Scream 4

Movie
German title	Scream 4
Original title	Scream 4
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2011
length	111 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16 JMK 14
Rod
Director	Wes Craven
script	Kevin Williamson honors Kruger
production	Iya Labunka Wes Craven Kevin Williamson
music	Marco Beltrami
camera	Peter Deming
cut	Peter McNulty
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chronology
←  Predecessor Scream 3 Successor  → Scream 5

Scream 4 ( spelling : SCRE4M ) is an American horror film and the fourth part of the Scream series. The film is the last directorial work by Wes Craven (1939–2015). He also directed the first three parts.

action

Sidney Prescott (main character in the series) is returning to the small town on the 15th anniversary of the Woodsboro massacre as part of a reading tour for her current book. Sheriff Dewey and the journalist Gale (the two "main minor characters") prepare a warm reunion for her. During the stay, Sidney stays with her aunt Kate Roberts and her cousin Jill, who is struggling with her pushy ex-boyfriend, Trevor Sheldon. But as soon as Sidney has arrived, a series of murders begins that imitates the Ghostface murders of 15 years ago. When the cell phone of one of the victims is found in Sidney's trunk, she comes under suspicion of murder and is asked by Dewey to stay in town until the investigation is over.

The murders continue and Sidney and Jill watch as Olivia Morris is murdered in the next house. Shortly afterwards, Sidney's press officer also falls victim to the killer.

Gale Weathers-Riley desperately wants to catch the killer, and since her husband does not want her to help with the case, she teams up with students Robbie Mercer and Charlie Walker. The two are film freaks and think that the killer is trying to surpass the original - he will strike again at a party.

Jill is under house arrest and is not allowed to accompany her friend Kirby to the annual staff film marathon. There, too, Ghostface lurks for new victims. Gale tries to use cameras to monitor the party, but the Ghostface killer appears and turns the cameras to the ground. When Gale goes back to the party, the killer stabs her in the shoulder, but does not kill her.

Then there is an after-party at Kirby Reed's house. Sidney, who has just been attacked by Ghostface, has since learned that Jill has snuck away to Kirby, and is on her way. In Kirby's house are Jill, Kirby, Robbie, Charlie and Jill's ex-boyfriend Trevor, who appears to have shown up uninvited. When Sidney arrives, she finds Robbie Mercer stabbed to death on the porch. In the house, she and Kirby are attacked by Ghostface and flee into the basement. Charlie, who is in the garden, sees the two and asks them to let him in. But you don't trust the boy and have to watch as Ghostface pulls him to a chair and ties him up. Kirby is called by the killer and has to answer questions about horror films so that Charlie is spared. When she thinks she has won the game, she opens the door and frees Charlie. He then reveals himself to be the killer and stabs Kirby. Together with Jill, who is his accomplice, he takes Sidney prisoner and explains that they want to re-enact the Woodsboro massacre and hold Trevor responsible for it. Jill shoots the previously captured Trevor, but also betrays Charlie and stabs him. Then she stabs Sidney until she is apparently dead, wounds herself and is found apparently the only surviving victim of the massacre.

When Jill wakes up in the hospital, she learns that Sidney survived. Jill then tries to kill Sidney again. With the help of Gale, Dewey and Judy Hicks, Sidney manages to outsmart Jill and attacks her with a defibrillator . At first she seems to be lying dead on the floor. When Jill rises again to kill Sidney with a piece of glass, Sidney kills her with a shot in the chest.

background

This part of the horror series was, like Scream! and Scream 2 , written by Kevin Williamson . After a dispute with producer Bob Weinstein , Williamson left the production and they brought in Ehren Kruger , who was already writing Scream 3 . Williamson said in an interview that the change of authors was due to artistic differences.

Neve Campbell , Courteney Cox and David Arquette are returning to their old roles after ten years. After Cox and Arquette signed very quickly, it was long unclear whether Neve Campbell would be on board again. This was against a continuation for a long time, but also signed the contract in September 2009.

The series was originally planned as a trilogy . However, Bob Weinstein thought it was time for a new movie. If the film runs successfully in the cinemas, one would like to keep the option open to form the beginning of a new trilogy with Scream 4 . The film opened in American cinemas on April 15, 2011. The German theatrical release was on May 5, 2011.

Reviews

"Not very successful infusion of the popular horror series, which tries to give the all-too-familiar a special touch through a self-reflective meta-level, but is far too confused and toothless."

- Lexicon of international film

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actor	Role name	German dubbing voice
Neve Campbell	Sidney Prescott	Stefanie von Lerchenfeld
Courteney Cox	Gale Weathers-Riley	Madeleine proud
David Arquette	Sheriff Dewey Riley	Frank Röth
Emma Roberts	Jill Roberts	Lisa Mitsching
Hayden Panettiere	Kirby Reed	Tanya Kahana
Nico Tortorella	Trevor Sheldon	Nick Forsberg
Marielle Jaffe	Olivia Morris	Damineh Hojat
Rory Culkin	Charlie Walker	Fabian Hollwitz
Alison Brie	Rebecca Walters	Caroline Combrinck
Adam Brody	Deputy Ross Hoss	Benedikt Gutjan
Erik Knudsen	Robbie Mercer	Tobias Nath
Marley Shelton	Deputy Judy Hicks	Stephanie waiter
Mary McDonnell	Kate Roberts	Andrea Solter
Anthony Anderson	Deputy Anthony Perkins	Tobias Müller
Brittany Robertson	Marnie Cooper	Jill Schulz
Aimee Teegarden	Jenny Randall	Farina Brock
Shenae Grimes	Trudie	Maren Rainer
Lucy Hale	Sherrie	Esra Vural
Anna Paquin	Rachel	Berenice Weichert
Kristen Bell	Chloe	Manja Doering
Roger Jackson	Voice of Ghostface	Kai Taschner
Dane Farwell	Ghostface

Soundtrack

Scream 4: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack by various artists
Publication (s)	2011
Label (s)	Lakeshore Records
Format (s)	Audio CD , download
Genre (s)	Soundtrack
Title (number)	12
running time	33:04 min
occupation	see section track list

A soundtrack with music from the film was released at the start of the film. On April 19, Marco Beltrami's score was also published.

Track list (soundtrack)

1. Something To Die For - The Sounds
2. Bad Karma - Ida Maria
3. Cup of Coffee - The Novocaines
4. Make My Body - The Chain Gang Of 1974
5. Don't Mess with the Original - Marco Beltrami
6. Yeah Yeah Yeah - The Sounds
7. Run For Your Life - 6 Day Riot
8. Axel F - Raney Shockne
9. On Fire - Locksley
10. Devils - Say Hi
11. Denial - Stereo Black
12. Jill's America - Marco Beltrami

useful information

• Production started back in 2009. Nine years after the last Scream film appeared, Wes Craven announced on Twitter that negotiations for a sequel had resumed.
• A test screening of the film was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 6, 2011. The viewers had to sign a confidentiality agreement that forbids them to divulge any further information about the film. Recording devices such as cell phones or video cameras were strictly prohibited. Initial reports about the film were consistently positive.
• There are numerous references to social networks such as Twitter and Facebook . In addition, the Saw series and similar horror films of recent years, which owed their success not least to the Scream series, are discussed.
• The budget for the film was about $ 40 million. Filming began on June 28, 2010 in Ann Arbor , Michigan and should be completed on September 6. However, they continued until September 24th.
• The film started below expectations in America and grossed $ 18.7 million on the opening weekend. Worldwide, Scream 4 brought in twice its budget after three weeks. In Germany, too, the film started below expectations. 140,000 viewers went to German cinemas on the opening weekend and the film made it to number 3 in the German cinema charts.
• In the German version, the role of Sidney in the first three parts of the series was dubbed by Veronika Neugebauer . After she died on October 11, 2009 due to colon cancer, the voice of one of the main characters had to be re-cast for the first time.
• The role of Deputy Anthony Perkins is named after the actor Anthony Perkins who played the lead role in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).
• In the first part of Scream, Dewie's spinal cord is injured at the end, which is why his arm and leg are partially paralyzed in the second and third parts, but everything is fine again in this part.
• The television series Scream has been broadcast in the United States since the end of June 2015 .

Guest appearances

• Heather Graham can be seen as Casey Becker in the movie Stab , just like in Scream 2 .
• Actresses Shenae Grimes and Lucy Hale make a cameo in the film.
• Actresses Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell also have a cameo together in the film.
• The American journalist Nancy O'Dell can be seen again in Scream 4 as a reporter. She has already appeared in Scream 2 as an interviewer for Tori Spelling and in Scream 3 as a reporter.
• Robert Rodriguez is in the opening credits of the film staff called as a director, but does not occur in the film.
• As in the first parts of the series, director Wes Craven has a cameo. He is one of the visitors to Sidney's readings in the bookstore.

Web links

• Official website
• Scream 4 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Scream 4 in the online film database
• Scream 4 atRotten Tomatoes(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for Scream 4 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2011 (PDF; test number: 127 017 V).
2. ↑ Age rating for Scream 4 . Youth Media Commission .
3. ↑ BlairWitch.de: "Scream 4 - Kevin Williamson talks about the background of the book change" , April 7, 2011
4. ↑ Dimension goes back to its roots ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 7, 2011 
5. ^ Scream 4. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
6. ↑ Scream 4 Test Screening Confirmed , wicked-scribe, January 6, 2011.
7. ↑ Scream 4: The First Review! (Spoiler Free) , wicked-scribe, January 7, 2011.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Box office / business , imdb.com, May 9, 2011
9. ↑ Scream 4 - also starts in German cinemas behind its direct predecessors. BlairWitch.de, May 9, 2011.