As I Scream fan, I found Scream 3 to be the weakest entry in the trilogy. Without the humor from the original and without the suspense from the first sequel, Scream 3 is stranded with just kills and crime investigation. This film lacked some serious charm from its predecessors, because it lacks the "fun" from the original and it lacks the amount of violence in Scream 2. Scream 3 isn't terrible and when compared to other slashers it is watchable, but it is just average at best. For sexual content 2/5, a woman is seen taking a shower although we don't see any actual nudity just her legs, shoulders, head, and a brief glimpse at her upper buttock. A passionate kiss that is non-sexual. Multiple sexual references and innuendoes. A sub-plot deals with a woman's mother being a mother who slept with many men. For violence and gore 3/5, while it isn't frequent, there is some and it can get bloody at times. Most of the violence here is just stabbing or shooting. For profanity 4/5, there are about 30 f words and its derivatives, anatomical terms, scatological terms, frequent uses of blasphemy, sexual references and innuendo, name-calling, and mild obscenities. For social behavior, it's awful since it involves a killer named Ghostface who kills people. For consumerism 3/5, there are constant references to other old horror films and celebrities. For substance use 2/5, people can be seen smoking. I recommend this film to audiences that are at least 15 and up. For content grading key, a 5 means that it is constant, 4 means that it is quite a bit, 3 means that it doesn't occur frequently, but sometimes, 2 means that there is some content but not a whole lot, 1 means that there is barely any content, and 0 means there is no content.
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End (hopefully) to the hit slasher saga.
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for Ages 17–18
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Parents need to know that while there's less extreme bloodshed here than in the other Scream features, stabbings and throat-slittings are still abundant, matched with (sometimes exceeded by) the swearing. The movie industry is described as an environment where vapid starlets boost their careers by having sex with influential men. There are ghoulish and defamatory references to the imperiled heroine's late mother throughout, and toward the end the idea of parental rejection comes to the fore as a motive for mass-murder.
Read our full review by Charles Cassady Jr.
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BETTER THAN THE FIRST 2!
according to this movie trilogy, the original film sets the rules, the sequel BENDS the rules, and in the trilogy, it retells the story beginning to end, the way its supposed to. in SCREAM 3, this is very true. i believe that this is the least gory of the series; the second was the most gory. this movie had the most talk of sex. (Ex. "i didnt f*** the director just to die with you second rate stars!" and "they f***ed her 3 ways from sunday in this room." but the 1st had the most "action". i loved this movies twists, much like the 1st 2, but this has the best twists. i think this was better than the 2nd one, which was better than the 1st. i think it is age appropriate for 13+, depending on the kid. definately not as gory as STAY ALIVE.
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