“Scream” (** out of four) was a more-of-the-same entry in this series set 25 years after the events of the original back in Woodsboro as Ghostface returns once more to wreak havoc and Sidney (Neve Campbell), Dewey (David Arquette), and Gale (Courtney Cox) all return home to solve the mystery and bury the mystery and horror once and for all. Not a remake/reboot of the original but the fifth entry but it may as well have been; has the requisite amount of kills and jokes for fans but it all seems very by-the-numbers this time around and lacks the freshness of previous entries. Final showdown is particularly silly and arbitrary. This series should have likely died with original creator Wes Craven.

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