The 35th Precinct

The weather was soggy and gloomy and miserable yesterday, but fortunately, it wasn't as fearsome as predicted. I did, however, unplug everything but the television. I went to see Scream 4 just to see who Ghostface was this time. Fannish speculation had it that it would be one of the original three-Sidney, Dewey, or Gail--and was profoundly disappointed. Oh, it was a perfectly serviceable slasher flick, and it was faithful to its established canon, but the rules that were so original in 1996 have now become as hackneyed and ossified as the rules they once mocked. I knew that because this was a Scream movie, it would absolutely follow a certain, fixed structure, and it did.

( Scre4m--MAJOR SPOILERS )

It was a run-of-the-mill slasher flick that discovered its grandmother's issue bloomers in the bottom of the laundry pile. Not bad, but certainly not must-see. B-