Wes Craven: 'Scream 4 to mock Saw'
Wes Craven has said that Scream 4 will lampoon the state of the horror film genre today and will take shots at the Saw franchise.
The movie's director told Entertainment Weekly that the fourth Scream instalment will continue the tradition of exposing the conventions of the slasher plot started by the first three films.
"It feels like the end of an era of a certain type of film. There are series of films, a lot of sequels, and a lot of remakes, and part of the humour of Scream 4 is when characters comment on that. 'Enough of Saw 25 and all'. A lot of films, directors, and studios are the butts of some of the jokes."
He continued by saying that just like in the trilogy, knowing the horror formula will help them beat the Ghostface murderer.
"In order to figure out what's happening around them, the characters have to figure out where the genre of horror is. So this is a look at horror after ten years of a lot of sequels rather than original films coming up year after year. One film is successful, and then they make 25 of them."
The creator also promised a reinvention of horror itself.
"I think it's time for something new. I've done remakes of my own films too, with, The Last House On The Left and The Hills Have Eyes, but we feel it's time for something new and different, and that’s what this film is going to be."
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