I know, I know, it's been a while and I'm a day late and a dollar short with this one but hey, it's my blog, I can be as late or as early with things as I wanna be, so in this installment of "What If...?" I'm gonna ask the question what if "Scream 5" was good? No, like really good? For those of you who don't know, I am a huge fan of the "Scream" series (the films...the MTV show is...decent enough) and despite all the hate it gets, I actually really enjoy "Scream 3" (don't get me wrong, I do still consider it the weaker of the films, but I digress). The point is, I really do love "Scream". To be completely honest, the "Scream" movies are the last vestiges of 80s slasher flicks, punched up with a modern take on a genre that is since dead. Think about it, not many slashers exist in this day and age. I'm not gonna recap the films here but if you haven't seen all 4 "Scream" movies, do yourself a favor and check them out and then check out "Scream 5".
While I liked "Scream 5" and had fun with it, it could have been MUCH better and while the reveal was obvious, the motive was completely nonsensical to me (I still don't understand their motives). Like any good sequel or part of a series, it should ALWAYS call back to previous installments and remind the viewers that certain events happened to help usher in new and old viewers. After all, if you're making a sequel for a new generation, they're gonna wanna understand the previous installments so that they can understand all the character relationships, otherwise why even bother making a sequel if you're not gonna reference previous installments? So let's ask What if "Scream 5" was really good? And warning there will be spoilers.
