Mildly — Scream 4 works more through dread than through overt scares. As a whodunnit film, it scored 4.0/10 for fear, 5.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.6/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Scream 4?

Scream 4 has 18 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Scream 4?

Scream 4 is tagged as whodunnit, teen, slasher on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Scream 4

2011 · R · 1h 51m

New decade. New rules.

Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.

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Curator Score

6.6

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

A low-key, restrained watch.

Jump scares

Scream 4 has 18 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.6Overall

Fear4.0

Gore5.0

Atmosphere5.0

Intensity5.0

Genres

mysteryhorror

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Details

Budget$40M

Box office$97.2M

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Starring

David Arquette as Dewey Riley · Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott · Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers · Emma Roberts as Jill Roberts · Hayden Panettiere as Kirby Reed · Nico Tortorella as Trevor Sheldon · Erik Knudsen as Robbie Mercer · Anthony Anderson as Deputy Perkins

Production

Corvus Corax Productions, Dimension Films, Outerbanks Entertainment

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