Twenty-five years after the original, Ghostface returns to Woodsboro with a fresh thirst for blood (and revenge). Ready or not director duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett pay homage to Wes Craven's original idea and break box office records with the newest installment in the Scream series.
Fan-favorite meta slasher Scream returned to the big screen in January 2022 with a piercing plot, fearless cast and heart-pumping thrills. Upcoming horror directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett joined forces with Scream stars Neve Campbell (Sydney Prescott), Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers), David Arquette (Dewey Riley) and Skeet Ulrich (Billy Loomis) in creating the newest 'requel' (reboot/sequel) in the beloved Wes Craven original horror series.
The Carpenter sisters - Tara (Jenna Ortega) and Samantha (Melissa Barrera) face the masked Ghostface killer who's set to turn their lives into another bloody revenge-tale in continuation to the famous 'Stab' series. Led by the survivors of the previous Woodsboro attacks - final girl Sydney, reporter Gale Weathers and ex-officer Dewey, Tara and Sam try to point out the ruthless Ghostface among their close group of friends.
As a fan of the franchise and substantial admirer of the original feature I found myself highly entertained and strongly reminiscent of the Wes Craven classic. Leaving the cinema, I felt proud to be a part of such witty and self-critical community that's able to look back and recognize the legacy of an iconic horror filmmaker like Wes, and treat it with nothing less but the respect and praise it deserves.
The Scream films have been the beginning of a strong (and maybe slightly obsessive) relationship with horror filmmaking for many (myself included) and so the success of Scream 5 can only serve to remind aspiring horror filmmakers that there is still hope for the genre. Even more, with Scream grossing over 30 million dollars just in its opening weekend in the US and Canada, studios have been alert of the growing bloodlust of movie-goers and may start to put more funding into its revival - to hell, we even surpassed Marvel's Spiderman and that should amount to something!
As my not-horror-obsessed partner put it, Scream 5 was 'corny but just the right amount.' There were enough thrills and scares to keep anyone in the theater glued to their seats, while at the same time providing some incredible comedy relief and straight-up comfort with it's witty dialogues and brilliantly planted references. Watching Scream 5 was the perfect movie-going experience for any die-hard horror fan and didn't leave many viewers wondering what they were going to say when faced with the question what's your favorite scary movie.
Watch the official Scream 2022 trailer here:
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