[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, […]

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‘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 […]

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Neve Campbell and Kevin Williamson Recall the Origins of the Ghostface Mask in New ‘Scream’ Featurette [Video]

Much the same way John Carpenter used an existing Captain Kirk mask to bring Michael Myers to iconic life in Halloween, Wes Craven similarly put an existing Halloween mask to good use for the creation of Ghostface in the original Scream. The “Peanut-Eyed Ghost” from Fun World became the face of Ghostface, and the rest, […]

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[Watch] Ghostface Drops in on ‘Call of Duty’ With “The Haunting” Official Trailer

Right on schedule, Ghostface will be making his way into Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone tomorrow as part of the Halloween-themed event “The Haunting”. And to celebrate, Ghostface decides to call up a player for a little fun in the new trailer. The time-limited event will have players completing challenges and […]

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‘Scream’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ Joining Time-Limited Event for ‘Call of Duty Warzone’ and ‘Black Ops Cold War’

Call of Duty Warzone and Black Ops Cold War are getting into the spirit of the season in a big way. Leaked earlier today and confirmed by the official Call of Duty Twitter account, Scream‘s Ghostface and Donnie Darko will be joining the fray this month. Part of the three new bundles which will be […]

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‘Scream 3’ Also Couldn’t Escape the Wrath of Woodstock ’99 [Halloweenies Podcast]

Goodbye Windsor College, hello Hollywood! After several months studying Randy’s Recs, the Halloweenies have arrived in Tinseltown, where it’s lights, camera, and … stab! Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro, to be more specific. Production is underway on the highly anticipated sequel, and the hype is quite deadly. Don’t let the props fool you. If you […]

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