Why Scream 4 Is The Best Movie In The Franchise
The original Scream movie is tough to improve upon. It's got it all: a memorable premise (a teenage girl is stalked by a killer and haunted by her mother's murder), a dream cast (Neve Campbell and Drew Barrymore, to name just a few), and it makes fun of the horror genre and lets audiences know that it's fully aware of the tropes that are part of these types of films. Scream is seen as the best film when compared to other slashers from the '90s.
When looking at every film in a franchise, fans often love the original the most, thanks to the character development, premise, and other elements. While fans like Scream 2, the third and fourth movies aren't always showered with the same amount of praise. However, a case can definitely be made for 2011's Scream 4 as the best movie in the franchise.
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While some could say the '90s were a bad horror decade, it's hard to argue with many people's argument that Scream is one of the best movies from the genre. Although Scream 4 doesn't often get as much attention as the other films in the franchise, it can be seen as the most well-crafted and most interesting movie because of one aspect: the character of Jill Roberts (Emma Roberts). While it's interesting that Sidney comes back home for a book signing for her inspiring memoir about the tragedies that she has survived, Sidney only stays because of her young relative. It would be easy for her to want to run as far away from her hometown as she can given her trauma.
Without Jill, Sidney Prescott's niece who lives in Woodsboro, the movie wouldn't have a clear link to the other three that came before it. Jill totally carries the movie and makes Sidney want to stick around, even as people are
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