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As you probably know, Scream 4 opened last Friday, and you know what? I was actually pleasantly surprised by it. There’s only so much you can ask of a horror movie– this isn’t high art, people– and while it felt a little trite at the beginning, it ended up going some fun places. Naturally I don’t want to give away too much of what happened, so instead, here’s a little bit of what didn’t happen, just to tease you a bit. Happy screaming!
This is not a sequel. Sequel rules do not apply. REBOOT rules, however…
Erik Knudsen is not Liev Schreiber. No matter how much he looks like him, he’s not.
It’s not who you think it is. It never is, is it?
Aliens do not invade.
Sidney is not attacked in the opening scene. According to last week’s Scream-themed issue of EW, this happened in an earlier draft, but was cut from the shooting script.
Dewey and Gail do not have a baby. This also happened in an earlier draft. The reason for its cut? Infants are complicated.
Woodsboro doesn’t really look like it used to. Then again, Ann Arbor isn’t Sonoma County.
Meta is the new meta is not the new meta is the new meta. I’ll let you figure out what that means.
Hayden Panettiere is not Claire Bennet. Do with that what you will.
Randy Meeks is nowhere to be found. Dang!
It’s not the 90s. New generation, new rules.
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