Scream‘s Sidney Prescott, Gale Weathers, and Dewey Riley have endured countless stabs and gunshot wounds between them, enduring and outlasting multiple Ghostface encounters across four movies spanning twenty-five years. Now they’re back once again to help a new generation fend off Ghostface. It’s safe to say that no one knows these characters or this franchise […]
Courteney Cox
“Shining Vale” – Before ‘Scream’, Preview Starz’s Horror-Comedy Series Starring Courteney Cox! [Video]
“Welcome to Shining Vale”… Courteney Cox is starring in the horror-comedy series “Shining Vale” for Starz, and today we’ve been provided with an official sneak peek ahead of the premiere on March 6. Check out your first-look below! The half-hour series from Jeff Astrof and Sharon Horgan also stars Mira Sorvino, Greg Kinnear, Merrin Dungey, Judith Light, Gus Birney and Dylan Gage. “Shining Vale” […]
[Review] ‘Scream’ Carves Up Killer and Heartfelt Commentary on Horror and Wes Craven’s Legacy
History tends to repeat itself. We’re meant to look to the past and learn from its mistakes. That holds true in life and in horror. Wes Craven‘s seminal 1996 slasher dissected the patterns of the genre with a self-referential wink while going for the jugular, but horror has evolved tremendously since. Some rules hold firm, […]
The Unexpected Gift of ‘Scream 4’! [Horror Queers Podcast]
F*ck with the Original / Hayden Panettiere Is Always Right. It just wouldn’t be a new year without Scream, right? After celebrating the OG Scream on its 25th anniversary back in December (along with seasonal treats like Batman Returns, Fear No Evil, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Witchboard‘s 35th anniversary), Trace and I are FINALLY discussing one […]
‘Scream’ – Gale Weathers is Back in News Report Video That Recaps the Film Franchise [Video]
Playing out like a faux news report being delivered by Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), a new promo video for Scream has arrived today, serving as a recap of the franchise’s events. This is the first time original killers Billy Loomis and Stu Macher have been shown in the marketing for the new movie, which also […]
Celebrating ‘Scream’ at 25 and Horror Queers at 3! [Horror Queers Podcast]
Tits and Tongues &The Screw-Up Showcase We’re nearly ready to wrap up December – and 2021! It’s been another silly month on the podcast, including episodes on the bizarre queer antichrist/oatmeal zombie film Fear No Evil (1981), David Fincher’s feel bad holiday film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) and the queerest superhero film of all […]
‘Scream’ at 25: From Sleeper Hit to Horror Franchise Juggernaut
When Wes Craven’s Scream was released wide in theaters on December 20, 1996, small opening weekend numbers pointed to a slasher movie audiences weren’t interested in, especially not at Christmas. Then a rare thing happened; its numbers only got more substantial with each passing week. Twenty-five years and a full-blown franchise later, it’s hard to imagine Scream as […]
‘Scream’ Featurette Reminds Us That Anyone Can Be Under Ghostface’s Mask; Characters Posters Profile All of the Suspects! [Video]
Paramount Pictures sent us into the weekend with a trio of Scream posters that celebrated the legacy characters – Courteney Cox‘s Gale Weathers, Neve Campbell‘s Sidney Prescott, and David Arquette‘s Dewey Riley – each of them holding the iconic Ghostface mask that has been terrorizing them since the 90s. The series of posters was a lead up to […]
‘Scream’ – The Legacy Characters Take Turns Trying on the Ghostface Mask With New Poster Series
The Scream franchise returns to theaters on January 14, 2022. The filmmaking team this time around includes directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, as well as executive producer Chad Villella, the three members of the filmmaking group Radio Silence (Ready or Not, V/H/S, Southbound). We’ve got a new set of character posters today, courtesy of Collider. The posters highlight the legacy characters – Courteney Cox‘s […]
‘Scream 4’ Turns Social Media Into a Suspect [Halloweenies Podcast]
Rejoice, Woodsboro! The Stab-athon continues! As promised, Halloweenies co-hosts Justin Gerber, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, and special guest Diandra Lazor have returned to the barn to finish their dissection of 2011’s Scream 4. In the second of two episodes dedicated to the fourth chapter, the discuss the perils of social media stardom, debate whether they’d […]
“Shining Vale”: Horror-Comedy Series Starring Courteney Cox Comes to Starz in Early 2022
Courteney Cox is starring in the horror-comedy series “Shining Vale” for Starz, and today we’ve learned that the project will be premiering early next year. On March 6, to be exact. Deadline notes, “The genre-bending horror comedy series will debut Sunday, March 6 at 10 PM across all Starz platforms in the U.S. and Canada, and will […]
Breaking Down the ‘Scream (2022)’ Trailer [Halloweenies Podcast]
“Would you like to play a game, Tara?” No, but we would, Mr. Ghostface! Although they were heading to Haddonfield, Illinois for this weekend’s highly anticipated Halloween Kills, your trusty Halloweenies have made a U-turn back to Woodsboro, California. Join co-hosts Michael Roffman, McKenzie Gerber, Mike Vanderbilt, and special guest Jenn Adams of Psychoanalysis and […]
Bloody ‘Scream’ Trailer Kills the Past to Carve a New Future [Video]
The trailer for Scream is finally here and with it comes the first tease of an actual plot: this time around, Ghostface is killing people related to the legacy characters. As we know by now, the fifth Scream is fully canonized with Neve Campbell returning as Sidney Prescott, David Arquette & Courteney Cox as Dewey Riley and […]
‘Scream’: First Images from the Brand New Movie Feature Sidney, Gail, Dewey, Ghostface and More!
One of the most hotly anticipated movies on the horizon, the Scream franchise returns to theaters on January 14, 2022. The filmmaking team this time around includes directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, as well as producer Chad Villella, the three members of the filmmaking group known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, V/H/S, Southbound). While we wait for the trailer this week, the very […]
“Shining Vale”: Courteney Cox Returns to Horror in First Images from the Upcoming Starz Series
Ahead of next year’s Scream, which will mark her return to the franchise as Gale Weathers, Courteney Cox is starring in the horror-comedy series “Shining Vale” for Starz, and we’ve got some first look photos for you today. The series doesn’t yet have a premiere date, but we’re expecting we’ll know more soon. In the meantime, check […]