Scream 3

R

Released Feb 4, 2000

1h 56m

Horror

Comedy

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41%

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125 Reviews

38%

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250,000+ Ratings

In the final installment to this trilogy, a murdering spree begins to happen again; this time targeted toward the original Woodsboro survivors and those associated with the movie-inside a-movie, Stab 3. Sydney (Neve Campbell) must face the demons of her past to stop the killer(s).

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Critics Consensus

Despite some surprising twists, Scream 3 sees the franchise falling back on the same old horror formulas and cliches it once hacked and slashed with postmodern abandon.

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Sezín Koehler

Bitch Media

Actually a scathing indictment of how women are treated behind-the-scenes in Hollywood.

Mar 5, 2021

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

The series is already so dense with internal references and exposition that it's on the verge of becoming more of a trivia game than a movie series. Still, for the initiated, the third time's a charm. For everyone else, it's just a scream.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 26, 2019

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Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

[The cast] is good. And so are director Wes Craven's inventive stagings of these set-tos. Not so good is the absence of hip cross-references to the classic horror tropes.

Jun 25, 2019

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Stephanie Archer

Film Inquiry

Entertaining and an easy watch, Scream 3 promises to be more than expected.

Dec 17, 2021

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

An underrated, post-modern deconstruction.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 16, 2021

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Parker Posey (and a fitting "end" for Sidney Prescott) saves this film.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 12, 2021

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Bradley G

Scream 3 is a very tired sequel as it loses that rhythm as it reverts back from the trilogy's which gives the cliches that shows its orchestrated. It offers a different tone of narrative killing's and voice disguises which was the new trait for the solo reveal as for me I felt it didn't work.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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Carlos L

Pânico 3 pode ser inferior aos seus dois anteriores,mas de forma alguma é um péssimo filme,crítica sobre Hollywood e cenas divertidas estão presentes.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/23/24

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Michael J

Big downgrade from the sequel and original. Killer reveal was very anticlimactic.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/21/24

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Matthew R

I think I like this better than Scream 2. Ending has a solid plot twist that is enjoyable.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/15/24

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Lucas t

Used to be my favourite, still good tho.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/13/24

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Kyle C

It’s better than the reviews give it credit for. Not the best in the franchise but definitely not a bad movie by any stretch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

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Wes Craven

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David Arquette

Dwight "Dewey" Riley

Neve Campbell

Sidney Prescott

Courteney Cox

Gale Weathers

Patrick Dempsey

Detective Mark Kincaid

Scott Foley

Roman Bridger

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Synopsis

In the final installment to this trilogy, a murdering spree begins to happen again; this time targeted toward the original Woodsboro survivors and those associated with the movie-inside a-movie, Stab 3. Sydney (Neve Campbell) must face the demons of her past to stop the killer(s).

Director: Wes Craven
Producer: Cathy Konrad, Marianne Maddalena, Kevin Williamson
Screenwriter: Kevin Williamson, Ehren Kruger
Production Co: E1 Entertainment, Dimension Films, Craven-Maddalena Films, Konrad Pictures
Rating: R (Language|Extreme Violence)
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 4, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $89.1M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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