‘Scream VI’ review: NYC-set horror flick less scary than the real city
nypost.comon a New York City subway platform. Who cares if it’s Ghostface or not? Is this lunatic gonna push her onto the tracks?It’s a fleeting, ripped-from-the-headlines thrill in what’s otherwise a snooze-fest that mechanically rips off what came before it.
Running time: 123 minutes. Rated R (strong bloody violence and language throughout, and brief drug use).Not to mention that this first “Scream” movie to be set in the city is a total waste of NYC.
Don’t spend any mental energy trying to figure out what street the characters are running down, what park they’re hiding out in, or what borough it is.
This isn’t New York at all — it’s Montreal with some painted signs and trucked-in yellow cabs. The movie’s first kill, during a blind date involving a young film studies professor, takes place in a wide alley off of Hudson Street in the Village behind a dumpster.
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