Synopsis:

Sidney Prescott returns home to Woodsboro for the last stop on her book tour. But everything turns sour as Ghostface returns to create a new chapter in the Woodsboro Killings. Sidney needs to figure out who’s reinventing the deadly game before it’s too late.

Intentions:

Scream 4 had the potential to really reboot the franchise and create a new trilogy with a new lead, but they muffed it all up. My main purpose was to completely change the tone of the film by fixing the ending. Instead of having everything wrapped up neatly, it ends with a cliffhanger. Sadly, this sets it up for a whole new trilogy that will never happen the way I want it. This is the second in my “Quick Fix” series. QuickFixes are simple fanedits of films I enjoy. The primary intention is to trim the movie here and there to improve pacing, tone or characters. These aren’t edits that substantially fix a bad movie. If you don’t like the source movie you won’t care for this fanedit.

Change List:

The biggest change is the ending. When I first saw Scream 4 I was so upset with how it ended. It went on too long and resolved itself too easily. I thought to myself “If they had cut to black at [blank moment] it would have been perfect.” So I wanted to see how it would play out with a new ending. And along the way I made a few minor nips & tucks to the film here and there without going too overboard. Sources: Scream 4 R1 DVD Scream 4 R2 DVD (“The PPV Cut”) The differences between the editions are all in the audio and most are very minor. I primarily used the audio from the R2 DVD. (Video was from R1.) Some of the cuts were made to try and match certain beats in the original screenplay, which had a lot of great ideas that were wholly original for the series. (Unfortunately that original script also had a terrible red-herring subplot that thankfully was cut).

Additional Notes:

Spoilers, For the Stab 7 opening scene I switched to R1 audio. Added “Recut” to the opening title. For the scene with Kirby, Jill & Olivia in the car I used the R1 audio. Added deleted scene “Crime Scene” after Gail’s scene at her computer. The deleted scene was trimmed to cut out showing Jenny Randall’s body and to cut out Dewey and Deputy Judy’s conversation. Added deleted scene “Discussing the Murders” after Gail’s scene with Rebecca. Cut out Deputy Judy’s creepy red-herring conversation with Sidney outside Jill’s room. Added deleted scene “Trevor Visits Jill In The Hospital” after Gail’s scene with Robbie and Charlie outside the hospital. Added music from Scream 1. Also trimmed Trevor’s dumb lines at the end. Cut Rebecca’s death scene in half. (See what I did there?) After Ghostface jumps on her car and she screams it cuts to Dewey’s press conference. This was to match the way it was written originally. Added deleted scene “Kirby and the Boys” after the Cinema Club scene. Cut Perkins’ over-the-top death scene. This was to match the way it was written originally. For Dewey and Jill in the hospital scene at the end I used the R1 audio for Dewey’s line “And that’s all that matters.” After Dewey tells Jill that Sidney’s in ICU and Jill says “What?” the screen smashcuts to black. This was done to match (as best as possible) the original ending. Added “Recut by Neglify” before the end credits. Replaced all end credits music to include the greatest song ever in a Scream movie, RED RIGHT HAND. The fact that this song wasn’t in Scream 4 was a huge beef for me.

Other Sources:

Special Thanks:

Thanks to TMBTM for reviewing my workprint and giving great feedback.