Watch the first 8 minutes of the new Scream TV series

The 1996 movie Scream was all about taking on the tired tropes of the slasher sub-genre so the idea of a TV series remake is both kind of fitting and also pretty much misses the point of what the film was doing.

Regardless, MTV has done it - also missing the point by making something inherently R-rated into something for network audiences. The first 8 minutes have been released online for all to see so make your own judgements.

The use of modern tech is at least halfway interesting, as its gotten a whole lot easier to spy on people in the modern age. A few observations - kids can type fast these days. Do people live in houses this swanky? Are we supposed to accept this person instead of Drew Barrymore? And that mask looks utterly horrible.

As in the original movie, this murder is just the beginning as a serial killer starts to stalk a small town with the killings possible connected to the area's dark past.

Do what do you think?

Scream premieres on MTV on the 30th of June 2015.