9 Reasons Why Scream 3 Is Not QUITE As Bad As You Remember It

5. Best Of A Bad Situation

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The Washington Post

Unlike the movie within a movie world of Stab, the Scream franchise exists within a world where bloodshed and tragedy can and will affect the production of a movie.

On 20 April 1999, two disaffected teenagers walked into Columbine High School in Colorado and opened fire on their fellow students and faculty. The world was shocked, and a nation looked for someone to blame for an act that most people still cannot process. The media was the easiest scapegoat and everyone working within it had to question the product they were putting out and how the world would perceive it.

A film franchise about teenagers killing one another played for darkly comic effect would never be well received in such a cultural landscape. The problem was that the production company had started the ball rolling, and it had gained just enough momentum to make stopping it nearly impossible. Faced with the prospect of shelving the project, losing millions of dollars and risking a PR disaster of a youth-orientated company cowing to an old school witch hunt, the producers had no choice but to make the best they could of a bad situation.

It may not have been a perfect movie, but it was better than either tanking the franchise or releasing no film at all.

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Kevin McHugh is a code-monkey by day and a purveyor of the unpleasant by night. Having had several comics published by Future Quake Press he is now moving into prose. An avid fan of punk rock, cheap horror movies and even cheaper fast-food Kevin can be found pontificating either on Twitter or over at WhatCulture Comics where he is a regular contributor. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and two daughters.