Scream 3 is no mere sequel, its makers want us to understand. It is, they insist, something more self-consciously thought out--the grand, concluding chapter of a "trilogy." This means, they tell us, both from the screen and in the publicity, that it is not ruled by the horror film's generic conventions, that anything can happen.
Well, yes, it can, but will it? The survivors of the first two episodes in the series--they are not many--are now in Hollywood, where a movie version is being made of the unfortunate occurrences in Woodboro a few years back. David Arquette's deputy Dewey Riley is...
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