Scream 4

Fifteen years after the events of the first film, Sidney , who has become a local star, returns to Woodsboro's hometown to take part in events commemorating the victims, as well as as part of a promotion to promote her autobiography, From the Darkness . Meanwhile, Dewey Riley continues to act as the sheriff of the city, and Gail Weathers, who became his wife, loses her taste for life and languishes in the role of a quiet housewife. On the eve of Sidney's arrival, an unknown person in a Ghostface costume kills two local schoolgirls, Jenny Randall and Marnie Cooper, and the cell phone she called from was found in the trunk of Sidney's car. An investigation has begun, and Sydney is forced to stay in the city and live with her aunt Kate and cousin Jill under the tireless supervision of the local police. Jill and her friend Olivia tell the police that someone scared them on the phone with the classic question “ What is your favorite horror movie?” ", Imitating the voice of a maniac. But another thing is strange - the calls came from the phones of the murdered girls after their bodies were found. In the evening, Jill sits at home with another Kirby friend and someone calls them from the phone of Trevor - Jill's ex-boyfriend - and begins to scare Kirby. Then, in front of their eyes, the maniac kills Olivia in her house opposite. Sidney hears screams and, seeing the maniac’s attack, rushes to Olivia’s house. Jill comes after her, who is wounded by a maniac, and then, before the police appear, she disappears. Meanwhile, Gail realizes that this is a real success to resume her career - she seeks help from the leaders of the school movie club, connoisseurs of horror movies: Charlie, who is in love with Kirby, and Robbie, who broadcasts everything he sees directly to the Internet using mini cameras. Having finally quarreled with her husband’s partner, Judy Hicks, and also having received from Dewey a refusal to cooperate in the investigation, Gale expects to calculate the maniac, thanks to the guys' knowledge of the new generation of horror rules, but it soon becomes clear that it will be difficult to find the killer: as always, everyone turns out to be under suspicion. Right during a press conference with the police at which Dewey assures the townspeople that everything is under control, Sydney's ambitious agent, Rebecca Walters, falls from the roof of the hospital onto the van. The same night, two policemen, security guards Sidney and her relatives, employees Hoss and Perkins, die.

From Charlie and Robbie, Gale learns that there will soon be a party - The Beatphone - which will show all the films in the series " Knife stab ", of which at present there are already seven. Gail seems that the maniac will not be able to miss this event, and she goes to a party, which is held underground in the old farm. Gail places webcams in the barn hoping to track down the killer, but she herself is the object of his search, and, after receiving serious wounds, goes to the hospital. Meanwhile, Kirby herself gathered in Kirby’s house with Jill, Charlie and Robbie, who decide to arrange an independent viewing of “ Knocking ”. Not finding Jill at home, Sydney decides to go after her, but suddenly a killer appears, attacks her and Kate and kills the latter. Suddenly, Trevor arrives at Kirby’s house, who says that Jill allegedly sent him an invitation sms. Jill claims that she did not. The guys are gradually scattered around the house. Suddenly, a killer attacks Robbie. Sidney runs into Kirby's house, and the next moment they are attacked by a killer. All three run away. Hiding her cousin under the bed, Sydney gets out onto the roof and distracts the killer. In parallel, she calls Dewey. Looking up from the killer, Sydney finds Kirby, and they lock themselves in one of the rooms. Charlie begins to knock on the outer door of the room with a request to let him in, but Sydney and Kirby see blood on his arm and refuse to open the door for him. A maniac appears, who, stunning Charlie, ties him to a chair in the yard. Then he calls on Kirby’s cell phone from Charlie’s phone and offers her to play a horror movie quiz. Sidney asks Kirby to take the killer for a while, and she sets off to look for Jill. The killer asks Kirby questions, such as: what weapons did Leatherface use, Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees , and the like. The girl answers all the questions correctly and sees that nothing is happening. Then she goes outside, frees Charlie, but he has a knife in his hands and he kills the girl. When Sydney, not finding Jill, returns, Charlie attacks her, but Sydney manages to break free. But then the second killer is announced, who stabs Sydney in the stomach. Then the killer takes off his mask, and it turns out to be Jill.

Having thrust Sydney into the kitchen and at the same time dragging the bound Trevor there, the couple reveals their motives. Jill eats wild envy at the fact that her cousin has such a huge, albeit sad, glory. She also wants to be the center of attention, but, as she puts it, the center of attention can be found only if "something bad happens to you." Since Charlie and Robbie throughout the film put forward the version that the killer will act on the principle of a remake , not a sequel , now Charlie and Jill decide to arrange the ending, as in the first part - the killers would be Robbie and Trevor, who would also kill Sydney and Charlie and Jill are the only survivors (Jill takes the place of Sydney herself and Charlie takes the place of Randy Mix ). Jill shoots Trevor in the groin, and then finishes off a shot in the head. To look like real victims, the couple decides to mutilate and injure each other (as Billy Loomis and Stewie Mesher did ). Jill stabs Charlie and unexpectedly inflicts a mortal wound on him, after which he explains to the dying guy that the viewer likes the thriller much more if he has only one character alive. Then Jill inflicts a second stab wound on Sydney, from which she falls to the floor. Then Jill begins to inflict various injuries on himself (he leaves a tuft of hair in Trevor’s fist, hits his face against the frame of the picture, falls on a glass table and puts a knife in his chest on the right side), after which he lies on the floor next to Sidney and faints. Arriving Dewey, Judy and several other police officers find four bloodied bodies in the kitchen.

While Jill is being taken on a stretcher to the ambulance, crowds of reporters take pictures of her and she gets what she wanted — fame. In the ward, Jill, talking with Dewey, says that now she and Gail can write a new book about everything that happened, noting that she and Gail have the same wounds (Gail was also wounded in the same place). Jill regrets the death of Sidney, but Dewey “reassures” her, saying that Sidney is alive, but is in intensive care. Then he goes to the ward to Gail, where he tells her about Jill's desire to write a book with her together and mentions a phrase about the same wounds. Gail, this seems strange: how does Jill know that she was also wounded in the chest on the right? Meanwhile, Jill comes to Sydney’s ward to complete what she’s done, because she, in her words, like Michael Myers , “can’t die in any way,” and begins to beat her. At the height of the battle, Dewey rushes into the chamber, whom Jill stuns with the ship, picks up the gun and directs him to the Gail that rushed in, but when Judy Hicks arrives in time, he manages to knock Gail to the floor, thereby saving her from being shot. Jill, threatening to kill the unconscious Dewey, demands a weapon from Judy, and then shoots her. Then she takes Gale in her sight, but she notices how Sydney rises from the floor and turns on the defibrillator . Gail tries to distract Jill, and Sydney puts a huge electric charge into her cousin's head, which causes Jill to lose consciousness, and Sydney reminds her that she forgot about the remake rule - never touch the original. Sidney drops to the floor, exhausted. Waking up, Jill takes a splinter of glass and quietly from behind begins to approach Sydney. But she turns sharply and, having shot, kills Jill completely. It turns out that Judy is alive because she was wearing body armor. Outside the hospital, reporters, still unaware of what was happening, continue to report, calling Jill Roberts a heroine who put an end to everything.

The following is a list of the roles, characters and actors of the official Russian dubbing:

Creation

Officially, the Weinstein Company studio announced the release of the fourth film back in July 2008, ^[3] and Wes Craven said he did not mind returning to the franchise if he liked the script of the new picture. ^[4] In March 2010, he was approved to be the director: ^[5] “I am pleased to accept Bob Weinstein’s offer and direct the series in a new direction. Working with Courtney, David, and Neve has been an amazing experience for me. I am sure it will be right now. I can’t wait to start filming to find new characters in my film. I saw fragments of Kevin’s script - I got goosebumps from some ideas, this has not happened since the time of the original film. ” ^[6]

Meanwhile, trilogy producer Katy Conrad sued Weinstein Company because the project began without her knowledge, ^[7] and her company Cat Entertainment Inc. had an exclusive franchise agreement with Weinstein’s company, in particular, the new part of Scream. ^{[7] [7] [8] [9]}

Script

Kevin Williamson, who left the project while working on the third part, returned to creating the script. Wes Craven shared his thoughts on the fourth part: “10 years have passed since the events of the third part. No more killings took place, and the continuation of “Knocking” follows one by one. Sidney Prescott is alive and well and is trying to return to normal after all the difficult events she had to go through. She even wrote a book, achieving incredible fame . "

The director says that now the endless sequels and fashion for remakes, film studios and directors will become the center of jokes. Heroes will try to find out what state the genre is in and how it affects the audience. Kevin Williamson missed the deadline - Thanksgiving ( January 4 ) - and presented the first version of the script only in mid-February.

Casting

In 2008, Jamie Kennedy said in an interview with iFMagazine that he was negotiating the appearance of his character Randy Mix in the new part. Although the character was killed in the second part, the actor confirms that the scriptwriters have found a loophole. In addition, Kennedy says that if the current script takes place, viewers will see many familiar faces in the new film - not only famous young actors of our time, but also performers from the classical trilogy.

Screenwriter Kevin Williamson denies all these rumors, but jokes that he does not mind returning Randy. In an interview with FEARnet, the screenwriter said he would be happy to work again with Jamie on the new film in the series. At the 67th Golden Globe Award Ceremony, the journalists discussed with the Arquette couple the possibility of their return, as well as the return of Nive and Craven to the project.

In September 2009, Variety announced that David Arquette and Courtney Cox would indeed return to the fourth part. ^{[10] [11]} Meanwhile, Liv Schreiber stated that the authors have no plans to return his character Cotton Wiley, who was killed in the third part, to a new film. ^[12]

In April 2010, 12 casting calls were released for samples for various roles. ^[13] In May 2010, it became known that Hayden Panettiere and Rory Calkina participated in the project. ^[14] Later, Emma Roberts officially received the role of Sidney's cousin, Jill, - Ashley Greene claimed this role. ^[15] Craven, like in the previous three films, wanted to play a cameo and on Twitter asked fans to choose a role for him, but Craven's cameo was removed from the final version of the film. ^[16]

In June, actress Lake Bell , who was allegedly about to play the role of assistant sheriff Judy Hicks, Sydney's former classmate, dropped out of the project due to a busy shooting schedule. ^[17] Nancy O'Del will play the reporter again ^[18] - before that, the actress has already appeared in the second and third films, and Roger Jackson will again voice the maniac during telephone calls. ^[19] Actress Lauren Graham, who was about to play the role of Kate Kessler, dropped out of the project a few days after the start of the main shootings. ^{[20] [21]}

The Hollywood Reporter reported that actresses Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell will play cameo roles at the very beginning, like Drew Barrymore and Jada Pinket-Smith before them. ^[22] It also became known that Sheniah Grimes and Lucy Hale will appear in small episodes of the film. ^[23]

Filming

Filming was originally supposed to begin in May 2010, but the start of the filming period was moved to June 28 of that year. With a budget of $ 40 million, the main filming began on June 28, 2010. ^[11] It was assumed that the filming would end on September 6, but after 42 shooting days, they stopped only on September 24. ^{[22] The} shooting took place in the vicinity of Ann Harbor in Michigan. ^{[24] [25]} Some flashback scenes were shot at Woodworth Middle School in Dearborn, Michigan. ^[26] The former Livonia courthouse was used as a police station building. ^[27]

In April 2010, Craven was looking for a bookstore and decided to use a still-open store in Northville called Next Chapter Bookstore Bistro for filming. The director liked the interior and the name of the store so much that he completely saved them for filming. Craven also hired a store chef to cook for the film crew. The main scenes were filmed in the first week of June. ^[28] After a test run in January 2011, Craven and Weinsteins decided to cut two scenes. As a result, Amy Tigarden and Alison Bree had to return to Detroit in late January and stay on additional filming until early February - filming lasted 4 days. The scenes of attacks on their heroines - in the house and in the parking lot, respectively, were filmed. ^{[29] [30] [31]}

Many computer effects (CGI) were also used, which distinguishes the fourth part from the rest of the films in the series. For example, instead of using a knife with a retractable blade, the blade was later drawn on a computer. ^{[32] The} death of Anthony Anderson's character was filmed using 30 cameras from different angles. The hero’s death scene was invented after Craven heard about a similar case from a documentary about ambulance employees - the victim, who was stabbed in this way, herself went to the hospital with a knife in her head. Craven decided this was a rather unusual case. According to Craven, he did not inform the studio bosses about the changes in the scene, and jokingly added that "he hopes he will not be fired the next day." ^[33]

Several scenes appearing in the trailers and television commercials of the film were cut from the final version:

• An alternative beginning with Marnie and Jenny.
• Dewey arranges an impromptu check of his subordinates at Jill's house - knocks on the door and does not respond.
• Kirby, Robbie and Charlie talk in the school corridor about the upcoming Beatphone event.
• Scene at the school fountain.
• Dewey shares his concern about the killings and experiences with an assistant.
• Charlie and Robbie come to the barn to prepare the Beatphone. When Charlie with the box approaches the door, Robbie scares him.
• Dewey and the police at the site of the murder of Marnie and Jenny - the famous phrase about your favorite horror is written on the wall with blood. Officer Perkins tells the sheriff that the murder weapon is most likely a hunting knife.
• Kate Roberts apologizes to Jill and Sydney for sleeping when Olivia was killed.
• Тревор и Джилл в больнице после убийства Оливии и ранения Джилл в руку. Тревор пытается поцеловать её.
• Фраза Гейл «Go ahead if you have a guts!» (с англ. — «Давай, если кишка не тонка!») во время нападения на неё в амбаре.
• Расширенный финал

Отсылки к предыдущим частям

• У каждого нового персонажа есть свой прообраз из первого фильма: Джилл ( Сидни ), Кирби (Татум Райли), Тревор (Билли Лумис), Чарли (Стью Мейкер), Робби (Ренди Микс) и Оливия(Кэйси Бэйкер)
• Премьера фильма в США состоялась 15 апреля 2011 года — ровно 15 лет спустя после премьеры первой части.
• На «Ударофоне» можно увидеть манекены Кейси и Татум. Некоторые гости марафона переодеты в Дьюи и Гейл.

Отсылки к другим фильмам

• Энтони Андерсон играет полицейского по имени Энтони Перкинс. Энтони Перкинс — имя актёра, сыгравшего Нормана Бэйтса в фильмах серии « Психо ». Его персонажа Билли Лумис цитирует в конце первого фильма: «Мы все иногда чуточку сходим с ума» .
• В школьном кино-клубе висят постеры таких фильмов, как « У холмов есть глаза », « Хэллоуин 2 », « Зелёная миля », « Рассвет мертвецов », « Кинг-Конг », « Изгоняющий дьявола », « Тролль 2 », « Дрожь земли », « Просто кровь », « Армия тьмы », « Нечто », « Вертиго », « Бразилия », « Комната страха », « Волчья яма », « Хеллбой 2: Золотая армия », « Зак и Мири снимают порно », « Доказательство смерти », « Зомби-стриптизёрши », а также постер вымышленного фильма ужасов «Удар ножом».
• В разговоре с убийцей Кирби упоминает следующие ремейки: « Призрак дома на холме », « Кошмар на улице Вязов », « Мой кровавый Валентин », « Пятница, 13 », « Выпускной », « У холмов есть глаза », « Последний дом слева », « Техасская резня бензопилой », « Ужас Амитивилля », « Чёрное Рождество », « Дом восковых фигур », « Туман », « Когда звонит незнакомец », « Пираньи »
• В комнате Кирби висит постер классического фильма ужасов « Носферату. Симфония ужаса ». А в комнате Джилл висит постер фильма « Американский оборотень в Лондоне ».
• Рингтон Дьюи — главная тема фильма « Полицейский из Беверли-Хиллз ».
• В одном из эпизодов Кирби и Джилл смотрят « Зомби по имени Шон ».
• В самом начале фильма упоминается « Пила 4 »

Официальная игра по фильму «Крик 4» для iOS и Android вышла после премьеры фильма. ^{[34] [35]} Разработчик игры — The Weinstein Company , решившая расширить сферы своей деятельности, предлагая среди прочей продукции по своим фильмам ещё и видео-игры. В игре вам предстоит управлять убийцей в маске — Ghostface . Управляя им, вы должны настичь своих жертв и остаться незамеченным для полиции.

Тестовый показ картины прошёл в Питтсбурге 6 января 2011 года. ^[36] Голливудская премьера состоялась 11 апреля 2011 года в кинотеатре Grauman's Chinese Theatre . ^[37] В широкий прокат картина вышла 15 апреля 2011 года. ^[6]

Reviews and criticism

Фильм получил смешанные отзывы кинокритиков. Его рейтинг на сайте Internet Movie Database на балл ниже рейтинга первой части франшизы ^{[38] [39]} .

Box office fees

Фильм вышел в прокат в 3 305 кинотеатрах на 4 400 экранах и в первую ночь собрал $1 млн, ^[40] добавив $8,7 млн в пятницу и ещё $7 млн в субботу, ^{[41] [42]} заняв второе место по результатам за уик-енд. ^[43] Если верить специалистам, то результат $19,3 млн довольно «разочаровывающий», ^{[41] [44]} — второй по низким сборам результат франшизы. ^[42] В первые выходные, мировые сборы составили $37,3 млн на территории 30 стран, уступив место лишь мультфильму «Рио», собравшему $53,9 миллиона в 62 странах. Фильм стал лидером по сборам в Великобритании, собрав более 2 миллионов фунтов; занял второе место во Франции; третье — в Мексике и четвёртое в Австралии. ^[45] За выходные фильм переместился на пятую строчку, собрав $7,2 млн. В итоге, мировые сборы составили $ 97 035 182. ^[1]

DVD и Blu-Ray

Фильмы на Blu-ray и DVD дисках появились в продаже в Мексике 5 августа 2011, ^[46] , 16 августа в Дании, ^[47] 17 августа в Швеции, ^[48] 22 августа в Великобритании и Ирландии, ^[49] 20 сентября в Канаде, ^[50] 4 октября в США, ^[51] и 6 октября в Австралии и Новой Зеландии, ^[52] в России 27 октября.

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