If you made someone guess which "Scream" film has the best rating on Rotten Tomatoes, most people would pick the first one. That's the only "Scream" movie that seemingly everyone loves, whereas most people have some bones to pick with each of the sequels. And yet, "Scream" only has a score of 78% fresh . It's outdone by "Scream 2," which has an 83%. Even stranger is that the fifth and sixth "Scream" films land at 76% and 77%, respectively. They have lower scores than Wes Craven's original, yes, but the margin is slim.

To those unfamiliar with Rotten Tomatoes, this data seems to clash hard with the general consensus on the quality of these films. Most agree that the 2020s "Scream" sequels, while fun, still don't hold a candle to Craven's original . So, what gives? How did the divisiv

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