I'm in the minority but this was my least favourite Scream movie. Scream 5, the first one without Wes Craven wasn't great but there was some novelty to it and some good riffs on the concept of a re-quel. I was hoping that Part 6 would be much better, mainly because it was to take place in New York which is a great setting for a slasher. But of course, the movie was done on a lower budget as is usually the case with slashers and didn't take full advantage of its setting because of that. The movie even has a character watching Jason Takes Manhattan which infamously was meant to take place in New York but the majority of it actually takes place on a boat. Still, I think that film did New York better as it at least had that one awesome scene of Jason in Times Square. Otherwise it was mostly some back alleys filmed in Toronto which is the exact same thing that Scream did. The only creative New York thing that Scream does is that it utilizes the Subway and apart from that most of it takes place in locations which you could have anywhere else.
That's not to say I completely disliked this entry into the franchise. It's fine and there were some scenes which I found amusing. Most of it however felt very stale and what it lacked the most was tension. I felt nothing and didn't care whether any of the characters die or survive, apart from Gale. In fact when the film started I had completely forgotten who the characters from Scream 5 were and what happened to them in that movie. That tells you everything as I have a pretty good memory for movies and Scream 5 only came out a year ago. As the movie went on I started recalling the events of that film but it just shows how weak the protagonists are compared to the original group. They were a lot more memorable to me and I missed their presence in this installment. I always cared whenever those characters were in peril in any of the films because I genuinely didn't want any of them to die.
On the other hand, the kills are pretty good and there are some funny moments, although I think some of the dialogue was cringe-worthy, especially one conversation about horror films. It's possible to still do some interesting things with Scream if it follows up on some of the things that part 6 teases but I doubt the producers will have the guts to go in that direction. All in all, it falls into the same category as Jason Takes Manhattan of a franchise promising new things in an exciting setting and not delivering on those promises. However, I much prefer Friday the 13th Part 8 to Scream 6 because it's a lot more fun with some insane and hilarious sequences so in the end I'd have to say that movie did the whole New York thing better.
That's not to say I completely disliked this entry into the franchise. It's fine and there were some scenes which I found amusing. Most of it however felt very stale and what it lacked the most was tension. I felt nothing and didn't care whether any of the characters die or survive, apart from Gale. In fact when the film started I had completely forgotten who the characters from Scream 5 were and what happened to them in that movie. That tells you everything as I have a pretty good memory for movies and Scream 5 only came out a year ago. As the movie went on I started recalling the events of that film but it just shows how weak the protagonists are compared to the original group. They were a lot more memorable to me and I missed their presence in this installment. I always cared whenever those characters were in peril in any of the films because I genuinely didn't want any of them to die.
On the other hand, the kills are pretty good and there are some funny moments, although I think some of the dialogue was cringe-worthy, especially one conversation about horror films. It's possible to still do some interesting things with Scream if it follows up on some of the things that part 6 teases but I doubt the producers will have the guts to go in that direction. All in all, it falls into the same category as Jason Takes Manhattan of a franchise promising new things in an exciting setting and not delivering on those promises. However, I much prefer Friday the 13th Part 8 to Scream 6 because it's a lot more fun with some insane and hilarious sequences so in the end I'd have to say that movie did the whole New York thing better.