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- MTV
- Jun 30, 2015
- MTV
- Jun 30, 2015
- MTV
- Jun 30, 2015
- MTV
- Jun 30, 2015
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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45% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
50% Mixed
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10 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
57
45% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
50% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Happily, Scream maintains a sense of humor, reinforced with snappy, self-aware pop culture dialogue.
Whether Scream can overcome Noah's legitimate concerns about adapting a slasher movie for TV remains to be seen. But tonight's premiere gets the show off to a strong creative start.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 172 User Ratings
6.7
62% Positive
107 Ratings
107 Ratings
21% Mixed
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
17% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 172 User Ratings
6.7
62% Positive
107 Ratings
107 Ratings
21% Mixed
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
17% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
This is one of my all-time favorite shows now. I don't watch it until the season is nearly over so I know I can rush into the next episode without waiting. Each time I think I know who it may be I begin to question myself due to the other turns with characters. The acting is solid, the filming is solid and the characters are mostly relateable. It doesn't play up the teen angst thing too much and instead weaves a great narrative for each person's motivations.
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SEASON 1
The first hour of Scream is an efficient fright-delivery system wrapped inside a teen drama, but it’s meta-commentary that makes it worthwhile. That, and the pilot’s promise to spread out its jump scares more slowly and deliberately.
There are a few scares here, but while the “Scream” films kept audiences jumping, Scream the TV series risks putting viewers to sleep.
Even for MTV’s young target audience, the characters in Scream are remarkably empty and bland. But this is a slasher show, after all.
The writers try to copy the conceit of the original “Scream,” a horror movie built on droll horror-movie references. But the efforts are often clumsy, flagged with a wink-winking that deadens the gimmick.
The performances are bland, robotic and uninteresting--clearly these actors were recruited for their looks, rather than their acting chops. And most of the main cast white, which is inexcusable in this day and age and completely unrealistic.
Scream is a great show and appeals to its targeted audience in numerous ways. Audrey Jensen is played by an amazing actress.There are many plot twists and lots of drama. The characters are very realistic and relatable. Its very MTV esq. which may not appeal to the original movies fans as much as the teens following MTV. Overall, the cast is great and I hope for season 3 and so on.
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SEASON 1
"Scream" tries so hard to create a new classic, with its own mask and its own characters, providing a lot of twists and of blood. Too many twists, in my opinion, especially in season two, where everything felt too messed up. No characters, no realism, just blood. But maybe THIS is the meaning of "slasher". A simple story full of plot holes that people watch just to know who the killer is.
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SEASON 1
Good characters, good setup but the silly girl with their pink phones and maddeningly poor string of decision making make this too hard to watch. In a movie, that works over the short term but in a series, repeated failures to tell anyone about their secret texts and phone calls is just too much to suspend disbelief. They need to find a more creative way to get there without assuming all teenage girls are vacuous, empty headed idiots. The writers need to try harder.
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SEASON 1
"Scream" was a transformational film when it was released in 1996. It started a new wave of horror and transformed the genre. It was clever and was as much a send up of popular culture as it was a standalone horror film. "Scream" the TV series, produced by MTV, is none of those things. It's attempting to update the story to what life is like now, but the pilot fails to create compelling characters, is burdened by some horrific dialogue, and accomplishes nothing in its first hour. The opening scene -- meant to be a recreation of the iconic Drew Barrymore scene -- is terrible, as is the rest of the show. This feels like what happens when out of touch adults try to write catchy teenage characters and dialogue.
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SEASON 1
