Scream VI
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 10, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 53 Critic Reviews
Positive:
31
Mixed:
19
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyMar 10, 2023
The showdown (in the usual abandoned auditorium) is perhaps the campiest yet to be unveiled, proving that a generally-clapped-out franchise is capable of some fairly fun death throes. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMar 10, 2023
Scream 6 does distinguish itself in the horror set pieces. Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (who also made the previous entry) clearly grasp that these movies are, at their best, mean. Read full review
60
Little White LiesAnton BitelMar 9, 2023
Scream VI is well-made, fast-moving and often painfully brutal, while peppered with the kind of sassy, savvy dialogue that has always been a hallmark of the franchise. Read full review
60
EmpireOlly RichardsMar 8, 2023
One of the sillier series entries in terms of plot, but still scary enough and funny enough to leave you hoping Ghostface might yet kill again. Read full review
60
Total FilmKevin HarleyMar 8, 2023
Bigger, bloodier, blunter. Ghostface goes all-in for the kills in a brash but broad requel-sequel, sharpened by Barrera/Ortega’s ace pairing. Read full review
60
Screen DailyNikki BaughanMar 8, 2023
While that familiarity is Scream VI’s major strength, it has also become its fundamental flaw. The location may have changed, the kills may be increasingly inventive, but underneath all that window dressing it’s the same as it ever was. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 8, 2023
Scream VI will probably prove as popular as most of its predecessors, proving that if you give the people what they want — namely lots and lots of gory stabbings with a little satire thrown in — they will come. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 8, 2023
Scream VI is a decent film with a transitional feel, a signal that you can take the show on the road and it still works. But it doesn’t leave you screaming for more. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyJoshua RothkopfMar 8, 2023
Splattery, puncture-heavy violence — the hard-R rating is earned — alternates with deadening rafts of therapy-speak, including an actual therapy session. But there's no deeper meaning to any of it; the Scream idea, meta to its core, was always a preening celebration of its own cleverness, never mind the occasional half-explored nods to toxic fandom or cancel culture. Read full review
50
ScreenCrushMatt SingerMar 10, 2023
Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett do know how to stage a good scare sequence, and Scream VI has enough decent ones to prevent the film from tipping over into disaster. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJason ZinomanMar 9, 2023
It’s tricky business balancing disturbing terror and jokey film criticism, and while this sequel occasionally pulls it off, the weight of obligations to the dictates of the franchise ultimately drags it down. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineGregory NussenMar 8, 2023
It simply picks up the baton from the previous film, relying on a series of increasingly nasty, and at times exciting, kills to thrill audiences, while leaving everything in between to feel as fake as its vision of the Big Apple. Read full review
50
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaMar 8, 2023
After an opening kill sequence that bucks convention and suggests a much better movie, Scream 6 grows tedious as it attempts to catch us up with the returning characters and introduce new ones. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleZaki HasanMar 8, 2023
There’s a lot in Scream VI to satisfy longtime fans, but it still feels like a step down from the last one. Read full review
45
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMar 8, 2023
This sixth chapter boasts not a single genuinely unnerving jolt—a consequence of tepid writing as well as the familiarity of Ghostface’s tactics, which have long since become their own genre clichés. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithMar 23, 2023
Ghostface tends to veer from fiendishly brilliant to unbelievably thick depending on the writers’ limitations. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeMar 12, 2023
The only notable development is just how rapidly a satirical skewering of genre formulas can become thuddingly formulaic. Read full review
40
Rolling StoneDavid FearMar 9, 2023
The sixth time isn’t the charm here. And it’s certainly way, way less fun and clever than it thinks it is. Read full review
40
Time OutPhil de SemlyenMar 8, 2023
Even in those well-executed gnarlier moments and winky character beats, Scream VI feels a lot more dated than the genre it’s deconstructing. Read full review
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