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 […]
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‘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 […]
‘Scream 4’ Hits Harder as an Unexpected Swan Song for Wes Craven [Halloweenies Podcast]
Step aside, Charlie and Robbie, there’s a new Cinema Club in town. As promised, the Halloweenies have returned to the streets of Woodsboro, where everyone is shaking off a case of deja vu. Make no mistake, though, this is no remake. No, there are all new rules to learn, which is why you oughta make your […]
‘Scream’ – Sidney’s Got a Gun and Ghostface’s Got a Knife in New Images from Next Year’s Sequel
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). Total Film (via Games Radar) shares new images today. Ghostface is on the cover of this month’s brand new […]
It’s Always Someone You Know: Latest ‘Scream’ Art Puts Sidney Back in Ghostface’s Crosshairs
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 executive producer Chad Villella, the three members of the filmmaking group known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, V/H/S, Southbound). The original cast is back in next year’s Scream, […]
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, […]
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 […]
Everybody’s a Suspect: Meet the New Generation Cast and Characters of ‘Scream’!
Ghostface, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox), and Dewey Riley (David Arquette) are all back in the new Scream, arriving in theaters on January 14, 2022. So, too, is original screenwriter Kevin Williamson, this time as executive producer. But the trailer makes it clear that fans can expect a new generation to get brought into the […]
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 […]