History Film / Scream2022

Kevin Williamson, writer of the first, second and fourth films, returns as an executive producer. Creator/MarleyShelton returns as Judy Hicks from ''Film/Scream4'', while new additions to the cast include Creator/DylanMinnette, Creator/JennaOrtega, Creator/MelissaBarrera, Creator/JackQuaid, Creator/JasminSavoyBrown, Sonia Ben Ammar, Creator/MikeyMadison, Creator/MasonGooding, and Creator/KyleGallner.

** The Ghostface killer is brutally efficient, using surprise and fear in order to kill their victims. [[spoiler: This because most of the murders were done by Amber, a 5'2" petite high school girl, who can't overpower most of her victims. It would make sense that she would need to sneak up on most of them, as well as take advantage of their fear-stricken states. The only hink in this is with Dewey as she takes him by surprise and overpowers him, but that can at be handwaved by Dewey being practically disabled at this point from surviving many stabbings.]]

** Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/MatthewLillard, and Creator/JamieKennedy, who respectively played Casey, Stu, and Randy, have [[https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3699867/scream-filmmakers-reveal-surprise-easter-egg-cameos-didnt-notice-spoiler-interview/ voice-only cameos.]] Barrymore is also the voice of the principal on Woodsboro High School's PA system, Lillard does the voice of "Chromeface" in ''Stab 8'' and had a brief line ADR'd into the party scene where somebody tells Amber that she has a cool house, and Kennedy was the voice of the party-goer who says that "somebody's dad" is kicking them out.

** The [=YouTubers=] reviewing the last ''Stab'' movie criticize it for not including a number in the title and simply calling it by the original movie's name, which is ''exactly'' what this movie does.
** The ''Stab'' franchise, an InUniverse analogue of the ''Scream'' franchise, is past its prime at this point and should have ended a long time ago. More pointedly, Richie states that the ''Stab'' franchise went off the rails with the fifth film - in the middle of the fifth film of the ''Scream'' franchise.

* SequelEscalation: Played with. [[spoiler:At first, it seems that Richie and Amber killed a lot of people, but Chad's and Mindy's survival meant that they only killed six people, matching the body count of Billy and Stu. Thus, this is the first ''Scream'' movie in which the new Ghostface has less kills than the previous one, since [[Film/Scream4 Jill and Charlie]] killed nine people, ten people if counting Jill's betrayal of Charlie.]]

** When Tara is forced to answer trivia questions about ''Stab'' at the beginning of the film, she has the advantage of using the Internet to answer them. [[spoiler: Not that it stops Ghostface from attacking her when she only answers a question half-right]].

** After the second attack and [[spoiler: Dewey's death]], Sam promptly does what any sane person being chased by a serial killer would do and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere tries to get the hell out of town with Tara and Richie]]. She is only sidetracked by Tara's lost inhaler, which [[spoiler: Richie]] took, to lead them to the planned finale at the original house.

** Gale during the hospital confrontation. [[spoiler:She calls Dewey right as he is about to finish off Amber, distracting him long enough for her to mortally wound him.]]

** [[spoiler:Amber]] claims to like elevated horror movies, even stating "Jordan Peele fucking rules". The problem is that the movie playing at her party is ''Stab'' instead of something like ''Film/ItFollows'' or ''Film/GetOut''.

** Sidney makes her return in classic fashion, and Sam follows in her footsteps.

* PlotHole: The third act has a a moment of strange continuity; namely, [[spoiler: After Amber reveals herself as a killer, Sam and Ritchie flee together into the basement, before the movie cuts to Sidney and Gale's arrival. The next time we see Sam she is alone, and managed to sneak upstairs off screen. We never get an explanation for why she and Ritchie split up after the basement scene.]]

* PlotHole: The third act has a a moment of strange continuity; namely, [[spoiler: After Amber reveals herself as a killer, Sam and Ritchie flee together into the basement, before the movie cuts to Sidney and Gale's arrival. The next time we see Sam she is alone, and managed to sneak upstairs off screen. We never get an explanation for why she and Ritchie split up after the basement scene.

* BaitAndSwitch: The movie's RecycledTitle mimics those of ''Film/Candyman2021'' and ''Film/Halloween2018'', implying that it is a "true" direct sequel to the original ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}'' that ignores or even [[CanonDiscontinuity retcons]] the controversial sequels. However, elements from the other three sequels are pivotal to this film's plot[[note]]the ''[[FilmWithinAFilm Stab]]'' [[FilmWithinAFilm movies]] made their debut in ''Film/Scream2'', and Martha Meeks and Judy Hicks are returning characters from ''Film/Scream3'' and ''Film/Scream4'' respectively[[/note]], making this installment closer to an ordinary sequel, albeit a belated one.

** This time, the victim in the ColdOpen actually survives the first scene, the next scene revealing she was able to be rushed to the hospital and that the surgery went well. [[spoiler:Not only that, she survives the whole movie, becoming the FinalGirl the original audience probably assumed Creator/DrewBarrymore was going to be.]]

* AsthmaPeril: After Sam gets her from the hospital, Tara realizes she doesn't have her inhaler. As there are no pharmacies around and they want to leave Woodsboro, they have to go to Tara's best friend, Amber's, house to get Tara's spare inhaler. Amber raises the possibility that Tara faked losing it in order to get Sam and Richie to her house to try and kill them. She didn't, though; Amber is one of the killers. Despite Tara's asthma, though, she survives fighting with the killers and being Bound and Gagged in a closet during her asthma attack with apparently no ill effects whatsoever.

** Creator/JennaOrtega [[Series/You2018 and her sister are tormented again by]] [[SerialKiller serial killers.]]

The film was released on January 14, 2022, delayed from a previously intended 2021 release. It also has a [[SequelGap release gap]] of nearly eleven years between it and the last installment, just slightly shorter than the gap between the third and fourth films. Due to the film’s critical and commercial success, [[https://deadline.com/2022/02/scream-sequel-moving-forward-at-paramount-and-spyglass-1234925874/ a sixth installment was greenlit]] within a month of its release; titled ''Film/ScreamVI'', the film is set for release on March 10, 2023. Actors confirmed to return are Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega, alongside Creator/HaydenPanettiere from ''Scream 4''. Neve Campbell later [[https://deadline.com/2022/06/neve-campbell-scream-not-returning-1235038974/ announced]] that she wouldn't return due to a pay dispute, making ''VI'' the first ''Scream'' film without Sidney Prescott.

** [[spoiler:Dewey remembers that it's better to go back and shoot Ghostface in the head to ensure he's really dead. Unfortunately, the killers have already set up a trap for him in the meantime.]]

''Scream'', or as it's colloquially known, ''Scream 5'' or ''Scream V'', is a 2022 {{Meta|Fiction}} SlasherMovie directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, from the filmmaking collective known as Radio Silence (''Film/{{VHS}}'', ''[[Film/ReadyOrNot2019 Ready or Not]]''). It is the fifth film in the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' franchise, and the first to not be directed by Creator/WesCraven after his death in 2015, as well as the first film not to be distributed by Creator/DimensionFilms, with {{Creator/Paramount}} taking over distribution following the collapse and liquidation of Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany.

* AffectionateParody: ''Stab 8'' is basically a parody of ''Film/TheLastJedi'', since both of them are divisive eighth installments of a series directed by Rian Johnson. Radio Silence stated in an [[https://www.thewrap.com/scream-2022-directors-interview-radio-silence-the-last-jedi/ interview]] that they liked ''The Last Jedi'', so the jokes made about ''Stab 8'''s controversial reception are clearly done in good fun.

** [[spoiler:Richie]] claims he has never seen the ''Stab'' films, which is meant to indicate his GenreBlindness in regard to slasher movies. However, [[spoiler:Richie]] also makes meaningful allusions to ''Film/Halloween1978'' and ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and watches a Website/YouTube video bashing ''Stab 8'', which foreshadows that his GenreBlindness is an InformedFlaw.

** On a more meta level, at one point the requel concept is referred to derisively as "fanfiction," the least charitable acknowledgement possible of the fact that death has occurred -- not only with Wes Craven but even the Weinstein Company itself.

The film was released on January 14, 2022, delayed from a previously intended 2021 release. It also has a [[SequelGap release gap]] of nearly eleven years between it and the last installment, just slightly shorter than the gap between the third and fourth films. Due to the film’s critical and commercial success, a [[Film/ScreamVI sixth installment]] was [[https://deadline.com/2022/02/scream-sequel-moving-forward-at-paramount-and-spyglass-1234925874/ greenlit]] within a month of its release, set for release on March 10, 2023. Actors confirmed to return are Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega, alongside Creator/HaydenPanettiere from ''Scream 4''. Neve Campbell later [[https://deadline.com/2022/06/neve-campbell-scream-not-returning-1235038974/ announced]] that she wouldn't return due to a pay dispute, making ''VI'' the first ''Scream'' film without Sidney Prescott.

The film was released on January 14, 2022, delayed from a previously intended 2021 release. It also has a [[SequelGap release gap]] of nearly eleven years between it and the last installment, just slightly shorter than the gap between the third and fourth films. Due to the film’s critical and commercial success, a [[Film/ScreamVI sixth installment]] was [[https://deadline.com/2022/02/scream-sequel-moving-forward-at-paramount-and-spyglass-1234925874/ greenlit]] within a month of its release, set for release on March 10, 2023. Actors confirmed to return are Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega, alongside Creator/HaydenPanettiere from ''Scream 4''. Neve Campbell later [[https://deadline.com/2022/06/neve-campbell-scream-not-returning-1235038974/ announced]] that she wouldn't return due to a pay dispute, making this the first ''Scream'' film without Sidney Prescott.

''Scream'', or as it's colloquially known, ''Scream 5'', is a 2022 {{Meta|Fiction}} SlasherMovie directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, from the filmmaking collective known as Radio Silence (''Film/{{VHS}}'', ''[[Film/ReadyOrNot2019 Ready or Not]]''). It is the fifth film in the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' franchise, and the first to not be directed by Creator/WesCraven after his death in 2015, as well as the first film not to be distributed by Creator/DimensionFilms, with {{Creator/Paramount}} taking over distribution following the collapse and liquidation of Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany.

* StrawFan: As mentioned above, the ''Stab'' fans are really vocal about their dislike of what the movies had become. [[spoiler:None more than the killers, who are doing their murderous rampage specifically to inspire a new, better installment!]]

** Gale during the hospital confrontation. [[spoiler:She contacts Dewey right as he is about to finish off Amber, distracting him long enough for her to mortally wound him.]]

** [[spoiler: Amber abruptly putting a bullet through Liv's head]], revealing [[spoiler:herself]] to be the killer.

* WhereItAllBegan: The climax is deliberately in Stu's old house, where the last third of the original movie happened. Sidney and Gale even immediately realize the final battle will be there, and Sidney calls the killer "The most derivative Ghostface yet".

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The silver/chrome Ghostface mask was just a joke prop specifically made for the in-universe ''Stab 8'' Ghostface, right? Nope, [=FunWorld=] (the owners of the mask’s copyright) created silver variants of the mask to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the mask’s conception. Considering that the silver masks were limited edition collectors' items, it's most likely that the mask for the ''Stab 8'' Ghostface was custom-made.

''Scream'', or as it's colloquially known, ''Scream 5'', is a 2022 {{Meta|Fiction}} SlasherMovie directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, from the filmmaking collective known as Radio Silence (''Film/{{VHS}}'', ''[[Film/ReadyOrNot2019 Ready or Not]]''). It is the fifth film in the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' franchise, and the first to not be directed by Creator/WesCraven after his death in 2015, as well as the first film not to be distributed by Creator/DimensionFilms, with {{Creator/Paramount}} taking over distribution after acquiring the franchise following the collapse and liquidation of Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Sam and Tara are five years apart in age (it is explicitly said their parents split when Sam was 13 and Tara 8). However, at the end of the movie, a reporter claims that 25 years almost to the day have passed since the events of the original film, meaning that, since Sam is Billy's biological daughter, she can't be younger than 24, making Tara 19... despite she and her friend group still being in high school. It might be possible if Tara was held back for some reason, but nothing to this effect is ever stated in the film, and it still seems unlikely.

* ActionGirl: Sidney makes her return in classic fashion, and Sam follows in her footsteps.

* ArcWords: "It's an honour" and "For Wes". Both are said and invoked multiple times.
* ArtisticLicense: At one point in the climax, the film depicts a wholly unrealistic portrayal of how fire works. [[spoiler:Amber bursts into flames by simply being up against a stove burner. While such a situation could realistically start a fire, it would not spread that fast, although she had previously been doused in (presumably alcohol-based) hand sanitizer. On top of this, Gale and Sidney leave her burning in the kitchen, seemingly not the least bit concerned that the fire could spread.]]
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: There is no way, even in a small town like Woodsboro, that a hospital floor would be as completely deserted as it was when the killer came after Tara again. Even if there did happen to be an empty floor (the explanation given) in the first place, already a stretch, there would still have to be several employees and police officers around.

** Sidney quickly tells [[spoiler:Sam to shoot Richie, even after he's been stabbed over a dozen times]].

** Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/MatthewLillard, and Creator/JamieKennedy, who played Casey, Stu, and Randy, have [[https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3699867/scream-filmmakers-reveal-surprise-easter-egg-cameos-didnt-notice-spoiler-interview/ voice-only cameos.]] Barrymore is also the voice of the principal on Woodsboro High School's PA system, Lillard does the voice of "Chromeface" in ''Stab 8'' and had a brief line ADR'd into the party scene where somebody tells Amber that she has a cool house, and Kennedy was the voice of the party-goer who says that "somebody's dad" is kicking them out.

* CelebrityParadox: Popular horror [=YouTubers=] James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca cameo in the movie as hosts of a fictional CausticCritic channel Film Fails. However, their ''real'' channel WebVideo/DeadMeat also has a cameo in the movie as a [=YouTube=] thumbnail underneath Kirby's interview.

The film was released on January 14, 2022, delayed from a previously intended 2021 release. It also has a [[SequelGap release gap]] of nearly eleven years between it and the last installment, just slightly shorter than the gap between the third and fourth films. Due to the film’s critical and commercial success, [[https://deadline.com/2022/02/scream-sequel-moving-forward-at-paramount-and-spyglass-1234925874/ a sixth installment was greenlit within a month of its release]], set for release on March 10, 2023. Actors confirmed to return are Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega, alongside Creator/HaydenPanettiere from ''Scream 4''. Neve Campbell later [[https://deadline.com/2022/06/neve-campbell-scream-not-returning-1235038974/ announced]] that she wouldn't return due to a pay dispute, making this the first ''Scream'' film without Sidney Prescott.

The film was released on January 14, 2022, delayed from a previously intended 2021 release. It also has a [[SequelGap release gap]] of nearly eleven years between it and the last installment, just slightly shorter than the gap between the third and fourth films. Due to the film’s critical and commercial success, [[https://deadline.com/2022/02/scream-sequel-moving-forward-at-paramount-and-spyglass-1234925874/ a sixth installment was greenlit within a month of its release]], set for release on March 10, 2023. Actors confirmed to return are Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega, alongside Creator/HaydenPanettiere from ''Scream 4''. Neve Campbell later [[https://deadline.com/2022/06/neve-campbell-scream-not-returning-1235038974/ announced]] that she wouldn't return due to a pay dispute, making ''6'' the first ''Scream'' film without Sidney Prescott.

** "I still prefer ''Film/TheBabadook''." [[spoiler:Said by Tara after she kills Amber in a [[BookEnds bookending]] call-back to their first interaction in the opening scene, where she named that film as her favorite scary movie.]]

** "''Yes'' today." [[spoiler:Said by Ghostface while killing Dewey, as a spin on him previously saying "Not today!" while fending the killer off.]]
** "It's an honor." [[spoiler:Said by Ghostface before getting their finishing blow in on Dewey.]]
** "I know." [[spoiler:Amber seconds before shooting Liv after the latter desperately tells the group she is not the killer, thus revealing herself as Ghostface.]]

*** "Never fuck with [[spoiler:the daughter of a serial killer]]." [[spoiler:Sam says this before stabbing Richie over a dozen times with Amber's abandoned knife, calling it a "new rule" in rebuttal to his insistence that her death as the designated villain of his and Amber's plan falls in line with "the rules".]]

* ReallyDeadMontage: [[spoiler:After Dewey is killed, we get a DiesWideOpen shot of him. Then we see his body being taken out of the hospital in a bodybag by coroners, while Gale screams and cries and tries to run towards him, only to be held back, with everything in slow-mo and [[SilenceIsGolden no dialogue]]. All of this hammers into the audience that ''this'' time, Dewey isn't going to miraculously pull through like he did in the other movies -- he really isn't coming back.]]

** Both of these film's Ghostfaces also have an interesting subtextual parallel to internet culture, with this film's Ghostface being more overt but still having a representational/satirical/symbolic element that one could miss. [[spoiler: Jill's desire for stealing the (practically forced upon) spotlight from Sidney has had the interesting effect of predicting famous [=YouTube=] influencer culture, especially since it's made clear that she doesn't need to be talented or a good person to become well-known. She just needs to make sure all the Ghostface killings (that she caused/planned) are uploaded to the web and that she comes across as an innocent victim, therefore instantly gaining the fame she wanted. The amount of terrible people becoming internet famous, not to mention social media fame being a gateway to bad actions in real life, should both make it clear that ''Film/Scream4'' was both of its time and ahead of its time. This film's Ghostface is the duo of Richie and Amber, who through their desire to see another Stab film end up killing and harming multiple people, including the real world characters that were portrayed in the very first Stab that they love. The paralells to modern toxic fandom are clear and even invoked (even the fact that these two take up the mantle of a fictional/real-in-their-world villain could be read as invoking MisaimedFandom), but these two's killings could be swapped out with any form of internet cyberbullying or even outright physical harmful behaviour, and it would be more clear that they represent those kinds of internet fans: the ones who will do more harm than good in favour of honouring the franchise they love, whether it be pushing people off social media, sending death threats, making inflammatory videos, creating lies and conspiracies, attacking others, all of that. Not to mention doing it to both new characters and old represents the kind of harassment that can befall both anyone creatively new to a franchise that wants to do anything different, and those who have been a part of it for a long time. The killing of Dewey is even preceded by Ghostface saying "It's an honor", showing how fundamentally backwards they and many fans who behave in a similar manner are.]]

* StylisticSuck: ''Stab 8'' features a Ghostface using a flamethrower, spinning around duel machetes, and wearing a sleeveless hoodie with a chrome Ghostface mask to demonstrate how far the ''Stab'' series jumped the shark.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Subverted. [[spoiler:Amber]] tries to lure in [[spoiler:Gale and Sidney]] by feigning a heavy injury and limping out onto the porch. It’s practically played for laughs as they both immediately realize it’s a trap before [[spoiler:a small shootout commences]].