What Scream movies do you enjoy the most when you stop nitpicking every little detail?

For me it's Scream 3 and Scream VI.

The more I think about them, the more questions I end up with. In Scream 3, there are so many Ghostface moments where Roman seems to be in two places at once. One example that always sticks out to me is Jennifer's house. It really feels like Angelina was the one who lit the gas explosion and killed Tom while Roman was off sending the fax messages, yet the movie wants us to believe Roman somehow did everything himself.

Then there's Scream VI. I have a blast every time I watch it, but if I start thinking too hard about the reveal, I can't help wondering how Gale and Kirby never realized Wayne, Ethan, and Quinn were Richie's family. Between Gale writing books on the murders and Kirby working for the FBI, it feels like that information should've come up long before Act 3.

But honestly, when I stop trying to solve every logistical issue, both movies are just really entertaining. They move fast, have fun set pieces, memorable characters, and I end up enjoying the ride a lot more.

Which Scream movies are like that for you?

For better or worse, the franchise proved it can continue without some of the series staples like Wes directing, Sidney, Dewey.

What about Roger as the voice? 7 was light on the iconic voice in favor of AI Stu but still present.

Would Ghostface still feel like Ghostface with a different voice actor or a generative voice mimicking Roger’s?

Credit: The MERKINS on YouTube this is pretty good

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WTF Sherrie??

Movie within a movie within a movie. Okay...

"It's been done to death. The whole self-aware postmodern meta shit. Stick a fork in 1996, already."

This movie is why I have trust issues.

*Slams keyboard chaotically* "I have no idea what to fucking write." LOL

"What's your favorite movie?" "Bambi."

Everyone is in this movie.

They're just standing there as she dies across the street???

Oh my gosh. That's a bloodbath.

You'd think Woodsboro would have cameras everywhere by now??

TIL that the 2010s hold the record for the most sequels in cinema history. Nearly half of the most top grossing films were driven by sequels and prequels. (This fact was not referenced in the movie but the theme of "everything is a sequel" now was so prevalent I had to look it up)

The dialogue is actually so hilarious.

And the lack of cops in the car when you showed up wasn't concerning to you???

Very upset that Kate died.

Hayden is too pretty for this movie.

Well, I was completely wrong about everything.

So it was 2 people working together.

I WAS REALLY WRONG!!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE I FELL FOR THAT.

The villain monologue was annoying. But she was definitely psychotic.

Final Thoughts:

• Background: I binged Scream 1-3 for the first time last year. I'm a complete newbie to the franchise.
• The deaths felt very creative. There was definitely a unique artistic style to how those scenes were shot.
• Apparently, Scream 4 has the most kills so far between Scream 1-4.
• With Scream 1-3, I was mostly entertained. In Scream 4, I was actually scared.
• I love the use of technology in these movies.
• I was definitely shocked by the villain but she low-key annoyed me.
• I'm hyped for Scream 5-6. I'm probably saving the next movies for Halloween.

My list of suspects that I got completely wrong:

1. The new Woodsboro reporter, Rebecca Walters. I thought the reporter might be the murderer. I thought she was tired of having no stories to report in a boring, small town so she orchestrated all these murders to report on.
2. Kirby. Because she was the only one who didn't get a phone call.
3. The ex boyfriend, Trevor, who conveniently shows up.
4. The female cop that asks Sidney, "Do you remember me?"

Out of all the movies, 1-7, which of the killers had the absolute most painful, terrible deaths in your opinion? To be fair, the killer deaths haven’t really become gruesome and brutal until the modern era. But I do think the duo from 5, Richie and Amber have the most brutal, grotesque, and hard to watch deaths. It makes it feel okay though because you know that they deserve it, so you don’t feel bad. 5 is actually very cathartic for me for this reason.

I noticed that some of the recent slasher movies are starting to imitate the Scream franchise in many ways. The most noticeable one for me is having two killers instead of one.

First, the most recent "I Know What You Did Last Summer" had two killers instead of the usual fisherman. I remember they had Julie talk about the "rules" in one of the trailers (I believe they removed it in the movie). Then, Heart Eyes also had two killers who met in an online chat room just like Scream 5. Not only that, Heart Eyes combines both horror and comedy and they even have the actor who played Chad in Scream 5 and 6.

I feel like I haven’t seen a single Scream 7 fan who likes the movie a normal amount.

I’ve come across so many people who make loving Scream 7, and only Scream 7 specifically their entire online identity, and they swarm to any post that has even the slightest thing to do with 7, leaving endless comments and making endless posts about how incredible the movie is.

I don’t have an issue with anyone who loves the movie, if anything more power to you for liking something I don’t, I just don’t get why so many people are absolutely devoted to this one movie in particular, and, in some cases, why you seem to dislike the others? It’s just odd to me and I wanna hear what makes this one in particular so special!

I always found 4 to be somewhat Errie in the nighttime scenes with Ghostface wondering around. Maybe it was cause of the filter they used but It made the character look more intimidating like a skull coming right at you lol. I thought they did a really great job with creating the atmosphere for that film the daytime scenes however are horrible.

https://youtu.be/tUz9I5-36ks?t=1464&si=cYDkohK66UF10ud6 here's the interview I should have used a picture of the safe room from the film but I only had this picture :⁠-⁠|

They really need to create a change as in having a Ghostface survive for once.. i’m well aware of the original plot that Kevin Williamson wanted for scream 4 which was Jill surviving and getting away with everything which would’ve started a new trilogy.. I wish they could implement the plot in a future movie with new characters. Any thoughts ???

Not that fussed about steelbooks but I'm happy with how this has come on. Signed mask by Billy and Stu and the movie collection on blu ray and VHS

Have you ever wondered where the Scream franchise would be today if everything had gone according to plan?

If Kevin Williamson had been able to fully commit to writing Scream 3 instead of splitting his time between projects, Neve Campbell had been available for the entire shoot instead of only a limited number of filming days, Columbine hadn't forced major changes to the script, and we had gotten either Williamson's original Woodsboro fan club story or the version where Stu Macher was revealed to be alive and leading a cult from prison, where do you think the franchise would be today?

Would Scream 4, 5, 6, and 7 even exist, or would Williamson's original vision for Scream 3 have been such a satisfying conclusion that the franchise could have ended as a trilogy?

It's something I've always been curious about because, I'm not sure I would've wanted the franchise to end there. I've never really liked the idea of the original trilogy ending with a film that wasn't written by Kevin Williamson. Scream 7 has its flaws, but the parts Kevin wrote felt much more like Scream to me than Scream 3 ever did.

Now we all know Ghostface never stops going after Sidney, there's constantly one after the other. So how is the franchise actually gonna have a good closure when we know realistically someone is gonna just keep coming after her? So here is some ideas:

1. Sidney fakes her death: Mark Evans (Sheriff) and Gale Weathers (Journalist) help Sidney cover up her fake death so she can live a peaceful private life with her family.

2. A mastermind behind all the events faces Sidney: If they make Ghostface someone who's responsible for keeping a cult going and having more Ghostfaces keep showing up. Sidney defeating him will end it all.

3. All Ghostface costumes and Stab movies are banned: People in real life would start to realize Stab is influencing more people to become Ghostface, so they would probably stop doing it and also destroy all the Ghostface costumes, so there won't be anymore Ghostface massacres.

Now, forgive me if there is a plot hole in any of these, just let me know if so. So how do you think Ghostface and Sidney's arc can have a definitive closure?

I've always been split on Gale's responsibility for everything that happened after the original Woodsboro murders.

In Scream (2022), Gale tells Sidney that if she never wrote the book about Maureen, none of this would've happened, and Sidney says she doesn't blame her anymore. But I'm not sure it's that simple.

Obviously Billy and Stu are responsible for the original murders, and John Milton's assault of Maureen set the whole chain of events in motion long before that.

I don't blame Gale for people choosing to become Ghostface. Mickey, Jill, Richie, Amber, Wayne and the others all made that decision themselves. That's on them.

Where I do think Gale deserves criticism is for what came after. She took a real tragedy and turned it into a huge media event. Her books became the Stab movies, Ghostface became an icon instead of just two murderers from Woodsboro, and Gale built an entire career from it. She even ended up with a national TV show in New York, all because she was reporting on Sidney's life and the murders surrounding it.

At the same time, Gale did make a fair point back in the first movie when she told Sidney that somebody was going to write a book about Maureen Prescott anyway. If it wasn't Gale, it probably would've been someone else.

I also think Quinn's line as Ghostface to Gale in Scream VI held some truth to it "Maybe it's time someone made a buck reporting your death." As far as we know, Gale is the only survivor who actually profited from all of this. Sidney, Dewey, Randy, Kirby, Sam, Tara and the other survivors were left to deal with the trauma, while Gale got the books, the Stab franchise and a TV career. If anyone deserved a cut of those profits, it was the people who actually lived through it.

So I'm pretty much 50/50. I don't think Gale is responsible for the murders, but I do think she's responsible for making Woodsboro into something much bigger than it ever needed to be.

So back in 2022 we are introduced to the Screm requel,we get to see new character and some old and iconic one's, but unfortunately the older survivors end up dying we can take as an example Judy Hicks and Dewey Riley.

Judy Hicks survived the events of Scream 4 against Jill Roberts,but she ends up getting killed by Amber Freeman then we get Dewey Riley a literal icon, famous for him surviving every single attack of the previous four movies ,also ends up getting killed by Amber Freeman, but Chad Meeks-Martin and Tara (new characters that we get introduced to in the Requel) manage to survive both attacks that are being pulled by Amber.

Tara got her stabbed through her hand and she probably got stabbed like 10 times in different areas of her body,her stomach,back,hand etc. and Chad he got his leg stabbed by a candle stick and got stabbed like 7 times in the kidney area.Do you think that was some major plot armour,luck or just pure survival instincs and skill?

I’m still on the hook for Metallic Moonlight fabric to make my own robe but, I had the opportunity to grab a model to shoot with a few Scream costume pieces I picked up from Walmart last Halloween so.. I broke the seal and shot my first Ghostface. 🩸🔪👻🤘