just made no sense.

This was the greatest opening ever "Did you know..." haha please Jeremy consider doing all your movie reviews with some interesting but unrelated fact about an actor if u can find one like this now lol.

Jeremy: "Ghostface is one of the coolest, greatest killers in the annals of horror movies." *cut to montage of '96 Ghostface tripping over every goddamn piece of furniture in the house* Me: "He sure is!"

I hated that they killed THAT one person. I cannot believe that this person KNEW the rules, and knew the killers always come back to life for one final scare, YET THIS PERSON IGNORED ALL OF THAT AND GOT THEMSELVES KILLED. Man I cannot stand how stupidly written that action was.

I was pretty surprised at how much I liked it. Was cool to see it opening night where pretty much everyone was a fan and gasped/cringed during the brutal kills and got the references and cameos throughout. Kinda felt like an Avengers movie viewing in that sense, where the fans really enjoying the movie just enhanced the experience

Glad a movie that's released on "F*ck You, It's January" is actually good. Been seeing nothing but good to great reviews.

A fifth Scream movie, no Wes Craven, and a January release, honestly I’m pleasantly surprised it’s watchable at all, let alone actually pretty good. Will check this one out

Without spoiling anything, there's a conversation that happens right at the end of the movie that I felt was sorta directed towards the audience, mainly diehard Scream fans, which I really appreciated. I hope that conversation doesn't go over people's heads. Thought it really wrapped everything up nicely.

There were a few nit picky things for me that I didn’t notice as much in other scream films. It almost felt like they wanted this thing to happen but couldn’t figure out how to write it naturally. Like that one person dying in the hospital. That person knew better than to go back. And they stop to look at the phone briefly instead of just doing it and running off. It felt like they just wanted to do that kill and couldn’t figure out how. At the end the one character asks if they think what’s happening on the porch is legit and they say no, trap. And then just stand there. They don’t pull their gun that they’re holding. I did really like the boyfriend. I forget his name but he was really funny. He was one of the more entertaining new characters for me. I liked it. But I was expecting a shock for the killer as much as they went on and on in interviews about how this was the perfect killer. I kept waiting for a shock. The killer didn’t give that to me

I just miss movies that are like just a good murder mystery or a whodunit.

Love this franchise! So glad a lot of critics are loving it. Hoping the general audience enjoys it. A horror movie is perfect after Christmas haha

I loved this Scream. From the story, the savage ghost face and the cinematography was beautiful. I do put it before Scream 4 but I wished the OG's were more in this film. It makes sense as to why they aren't. The writers could likely rebirth this franchise if it succeeds to their needs and carry on the story with the rookies. It was so much fun seeing Neve, Courtney, and David back on the screen. PLUS this was my first time seeing Scream in theaters. Don't judge me, I'm only 25 lmao.

I don’t understand how they changed out of the GhostFace costume so quickly, also where did they keep it? How can someone be stabbed multiple times and not have the knife hit multiple organs? In the hospital scene, how did the cop not hear Sam screaming in the break room? In the other hospital scene when GhostFace is after Tara while she’s crawling, where were all the other patients and hospital staff? Hospitals are usually always filled with people. Why wasn’t Wes’s mom armed? Isn’t she a cop and off-duty cops are still armed? In the end with the party at Pam’s house, what kind of house has that many closets??? Overall, I still enjoyed the movie and thought it was entertaining.

It looks like another great addition to the franchise.

I just love the Scream franchise and how its one of the few Horror franchises that manages to 'shock' people as to how its still on-going. As we look at its competitors, Halloween, uh, I feel this did such a better job in retaining what worked and while adapting to the current times. Thank you Jeremy for already sealing the approval, I'll order the tix as soon as they're out. Super pumped already! Also, the people shitting on it due to being a January release. Really? Just because its a January release? Come on. Its Scream for christ sake.

There was a scene in Scream 5 where a character was watching Dawson's Creek on tv in hospital. That episode of Dawson's Creek was from Season 1 and it was set on Friday the 13th which had Scream references through it. Also... Scott Foley was in that episode with the voice changer box. And he ended up being Roman Bridger in Scream 3, Sidney's half-brother

This movie was so bad it made me realize how good Scream 4 was

Scream 4 is so underrated. Especially the extended cut

Can’t wait for the spin-off series “Yell”.

I feel like it's interesting conceptually to have scream be the franchise that would act as a meta critique of the state of horror and Hollywood like once a decade or so. But it'd also be fun to see a subversion too

The Expanse just aired one of the best damn scifi tv finales in decades. Really hope you would review the series. you would love it!!!

The only January movie I’ve been interested in for years

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Yet another great review, keep it up dude you embody the word awesometacular. I can't wait for your review of Cobra Kai Season Four.

Your chess metaphor was spot on… nicely done.

Having breakfast and Jeremy drops this. Very nice.

Sad to hear that Sidney has so little screen time :(, but happy to know the movie turned out pretty good all things considered. I'll definitely watch it

Awesome and Informative review definitely going to check this out tomorrow. Also for future reference you castle in the early game not late game lol

That's an interesting way of describing 3. I never realized the violence was toned down a lot in the 3rd film. I actually like the story for 3 a lot with how they connected it to the first film while 2 was just a basic revenge story. Loved the Mickey character in 2 though.

One of the most genuine KZfaq channels, wish I could support on Patreon or something

Dude, for a 5th installment This film did it's job! :) Love the rating you gave it!

1,5,4,2,3 Saw it today and honestly enjoyed it, I'd say it's definitely better than 3 and 4 just for the fact that it doesn't try to pull any retcon BS like 3. The kills really did stand out as some of the most brutal among the main film series. But the part I liked most was just how much smarter Ghostface was than most of the previous killers.

It was a good movie, but it wasn't really perfect. Here my problem with the movie. 1)The original characters didn't really do much. 2) The new killers motives was dumb 3) all the new characters were bland didn't care whether or not they live or die 4) Billy "daughter" was really annoying

I know this about Scream but boy oh boy….Jeremy that hair and beard combo has reached full potential, it’s all looking extravagant!

Jeremy I appreciate you saying that Neve is your scream queen because she’s mine too! I love Halloween and Jamie Lee Curtis but as a 90s kid Sydney Prescott was (and is to this day) one of my favorite film heroines. Super excited to see this and can’t wait for all the surprises!

I have to commend you on your thumbnails and titles. I truly appreciate that you don't spoil things. I've already had the new Spiderman and Ghostbuster movie spoiled because of what people put in their thumbnail. I absolutely loved the new Ghostbusters movie but I know I would have enjoyed it more if a particular special moment hadn't been revealed simply scrolling thru KZfaq's recommended.

The thing I like about Scream 5 was that it succeeded in what Matrix: Resurrections failed in.

I love horror comedies, some good ones are: - Tucker and Dale vs. Evil - Deathgasm - Ready or Not - The Babysitter - Slither

Petition : Tour of Jeremy's 90s inspired Game room/Studio

I enjoyed the hell out of this movie. Had me giddy and nostalgic. I feel Radio Silence really handled it so well, it could have been crap but it really felt like an ode to classic scream. Something for the fans while calling out flaws in fandom. I think my ranking had got to be 1, 2, 5, 4, 3

My ranking would be: Scream,Scream 2,Scream 4,Scream 3 and Scream (2022) I tend to think that the first one was so successful because the scriptwritter: Kevin Williamson, was in a desperate situation, money wise. He isolated himself and wrote the script in three days plus 5 pages each to a Scream 2 and a Scream 3 proposal with the intent of having a franchise from the get go which ultimately worked (the fact that Drew Barrymore was interested in playing a part also helped since her interest was what made Wes Craven adamant in being involved in the film...)

Has Jeremy ever done a review on the shampoo he uses? cause like.. damn

Knew this would come live soon....been waiting!

I just Netflix and chilled by myself to it. As a 36 year old, the movie brought back that old school scare vibe to it. Was a fun ride nonetheless, not the biggest fan of movies nowadays but this one 😅 I gotta say was a fun time 👌🏽

Totally agree with your perspective!! The meta self-awareness was way over the top and felt forced. The finger pointing was unrealistic and too comical considering the severity of the situation. And as you said, Neve has been an incredible actress and final girl whereas Sam (who is supposed to have taken the mantle) wasn’t as convincing. Chad’s gf was over the top and cringeworthy. Ah, there’s a lot I didn’t like about it. That being said, some of my pros are Dewey was great, Tara was solid and I actually think she’s the better choice to take the mantle, and Ghostface was so savage! One of the best Ghostface performances in the franchise!

Scream 1-4 and Now Scream 2022 South Park: When will it end! Every time we put a killer behind bars another guy just steps in and takes his place! What am I doing wrong!

Jeremy speaking of castling in endgame made me wanna tell everyone: watch this man for his reviews, not his chess games

Loved the nod to "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood" at the end!

I just finished it. I loved it. Scream as a franchise dosent get the credit it deserves in terms of key discussions. Scream two broke the 4th wall about the discussion of cinema violence and real violence Wich was a discussion in the 90s . It's more brilliant than we give it credit for . Personally I think this should of been the fourth film and I liked 4 .

Before I actually comment on the video, I must say, as a new viewer, I am in awe of how gorgeous your hair is. 😲 I am so glad that this movie is appearing to be a worthy sequel. I don’t think I’ve been this excited for a horror movie this much in a while, honestly.

As long as Ghostface is MEMORABLE in this then I'm good. Every Scream movie BUT the third has a MOMENT or a few that makes you go "Ohhhhhh SHIT" with Ghostface. Scream 3's BIGGEST flaw was that the Ghostface calls, were just the cast instead of it being the voice of Roger L Jackson. And when it WAS Jackson, the lines were boring asf. It didn't make for memorable phone calls. Or Ghostface. Scream 1996 had the iconic opening among other lines like "do you want to die tonight? Your mother sure didn't." Scream 2 had moments like "I want you. It's showtime (then why don't you show your face you FCKING coward).....MY PLEASURE." and the call with Randy. Scream 4 had the ICONIC you could hear a pin drop in theater moment "I never said I was in YOUR closet." and "If you want to be in the hospital I'll be happy to put you there....IN THE MORGUE." Scream 3 took out the most interesting aspect of the franchise-the phone call. So if Scream 5 has good Ghostface moments then I'll be happy.

I loved the whole movie up until the killers reveal. I wanted the motive to be tied to the original🤨 it didn’t feel as if the same people revealed were the ones killing people recklessly. they became comedic and not remotely scary

The major problem with this movie was accepting how Amber could outplay Dewey in the hospital scene, doesnt make any sense how could that happen?

Im glad it's not getting trashed. I was worried

I'm Gen X so yeah, I'm here for this sh*t! Happy there's a decent, new installment to the franchise to be able to share with my 19 year old daughter. Great review.

Scream 5 tries to be the first film again and yet opens a new chapter to this franchise satisfyingly. Interesting watching this one for the first time after seeing the new one too.

This is what I thought Scream 4 was gonna be! I'm absolutely thrilled with the result. Not perfect, but that's an impossible standard! My favourite sequel after Scream 2 :) Totally loved it. Such an emotional roller coaster. Just a few things I would change and you pointed one of them out; the incessant finger pointing was too much. And some of the ancillary characters were absolutely *wasted* . Two female characters in particular.

Did you also know that David Arquette was a professional wrestler? Yeah. That was a thing ever since Ready to Rumble (2000).

I'm glad to hear that it's decent. Loved the first 2 but hated the 3rd one and 4 was better. I'm hoping 5 is good like the first 2

Can’t wait to see it. Love your reviews! Neve is my scream queen too 🙂.

Personally Im not satisfied for some reason & I hate why I'm feeling like that 😣

Scream 1 will always be the best to me. Great twist and had you thinking for the first time that it could have been anyone not just a random killer outside of the group.

i’m so happy you liked it ! can’t wait

5 was my favorite sequel. The nostalgia made me love it more.

I saw it tonight, a night earlier, and I loved it. Scream has always been my favorite horror franchise. I love the satire, the horror, the characters, Ghostface, I love it all. And yes, Ghostface was BRUTAL in Scream 5. Several times during the movie I couldn't help but go "gahdamn" at times lol.

Jeremy, I was very intrigued by the beginning of the movie. I thought that was the best opening since the original. They had me right there. Jenna Ortega is a scene-stealer. She was great. The second act lagged a little (minus the big moment), but it still had my attention. What ruined it for me was that third act. While it's a bloody good time, the reveal of the killer just fell completely flat. It made no sense at all. There was no motive here. If there was, it was derivative. Also, there's no freakin' way that person could do what Ghostface did in here. No way. It's a good time and it pulls at the heart strings a little, but the end is just so bad. I expected better than that. Admittedly, I had a scenario in my head that I thought for sure was gonna happen, but never did. Had that been the case, this movie would have been outstanding. I also wish they would get more creative with the kills. They never do that. It's the same thing every movie. I didn't hate it, but I certainly didn't love it either.

I feel this film has potential since the scream films were always commentary on tropes, and we have a buttload of new tropes they can play with.

That moment they were just like pointing at each other going”eghhh” about the basement sent me!! 😂😂😂😂

The first Scream film not directed by Wes Craven, who passed away in August of 2015 from cancer. The character of Wes was named in honor of him and the film is dedicated to him in the end credits. Much like in Scream 3, Sidney Prescott is not prominently featured in the first part of the film Debut film of French model Sonia Ben Ammar, who is well-known in France. David Arquette said he was excited to regrow his now-famous mustache for his role as Dewey Riley. Dylan Minette was born 9 days after the original Scream came out in theaters in December 1996. The area code for Woodsboro is shown to be 707. This is the area code for Santa Rosa, where the original Scream was filmed. Despite playing their mother, Heather Matarazzo (Martha Meeks) is 12 years older than Jasmin Savoy-Brown (Mindy), and 14 years older than Mason Gooding (Chad) A street sign reading "Elm St." is visible at one point. This is one of several references to Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street in the Scream films, including the location of the Prescott house in the original, as well as Wes Craven's famous cameo as school janitor Fred, who wears a very familiar sweater. Screenwriter James Vanderbilt's wife's name is Amber Freeman. This is also the name of a character in this movie. 31-year-old Melissa Barrera plays 23-year-old Sam. The first Scream movie in which the opening victim survives. First Scream film where neither of the killers have a personal motive against Sidney Prescott. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' song "Red Right Hand", which had prominently featured in the first three Scream films, returns to the franchise after being absent from Scream 4 (2011). It's heard when Ghostface turns on Vince's car before killing him. The first Scream film to not feature an opening murder. The way how Richie gets slashed on the arm is similar to how Derek and Jill got slashed on the arm in Scream 2 and 4. The film's end credits font is the same one used in the credits for the first three movies. First Scream to feature all deaths be a result of knife or firearm. Tara is the second Scream series character to be stabbed through the hand by Ghostface following Olivia Morris in Scream 4 (2011).

Just got home from it... and I'm not sure, I still enjoyed it no doubt, but I think it might be my #5. Scream Scream 4 Scream 2 Scream 3 Scream 5...... I think... lots of great stuff in Scream 5... other things I wasn't as big of or just wanted more of... I did cry... TWICE

Glad to see uts getting well received, can't wait to see it, for me my ranking is: 1. Scream 2/3. Scream 2 2/3. Scream 4 4. Scream 3 I rank 2 and 4 more or less the same level.

My biggest critique was the fact that it apparently takes forever to get anywhere in Woodsboro. It went from daytime to nighttime to get to the hospital the second time around. And it makes zero sense that the little girl was able to not only kill Dewey but actually lift him off the ground. And then get back to the party before everyone else did. Beyond that, yes, the movie was a pretty good time. The self-awareness and one-liners had me cracking up for sure. Best line of the movie… Enjoy the torch. LOL.

I really liked this movie. I found Sam as a very interesting character, the new characters were entertaining to watch, the kills triggered my anxiety. My only negative is Cindy isn't in the movie as much as I like, I wish her and Sam had more interesting scenes with each other. But overall I really liked this movie

This was a well made movie. Great creative team. Been keeping my eye on them since Ready or Not.

Thank you for pointing out the obvious of the fingerpointing shit. An issue i had in the tv show as well. If a close friend accused me of the killer I would be taken back and hurt by it and I would probably not be friends with them anymore.

Very rarely do I disagree with you on your reviews, but for this one (the movie), I absolutely loved it. It was the first time since the original that I felt so connected to the movie and had genuine discomfort as the plot unfolded. I'd say it's second, on par with Scream 2. At least for me.

didn't expect such a favorable review I'm going to have to check it out now

Just went and saw this movie today and thought it was more of a "You'd Probably Enjoy It Alot More, If You Were Drunk" Than a "Fun Time No Alcohol Required". Love the OG Cast, Some Great Kills and there were some genuinely sad moments, but a bunch of other things that made me feeling really annoyed and let down by this movie.

This movie was directed by the same guys who directed Ready Or Not, an underrated movie. I knew the movie is in good hands

That chess analogy was a great point

I absolutely loved the first half of the movie but felt that the second half just kind of leaned a bit too heavily into the self-aware allegory area to the point that I found myself sort of rolling my eyes once or twice with the feeling of "I get it". But it really does play with alot of horror tropes to leave you in suspense and waiting for something and you can tell they are just delighting in having you wonder and wait. The acting is great and story simple enough to be easily followed while not feeling hollow. Very solid, if a bit on the nose at times, but a great movie that can proudly stand beside the first. 7/10.

This will be the first movie that I will have seen in theaters since the pandemic started so I'm glad to hear that it's relatively good. This franchise is near and dear to my heart.

I watched the movie in the Cinema yesterday, it has been the first Movie i been looking forward to for quite a long time and it definitely didn't disappoint....i thought the kills would be less gruesome again, but Jeremy is completely right, the Killer and the kills are insanely good this time around, def the movies strongest point....as a long time scream fan i absolutely loved it

I still maintain a landline. It doesn’t rely on cell carrier service or VoIP service…classic landline is always on. It’s useful for communication when all other services are down or interrupted. It’s a good thing to have, and useful as an additional line to screen calls through voicemails.

Hey! Will you do a witcher season 2 video?