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''Scream 4'' (stylized as ''SCRE4M'') is a 2011 American slasher film and the fourth installment in the ''Scream'' series. Directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, writer of ''Scream'' and ''Scream 2'', the film stars an ensemble cast which includes Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts and Hayden Panettiere. The plot involves Sidney Prescott returning to Woodsboro after 10 years, as part of her book tour. As soon as she arrives, Ghostface once again begins killing students from Woodsboro High, including friends of her younger cousin. Prescott, Gale Weathers-Riley, and Dewey Riley once again team up to stop the murders, but not before having to learn from a new generation the "new rules" of surviving horror films. Originally, the series was intended to be a trilogy, but film production for a fourth installment was approved by Bob Weinstein. Depending on the box office, ''Scream 4'' may be the first of a new trilogy. Williamson had to leave production early due to contractual obligations, and Ehren Kruger (''Scream 3'') was brought in for re-writes. Campbell, Arquette, and Cox are the only returning cast members from the previous films and were the first to sign on to the film in September 2009. Panettiere and Rory Culkin were the first of the new cast to sign on in May 2010. Ashley Greene was initially the choice of the lead character, Jill, but the role eventually went to Roberts. Filming took place in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan in June 2010 to September 2010, with re-shoots in early 2011. ''Scream 4'' was released on April 15, 2011, and took in $19.3 million its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, making it the second-lowest opening in the franchise, since the first film, although it did receive a more positive critical response than its predecessor. It was the final film directed by Wes Craven before his death four years later. ==Plot== On the fifteenth anniversary of the original Woodsboro murders, high school students Jenny Randall and Marnie Cooper are attacked and brutally murdered at home by a new Ghostface. The following day, Sidney Prescott returns to Woodsboro to promote her new book ''Out of Darkness'', with her publicist Rebecca Walters. After evidence is found in her car, Sidney becomes a suspect in the new murder spree and is forced to stay in town until the murders are solved. Sidney's cousin, Jill, who is dealing with the betrayal of her ex-boyfriend, Trevor Sheldon, gets a threatening phone call from Ghostface. Jill and her friends Olivia Morris and Kirby Reed are questioned about their calls by Dewey Riley, who is now the sheriff of the town, assisted by Judy Hicks. Meanwhile, Gale Weathers, who is now married to Dewey, is struggling with writer's block. She decides that the new Ghostface murders could revamp her career and begins delving into the case, despite Dewey's protests. Sidney stays with her aunt Kate Roberts while in Woodsboro. Later that night, Olivia, who lives next door to Jill, is attacked and killed by Ghostface, as Jill and Kirby watch in horror through Jill's bedroom window. Sidney and Jill rush to the house, but the killer attacks and injures Jill and gets away. Sidney and Jill are taken to the hospital. Later, in the hospital's parking garage, Ghostface murders Rebecca. Moments later, her body is thrown off the building onto a news van. Sidney and Gale enlists the help of two high school movie fanatics, Charlie Walker and Robbie Mercer, who explain that the killer is following the rules of movie remakes to plan the murders. Charlie concludes that the killer will likely strike at a party being held that night. Gale goes to the party to investigate and is injured by Ghostface before Dewey arrives; Dewey takes her to the hospital. Meanwhile, two police officers assigned to patrol Jill's house discover a window to be open and are both murdered by Ghostface. Meanwhile, Kate arrives home as Sidney receives a phone call threatening to murder Jill, prompting the two to attempt to save her, as Jill does not answer her phone. It is then revealed that Jill is not at home, but at Kirby's house. Ghostface is revealed to be outside of the house and stabs Kate in the back through the front door's mail slot, killing her. Sidney then runs into a suspicious Judy while escaping from the house and heads to Kirby's house to save Jill. Ghostface appears at the party and murders a drunken Robbie soon before Sidney arrives at the house. During a confrontation with Ghostface, Sidney instructs Jill to hide under a bed upstairs, while she narrowly escapes Ghostface. Kirby is forced to answer horror movie trivia to save Charlie, who is tied up outside. After she answers Ghostface's questions, she goes outside to untie Charlie, believing that she has won the game. He suddenly stabs her in the stomach and leaves her to die, upset that she took too long to fall in love with him. Sidney is confronted by Charlie and a second Ghostface, who is revealed as Jill. Jill reveals that her motive was out of anger and jealousy of the fame and attention Sidney received in the wake of the murders. Now she's desperate to be the new Sidney Prescott. Jill then pulls Trevor, her ex-boyfriend, tied up and gagged, out of a closet, and shoots him in the groin for cheating on her, and then shoots him in the face, killing him. Jill betrays Charlie by stabbing him to death, intending to frame him as Trevor's accomplice. She then stabs in Sidney's stomach, leaving her for dead. She then trashes the house and hurts herself in order to stage the scene. Dewey, Judy, and the rest of the police then stumble upon the carnage. Sidney and Jill are rushed to the hospital. Dewey visits Jill and tells her that Sidney and Gale are actually still alive; Jill offhandedly remarks that she and Gale would make a good book-writing pair because of their matching wounds. Once Dewey leaves, Jill makes her way to Sidney's room to finish her off and badly injures her. Visiting Gale in her room, Dewey suddenly realizes that Jill's bizarre knowledge of her and Gale's "matching wounds" implicates her in the murders. He finds her in Sidney's room, but she knocks him out, and is quickly confronted by Gale and Judy. Jill shoots Judy, incapacitating her. Just as Jill is about to shoot Gale, Sidney shocks Jill with a defibrillator and then shoots her in the chest, killing her. It is revealed that Judy was wearing a bulletproof vest and is uninjured. Dewey gains consciousness and calls the police, as media reporters outside confirm Jill as a survivor and a "hero, right out of the movies." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scream 4」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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