Scream 3
IMDB Rating: 5.30, 25679 votes
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Taglines
- Ihr habt gelacht. Ihr habt geschrien.Und jetzt....seid Ihr dran! (You have laughed.You have screamed. And now...your time has come!)
- In order for Sidney Prescot to survive the future she must look to the past.
- Obey The Rules Of The Trilogy... Or Die.
- Rules of a trilogy: Chapter one sets the rules. Chapter two bends the rules. But in the finale...forget the rules.
- Schneller.Haerter.Boeser. (Faster.Harder.More evil.)
- Scream 3: The scare of the millennium!
- Someone has taken their love of trilogies one step too far.
- The best Scream is always the last one. Just hope the last one isn't your own.
- The last Scream is always the scariest.
- The millennium starts screaming.
- The Millennium Starts With Scream
- The most terrifying scream is always the last.
- The New Millenium Begins in Panic
- The Third and Final chapter in the trilogy that made you laugh, and made you Scream.
- There's just some secrets you can't reveal 'till the very end.
- Welcome to the final act.
Storyline
STAB 3: RETURN TO WOODSBORO is currently in production, and a killer is on the loose cutting corners cast wise. The murders draw a reporter, ex-cop, and young woman to the set of the movie inspired by their life. They soon find out that they are dealing with a trilogy, and in a trilogy...anything can happen.
Actors
| Dwight 'Dewey' Riley | David Arquette |
| Sidney Prescott | Neve Campbell |
| Gale Weathers | Courteney Cox |
| Det. Mark Kincaid | Patrick Dempsey |
| Jennifer Jolie | Parker Posey |
| Roman Bridger | Scott Foley |
| Tyson Fox | Deon Richmond |
| Angelina Tyler | Emily Mortimer |
| John Milton | Lance Henriksen |
| Sarah Darling | Jenny McCarthy |
| Tom Prinze | Matt Keeslar |
| Steven Stone | Patrick Warburton |
| Cotton Weary | Liev Schreiber |
| Christine Hamilton | Kelly Rutherford |
| Randy Meeks, in Video | Jamie Kennedy |
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Posted in: 2000, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged: acting, actor, blood, bodyguard, brother sister relationship, celebrity, cellular phone, counterpart, couple, detective, director, entertainment, ex cop, female protagonist, film in film, film within a film, guillotine, gun, hollywood, horror spoof, independent film, jay and silent bob, knife, mansion, mask, masked killer, movie set, movie studio, murder, nightmare, obscene finger gesture, part of trilogy, phone terror, police, post modern, profanity, proposal, reporter, returning character killed off, revenge, scream, secret door, self referential, sequel, sequel to cult favorite, serial killer, sex, slasher, story, third part, throat slitting, voice changer, vulgarity
29 Comments
The first one was trash, the second one was worse, and this one is atrocious.
Ok, but not that well done or that scary
What else can i say apart from the fact I was almost prepared to give it 0
nicely done…but the series should have died after the first one
Best of the trillogy, shame it’s the last!
Well when you thought the moment Kevin Williamson jumped ship, everyone thought this scream would be the most rubbish one. But thank god it is BRILLIANT!
The final chapter is immediatley better than Scream 2 and it ranks up with Scream. It promised more laughs and gore and it did. Shame it’s the end of it though. But the trillogy ends with a blaze of glory. Anyone who love Scream and Scream 2 will not be dissapointed one bit.
What a disappointing yawn
I liked SCREAM 1, I enjoyed SCREAM 2.
And now this…
The fuel is out. Let Scream 3 rest in piece(es). Because this sucks. Too bad, it could have been funny.
Love the whole trilogy. Think you know who did it? Guess again.
I love horror movies that poke fun at themselves. Especially ones that give the audience AND the characters the "rules" for how the movie will unfold. Although killed off in Scream 2, Rulesman makes an appearance (go see it to find out how) and gives the rules for the last of the trilogy… and all the little one-liners that gave away the killers in the other movies will send you in the opposite direction. Granted the motive is given away halfway through the film this time and there’s the customary wrapup dialogue from the killer, it’s still fun to watch and more fun to watch everyone else around you jump. Besides, Jenny McCarthy has a great role as guess what… a bimbo which she pulls off flawlessly. Go see it, but don’t get popcorn, you might spill it when the killer jumps out at you!
OHH, NOOO, MR. BILL! PSYCHO crashes headlong into THE E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY.
This time, in addition to the nudge-nudge-wink-wink quotient, Miramax/Dimension decides to take a few self-deprecating swipes at its own success from the first two installments, which works to a degree, but what really hurts 3 is the sorely missed input from the series’ creator, Kevin Williamson.
After dispatching his initial high-profile victims in the now-trademark opening, (and it won’t surprise you a bit who they are), Ghostface decides to start making his own CUTS in the cast of "STAB 3," lensing at the Hollywwod backlot of "Sunrise Studios." The sequel to STAB 2, which itself chronicled the events of SCREAM 2 (didja get all that?) is being co-produced by none other than that bitch-with-a-heart-of-lead, Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox Arquette), Thanks to the new rash of murders, she’s reunited with old flame Dewey Riley (off-screen spouse David Arquette), who is working as a "production consultant" on STAB 3. She also learns that Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is living in seclusion somewhere in the Hollywood Hills, and although Dewey knows how to contact her, he’s not telling.
No matter, since Ghostface is apparently not only omnipresent but psychic, as he mows through the STAB 3 cast in the order of their deaths as outlined by the script. Suspects abound, natch, as do surprise cameos, and the most attractive and vapid ensemble in the series is turned into screen sushi.
SCREAM 3 is not horrible, but writer Ehren Kruger put together the script like somebody trying to imitate Kevin Williamson, (BIG mistake.) Still, the leads remain likeable, some of the lines are laughable, (both intentionally and unintentionally) and though there’s less of a bloody body count than in the first two, the stalking sequences are still wince-inducing, (and one inventive death sequence is a logic-bending surprise, so I won’t spoil it for you.)
The red-herrings are not as off-putting as the "dum-da-DUM-dum!" finale, which brings us full circle in the story of the screwed-up Prescott family, (and that’s all I can say.) Not a spectacular finish, but a satisfying one, all things considered. Let’s just hope that Wes Craven and the Weinstein brothers decide to leave it that way.
Even a good movie with all the teenie-boppers around you, trying to be cool…
very entertaining!
Well, A Disappointment
The movie actually sucked, did not give the original movie its dues.
The only good scene is Jenny McCarthy flopping around.
Wes Craven, need to go back to Hell Raiser days.
I enjoyed watching the show as well as my wife jump from being scared!
I enjoyed watching the show as well as my wife jump up in her seat during the scares. Always pays off when returning home! I thought it was better written and funnier than 1&2. Good humor scares and changes your concentration. I recommend it.
A good end to a unique trilogy!
Scream (created by Kevin Williamson) was the movie that started it all. A horror movie that parodied itself without becoming too much of a Naked Gun type flick. A teen slasher filled with suspenseful moments and deceptive dialogue, it brought back to life the rather mediocre horror genre. Originally concieved as a trilogy, Scream 3 is the last of the bunch and the best. It’s storyline is derived from its predecessors - however it stands in a league of its own. Mysterious, suspenseful and scary .. you bet! As a tip; it would probably be best to leave your phone off the hook and don’t make any popcorn. It will only lead you to a dark demise. Buwahahaha.
Great ending to an outstanding trilogy. You gotta go see it!
A Whole Lot of Screaming Going On
I know of very few horror trilogies. The "Evil Dead" is the only example I can think of, though the last entry, "Army of Darkness," was less than stellar. The nearly parodic original "Scream" certainly never gave the impression that a sequel was necessary, or a trilogy. Yet "Scream 3" is here, and the surprise is that it is not bad - a decent if pale reminder of the previous two entries.
This time, the nearly traumatized heroine Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is living in a secluded area outside L.A., which makes sense considering she has escaped the wrath of a ghostface killer in two movies. She has now changed her name, and works as a woman’s crisis operator! She also has visions of her dead mother walking in the wooded area outside her house (if you recall, Sidney’s mother was killed by her boyfriend in the original).
But the nightmare is not over as we witness the making of "Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro," a Hollywood production with a novice film director Roman Bridger (Scott Foley) at the helm. The ingratiating Parker Posey plays Gale Weathers, the bitchy reporter. Courteney Cox Arquette returns of course as the real Gale, seeing her life once again depicted in a movie (as evidenced by the outstanding success of the first "Stab" film shown in "Scream 2.") I hope this all makes sense. But somebody is offing all the cast members of the latest production, and it is up to Gale and witty returnee David Arquette as the bumbling former cop Dewey, now technical advisor for "Stab 3", to solve the crime and determine who is the new killer with the cape and Edward Munch mask. Whoever it is has a fixation on poor Sidney and her dead mother.
"Scream 3" is the sequel-within-the-sequel parody that almost takes its idea and turns it on its head, as "Scream 2" did. Unfortunately, the script by writer Ehren Kruger ("Arlington Road") eschews some of the clever wit and puns of the first two films, concentrating instead on slicing and dicing methods of cruelty. In other words, "Scream 3" almost becomes the generic slasher movie that these movies made a mockery out of in the first place. Frankly, Sidney and their pals have forgotten how to play by the rules they were so proudly an authority on. Never run up the stairs as opposed to outside the house and never say the name of the person you are looking for since they are most likely dead. Oh, and please never go inside a dark basement and for God’s sakes, use a cell phone when you really need it in a moment of crisis.
Despite a number of false scares (some did make me jump) and red herrings, "Scream 3" is fairly okay, at least far superior to "Urban Legend" or "I Know What You Did Last Summer." There is enough tension throughout and some good performances, particularly Neve Campbell. She has matured since the original film, and shows ample strength and humanity - never has a heroine seemed so sympathetic in any of these slasher flicks. I also enjoyed watching the Arquettes mingle and throw verbal asides - my favorite is when Gale asks Dewey about Sidney’s phone number and if he has it in his memory. He thinks for a moment, and then she shouts, "Phone memory!" Independent film starlet Parker Posey is the big star of the film and she is tremendously fun to watch, delivering all her lines with ironic gusto. I also enjoyed the scenes where she spars with Courteney Cox as they investigate the murders and question various suspects. I did not enjoy the unimaginative, by-the-numbers scenes with Jenny McCarthy as an actress (are we cringing yet?), Patrick Dempsey as a cop (!) and Lance Henriksen as a Roger Corman-type producer. The supporting actors playing the supporting actors of the sequel-within-the-sequel are bland and forgettable.
"Scream 3" is a fitting conclusion to a popular movie series that spawned so many horrible copycats in its wake. From director Wes Craven, who can make these movies in his sleep, it is markedly better than most other rip-offs. If only screenwriter Kevin Williamson returned to write this one, it would have been a real scream, baby.
I thought it was very original and better than expected
Okay for mindless entertainment.
Scream 3 is mindless fun and probably will meet most people’s expectations. I found it to be much better than Scream 2, but the original Scream still surpasses them all.
On another interesting note, I found this to be the least gory of the three (Scream being the goriest). I guess Wes Craven is realizing that gore doesn’t mean scary.
Cool, good ending to a trilogy
As a big fan of the other two, I thought this movie had a lot of scares and it was great to see a lot of deaths. It also got a great reaction out of the crowd (lots of screaming on opening night, similar to that in Stab in Scream 2). The beginning was the worse of the three, but overall it was better than 2 and close to 1.
A fun ride but also very disappointing.
Don’t waste you time and money.
The movie is not worth watching at all. One should rather wait for it when it comes on TV. I don’t recommend this movie to anyone.
See it for mindless entertainment. Better than the 2nd, but not the original.
It does help to have seen the others because of the recurring characters and story. Movie does a good job of poking fun at itself and the genre.
This movie had you jumping one minute and laughing the next. It combined horror with comedy very well. Scream 3 was better than the first two and overall I recommend that others go see it.
Pretty Good, way better than the 2nd.
Please! as if the first two were’nt bad enough!
The only thing that made me scream was the fact that I spent $4 on it.
Okay, the movie had merits. There were only five people there when I went, so we were able to MST3K-it, which is really the only redeeming quality of any horror movie anyway.
Basically, it was more funny than scary, and most of my laughter was based on the hokeyness of the stuff that was supposed to be scary. The funniest thing was that every time Courteny Cox’s character and David Arquette’s character got out of some scrape, they would look at each other and this really cheesy music would play.
My overall opinion: pretty crappy, but still scarier than Blair Witch.
The worst of the three…
It plays like an action movie more than it does a horror.AT times it’s smart other times it seems like it’s making fun of it’s self.It is also damn funny.
It does what it promises…entertain
By the third part in a trilogy, I usually don’t expect much. So, maybe I would be happy without much. However, Scream 3 was better than I anticipated and has reminded me about the first one.
This is probably the only current mainstream movie that is a film about film. This is a running theme throughout all three parts which is something I can appreciate. It is superficial in its dealings with the subject of film, but it is cleverly presented, where the audience can relate to their own film experiences/archives and laugh at it.
The main thing this movie has going for it is that it refers to what we know, movies of our generation and, of course, Scream 1 and 2.
The teen scream genre is in its revisionist stage, where we leave the characters and perhaps claim them dead. Scream 3 marks the rest of this genre. We are ready to put these movies to rest and enjoy them as they are- without introducing new movies. Instead, let’s just watch Scream 1 again.
Maybe OK as ‘campy’ bad as a slasher flick.
Not one moment is one scared with this flick. The slasher part is almost not part of the story. Story? As a comedy it missed.
Acting/directing was horrible. Good thing this flick closes the Scream factory.