Scream VI - Movie Review

Chris Stuckmann reviews Scream VI, starring Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jack Champion, Mason Gooding, Liana Liberato, Dermot Mulroney, Devyn Nekoda, Jenna Ortega, Hayden Panettiere, Courteney Cox. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett.

[TairiqueTuray]

*The only movie where you can get stabbed 17 times and run a 30 mile marathon afterwards*

[HannahDodsworth]

Straight up love how Gale star 69's the killer.
"Can you hold please?"
"Huh?"
*Phone rings behind door*
*Shoots without hesitation.*
SO GOOD.

[argoth]

Nothing more unbelievable then a therapist seeing a patient at night on a weekend

[ahmedhathoutt]

I've been saying this for so long. I want a Scream movie where the audience knows the killer before the main character and every time they interact, we get so angry because we want them to find out so bad.

[keithgerholt]

I was thinking the same thing when they revealed the killer at the beginning. I was so intrigued by it but that being said I still absolutely loved this movie. So tense and so enjoyable

[jkandte]

Probably just a trivial thing, but I also wondered why everyone was wearing Halloween themed outfits for what felt like three days haha.... last time I checked Halloween was just the one day in October. Also, Danny miraculously pulling out a full length ladder that just so happened to conveniently be in his tiny high rise apartment I found unintentionally hilarious

[GabrielGiusti]

Chris, I love you, but I've seen so many people say that this is the first Scream movie to not take place in Woodsboro, and now you too 😂. Scream 2 took place in the fictional Windsor College in Ohio and 3 took place in Los Angeles, why do people forget that?

Anyway, I really liked this movie and I love your videos, keep up the good work!

[QuagmiresDungeon]

Spoiler:

Gale’s fight with Ghostface was insane! Such a tense scene and they faked out her death about 3 times in the span of 5 minutes and I was so nervous for her

[untamedbanana]

i loved all the homages to scream 2. there were sooo many callbacks

spoilers!!!

- gale finally getting the call meant for her that she was supposed to take in scream 2. great scene aside from the stupid decisions they made her character make
- characters see news on t.v and make the assumption that they’re in for a part 2 of what happened in the previous film even if the connection feels minimal
- takes place while our protagonists are in college now
- the new boyfriend, the new roommate, the killer hidden in plain sight whose authority makes you think they’re probably good (detective bailey). plus the new boyfriend being the main red herring. surprise! they were just an awesome, caring boyfriend all along
- the finale taking place at a theater. plus the story beat of having one character get shot and put out of commission until the end where they finish off the final ghostface (gale in the first film and kirby in the new one)
- the killers being related to the previous killer. billy loomis and mrs. loomis / richie kirsch and detective baile. parental bond being the motive
- chad (dewey) surviving multiple stab wounds and being wheeled out at the end of the movie. they really are making chad the new heart of the franchise. wouldn’t be surprised if he has an irreversible injury in the third movie similar to dewey’s spinal injury
- “didn’t see that one coming did ya” when quinn was revealed. mickey said the same thing about mrs. loomis
- the main character walks away from the crime scene while the camera pans out for a big long shot
- a new blossoming romance between two of the main characters and their kiss scene being interrupted by ghostface
- i believe this is the only scream movie besides 2 where there’s an opening kill that doesn’t take place in someone’s home

i’ve probably missed a lot of others. i’ll keep adding as i come up with more. feel free to leave similarities you noticed as well!

[zachpayne]

One of Hitchcock's best films is "Rope" where you know who the killers are the whole movie and you spend the movie watching someone else figure out they did it. I would love to see that in the scream franchise!

[behindyoujamie]

I saw this while cosplaying as Randy Meeks. My theater staff loved my outfit (and willingness to nerd out over horror) so much that I got a fan poster they had leftover from the Thursday Fan Event I missed.

Great movie experience for a great movie.

[rodtaylor]

Um, Scream 3 was set in L.A. and Scream 2 was set at a university.

[KeeganEvansPhoto]

I was a huge fan of it too! Was just a fun, well paced slasher. 🔪🙌

[jongon]

I think it's a decent sequel, I definitely had fun with it. I thought the opening was terrible and super contrived, then when the killer took off his mask I was very intrigued. Until the real Ghostface revealed himself to the first killer and killed him off, I thought that was super ingenious!

[thehorrornoobs]

I’m so glad Chris agrees that there’s never been a “Bad” Scream movie, You might not like scream 3 or 4 but it’ll never be as objectively bad as something like “Freddys Dead” or “Jason X” All the Scream movies are completely rewatchable to me and I’ve always loved every single one of them.

[devingeeringh]

Honestly the idea of another scream movie knowing who the killer is the whole time would be a good change for scream to keep the franchise going. Scream is very self aware of itself being a cheesy yet real horror movie. With them even mentioning the theory of Stu being alive in the movie, that would be a good installment. A movie focused on Stu (the OG ghostface) coming back for one last kill. An older more mature and broken Stu performed by Matthew Lillard

[justafidemyself]

It's strange to me that people say this is the first movie out of Woodsboro when 3 out of the 6 films in the franchise are not in that town. That being said, I hated the last one and this one was amazing. That scene with the ladder? That was insane. This movie gave the franchise a whole new life. I would gladly watch a new Scream movie each year if it's as good as this one.

[LavanOutLoud]

"Scream 6 was the first to take place outside of Woodsboro."
Scream 2 (in Ohio) and Scream 3 (in Hollywood): And I took that personally.

[iamthurnis]

i absolutely loved the character development of the core 4 in this movie, that dinner scene in the apartment before that really intense ladder chase sequence was great for their characters

[heelmoxley]

5 and 6 have been a pleasure to watch. It’s always interesting to see how they keep these movies relevant, and at the moment they’re nailing it.