Because the first Scream
ushered in a new era of cheap Hollywood slasher films, it just feels wildly out
of place to find yourself watching Scream
3 attempting to be all self-referential and ironic about the tropes of the
genre after a slew of other films started repeating the formula unironically.
Screenwriter Ehren Kruger took over the responsibility for penning this entry
from original creator Kevin Williamson (but Wes Craven returned to direct).
What he did, I suppose in an attempt to freshen things up, was to set the
slashing amid the making of the latest “Stab” film (you might remember that’s
the series based on the murders that took place in the first film. So we get treated to lazy jokes about Hollywood
and actors and directors and screenwriters that pale in comparison to the
satire of, say, The Player or Wag the Dog.
