Scream 4 (2011) poster

3.4

Scream 4 (2011)

Horror, Mystery • 1h 51m

Director: Wes Craven

3.4

Best video release

France M6 Video 4K Blu-ray

Video notes:

Geoff D review.

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray disappointing - Avoid. Terrible release. Another Kino-grade encode with a huge DV layer. The Lionsgate Limited Steelbook has a different disc with exclusive bonus discs and apparently another poor encode but they also messed up the DV metadata and made that disc unwatchable with DV enabled.

Updated 4 months ago

Best audio release

US releases for the original audio

Pay per view version audio is on the UK Entertainment in Video Blu-ray and the France M6 Video 4K Blu-ray

Additional info

Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray has exclusive extras

UHD tiers

France M6 Video:

Geoff D review.

Superior Imports

France M6 Video:

Geoff D review.

Lionsgate:

Avoid. Terrible release. Another Kino-grade encode with a huge DV layer. The Lionsgate Limited Steelbook has a different disc with exclusive bonus discs and apparently another poor encode but they also messed up the DV metadata and made that disc unwatchable with DV enabled.

About the film

Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott has put herself back together thanks to her writing. However, her return to Woodsboro sparks the return of the Ghostface Killer.

Featured Lists: Scream
Alternative Titles: SCRE4M

Part of Scream

Director: Wes Craven

4K · Excellent

Best Video:

Theatrical: Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Uncut Director's Cut: Either the Germany Kinowelt DVD, the Japan DVD, the Scandinavian DVD, or the US LaserDisc.

Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Fan preservation is likely better quality.

Best Audio:

2011 Blu-ray/2021 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The 2011 Lionsgate Blu-ray is incredibly poor for every Original Trilogy film; older processed older DVD-era masters with heavy use of DNR, sharpening and edge enhancement with a really dull color grade. The 4K Blu-ray is miles better. The DTS-HD 5.1 across all three films appears to be the same on both the Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray, and they appear to be the untouched theatrical 5.1 mixes.

The Uncut version has more violence: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=256325

Scream 2 (1997)

Director: Wes Craven

4K · Excellent

Best Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Scream 3 (2000)

Director: Wes Craven

4K · Excellent

Best Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Directors: Tyler Gillett & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin

Best Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Scream VI (2023)

Directors: Tyler Gillett & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin

Best Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

More from Wes Craven

Deadly Blessing (1981)

Director: Wes Craven

4K · Disappointing

Best Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has color space error but otherwise an improvement upon previous Blu-rays. See caps

Maybe the included standard Blu-ray is better?

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Director: Wes Craven

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly:

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray screenshots

The People Under the Stairs (1991)

Director: Wes Craven

Best Video:

Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Arrow, Via Vision, and Koch Media all have exclusive extras

New Nightmare (1994)

Director: Wes Craven

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-Ray

Swamp Thing (1982)

Director: Wes Craven

4K · Solid

Best Video:

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

88 Films 4K Blu-Ray upcoming

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Director: Wes Craven

4K · Excellent

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

More from Entertainment in Video

Blade II (2002)

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best Video:

4K master with OAR of 1.85 restored streaming on HBO MAX

WB US Blu-ray or UK Entertainment in Video Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

WB 4K Blu-ray teased by Guillermo Del Toro

Video Notes:

CA Alliance Blu-ray or dutch Blu-ray are the same masters but have additional sharpening.

Additional Info:

The original DVD has an isolated score and a exclusive easter egg

Marty Supreme (2025)

Director: Josh Safdie

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Entertainment in Video UK 4K Blu-ray

Sources: testsbluray.com (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Entertainment in Video UK 4K Blu-ray or French Metropolitan 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The UK 4K Blu-ray and Canada 4K Blu-ray both do not have the low-pass that the US 4K Blu-ray has. The UK 4K Blu-ray has some general blockiness and chroma artifacting issues, but the Canada 4K Blu-ray has at least a handful of scenes where the encode completely falls apart and massive macroblocks are visible. The Canada 4K Blu-ray also does not have hardcoded forced subtitles for the newsreel scene like the US and UK 4K Blu-rays. The grade is the same between all three discs.

See tenia's review of the French 4K Blu-ray but no comparison available

The Atmos mix is the same between the US 4K Blu-ray and the UK 4K Blu-ray save for the amount of dynamic objects: the UK 4K Blu-ray has 15 to the USA's 11.
The UK 4K Blu-ray also has a DD-EX compatibility track and a lossless version of the commentary track that is in Dolby Digital on the US and Canada 4K Blu-rays.

UK 4K plays fine in motion https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24007274&postcount=181

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

Director: Joel Schumacher

Best Video:

UK Entertainment in Video Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Japan GAGA 4K Blu-ray is worse

Megalopolis (2024)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Best English-Friendly:

UK Entertainment in Video 4K Blu-ray

Crossing Over (2009)

Director: Wayne Kramer

Best Video:

UK Entertainment in Video Blu-ray?

The Smashing Machine (2025)

Director: Benny Safdie

Best Video:

UK Entertainment in Video 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK Entertainment in Video 4K Blu-ray > US A24 4K Blu-ray

Babygirl (2024)

Director: Halina Reijn

Best Video & Audio:

Entertainment in Video UK 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Entertainment in Video UK 4K Blu-ray. Comparisons

Director: Tony Scott

Best Video:

UK Entertainment in Video Blu-ray

Hereditary (2018)

Director: Ari Aster

4K · Solid

Best Video:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray or the newly released UK Entertainment in Video 4K Blu-ray?

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