Reality TV Shows “Real” or Scripted?

Why do we love to hate reality television? For the millennial generation, there seems to be an obsession with reality tv because this type of content is expanding largely; this increase includes a wide variety, ranging from competition to dating to family life drama. According to the Washington Post, there are currently over 300 reality […]

[Review] MTV’s Scream: Betrayed

As I noted last week, I’m in full on hate watch mode for Scream at this point. But this week’s episode managed to turn that around just a bit. I don’t really know what’s going on at this point since there are so many poorly written plot points and character motivations, but I think it’s […]

[Review] MTV’s Scream: Exposed

All the things I’ve been complaining about the last few weeks (the uninteresting and unlikeable characters, the lack of immediacy, reliance on death to further interest) have come to a head. We’re at the halfway point of the first (and hopefully only) season, and I’m in full on “hate watch” mode. The further the show […]

[Review] MTV’s Scream: Aftermath

Like most horror television shows, MTV’s Scream is what you would call an “event” series. While nothing may be going on in the the day to day narrative, these kinds of shows rely on “events” to keep people hooked and talking. In The Walking Dead, for example, at the end of one of these event […]

[Review] MTV’s Scream: Wanna Play a Game?

In my review of the last episode, I said I was a fan of Scream‘s willingness to be awful. There’s always an inherent fun with shows that are written, acted, and directed terribly if there’s a commitment to the bit. With episode three, the commitment is in full force and we’ve gotten some pretty cheesy […]

[Review] MTV’s Scream: Hello, Emma

After watching the first episode of MTV’s Scream TV adaptation, I had no idea how to feel. It wasn’t good enough to be considered legitimately entertaining, and it wasn’t bad enough to be illegitimately entertaining. The worst part of it all was the poorly written dialogue. And considering the pilot episode was written by film […]

[Review] MTV’s Scream: Pilot

I’ve been very interested in MTV’s TV adaptation of the Scream films since it was announced. I was mainly concerned about how any of it would work. Taking the core essentials of the horror genre like tension, gore, and very little characterization and stretching it out over an entire season is a big task. After […]

Watch the First 8 Minutes of MTV’s Scream TV Series

[youtube id=”TtJypNcyNsA”] I’m not a big fan of horror films, but I’ve always loved the Scream series. Its slasher horror tinged with a goofy and meta rule book really stood out among a genre where every film was nearly the same. It came out at exactly the right time, too. The rebellious 90s angst was […]