by Julia Carachure
Staff Writer
More bloodshed, new characters and unknown elements from the first two films are revealed in “Scream 3,” currently playing in theaters.
Director Wes Craven definitely guarantees that by the end of the third installment of the Scream trilogy, all the missing gaps will be sealed. Everything that was unknown through the first two will be revealed, all of which falls back on the original “Scream” movie.
The movie begins with Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber), who was jailed for murder in the first “Scream” and is now the host of his own television show.
While driving on the freeway one night, he gets a mysterious phone call from a female voice, which eventually turns to the infamous scary voice of the killer. The killer demands to know where Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is living.
Within the first five to 10 minutes, two people are snuffed by the killer. This time the killer leaves a picture of Maureen, Sidney’s mother, as a young girl on its victims.
Next, we find Sidney living in northern California under an alias, working as a phone counselor for abused women.
Meanwhile, backstabbing reporter Gail Weathers (Courtney Cox Arquette) is now an anchor of the show “Total Entertainment,” a cheap version of “Entertainment Tonight.”
After a visit from Detective Mark Kincaid (Patrick Dempsey) informs her of the murder, Weathers finds herself investigating the set of “Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro.”
Once Weathers arrives at the set, she meets up with her old flame Dewey Riley (David Arquette), who is technical advisor for the “Stab 3” set. She also finds that he is romantically involved with actress Jennifer Jolie (Parker Posey) who plays Weathers in “Stab 3.”
In order to draw Sidney out of hiding, the killer murders not only Weary and his girlfriend Christine, he also proceeds to kill the cast of “Stab 3” one by one, which includes Angelina Tyler (Emily Mortimer of “Notting Hill”) as “Sidney,” Tom Prinze (Matt Lesslar) as “Dewey”, Sarah Darling (Jenny McCarthy) as Candy the bimbo, Tyson Fox (Deon Richmond), as a character designed in memory of Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) who was killed earlier in “Scream 2.”
Finally, Sidney emerges from hiding, ready to face the killer one more time and once again find out more about her mother’s dark secrets.
While Sidney reappears, so does Randy through a videotape delivered by his sister Martha (Heather Matarazzo), which warns his surviving friends about what happens in the third film of any trilogy, which basically involves a very strong killer, anyone can die, and all the rules from previous episodes are off.
No matter what, the past keeps coming back to haunt everyone in its path.
Other characters include John Milton (Lance Henriksen, formerly of TV’s “Millenium”), producer of all the “Stab” films, Roman Bridger (Scott Foley of TV’s “Felicity”), the “Stab 3” director, and Steven Stone (Patrick Warburton, Pudy of TV’s “Seinfeld”), Jennifer Jolie’s bodyguard.
This last movie proves to be quite scary, even more so than the original “Scream.” However, it definitely had its funny moments, especially the interaction between the “actors” in “Stab 3” and “the real characters” which is seen in the case of Gail and Jennifer, who are constantly bickering through out the film.
There are also other surprises in the movie as well. Some are surprising; others are shocking. Don’t wait until it comes out on video, see it for the fun and the sheer excitement of getting scared. Make sure to have a friend there, this movie is 100 percent guaranteed to give anyone a fright.
