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‘Scream VI’ Directors Discuss Stu’s Fate, Bringing Kirby Back, and Tara’s Hero Moment [Interview]

Meagan Navarro Hayden Panettiere, Interviews, Jenna Ortega, Movies, Radio Silence, Scream, Scream VI

Warning: This article contains plot details and spoilers. Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Scream, Ready or Not) continue the Scream saga in Scream VI, now in theaters, expanding upon the mythology and relocating the characters to New York City this time around. Bloody Disgusting spoke with the filmmakers in a spoiler-filled chat about their approach to this sequel. During our […]

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‘Scream VI: The 4DX Experience’ – Do Slasher Movies Work in the Premium Format?

Reyna Cervantes 4DX, Editorials, Movies, Scream, Scream VI

Warning: This article includes Scream VI spoilers. I love going to the theater. I mean, who doesn’t? The chance to see a great horror movie up on the biggest screen possible is one of the simplest pleasures in life. And now there’s a bevy of options to see your movie in such as RealD 3D, […]

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10 Great Characters from the ‘Scream’ Franchise We Would Totally Build a Shrine To

Jenn Adams Editorials, Movies, Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Scream 4, Scream VI

Few titles have redefined the horror genre like Scream. Wes Craven’s original film premiered in 1996 and promptly unleashed a wave of teen meta-slashers that would dominate the genre for the remainder of the decade. From the filmmaking collective Radio Silence, Scream VI manages to strike the perfect balance of homage to the past while […]

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Drew Barrymore Hosting 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards; Spoofs ‘M3GAN’ & ‘Scream’ in Announce Video

John Squires Drew Barrymore, M3GAN, Scream, TV, Videos

In the wake of the Academy Awards, the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards are set to return this coming May, and Drew Barrymore has been announced as the host of the show. The awards ceremony will air live on Sunday, May 7 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Barrymore spoofs M3GAN and appears alongside […]

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Rewriting the Rules and (Re)Inventing the Requel With ‘Scream’ 2022 [Horror Queers Podcast]

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For Wes After spending our birthday month talking about ‘Weird Sex’ films like Videodrome, 1981’s Possession, Tusk and Wolf, last week Trace and I jumped back to the 60s to tackle an iconic UK spooky flick with The Haunting. With the release of Scream 6 this past week, it only made sense to open the Patreon vault […]

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Six Lesser-Known Whodunit Horror Movies to Watch After ‘Scream VI’

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From Freddy Krueger to Annie Wilkes, iconic villains with memorable backstories are a hallmark of popular horror media, but there’s more than one way to terrify audiences. For example, some horror flicks task viewers with unmasking the mysterious antagonist alongside our main characters in scare-centric whodunit mashups. And with the continued success of the Scream […]

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[Interview] ‘Scream VI’ Producers James Vanderbilt and William Sherak Discuss Legacy, Fandom, and Returning Characters

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Hot on the heels of a largely positive critical response (see our own Meagan Navarro’s glowing review here) and an opening weekend performance that has broken franchise records, Scream VI‘s cast and crew are no doubt riding a high right now. The “sequel to the requel” follows the surviving “Core Four” from 2022’s Scream—Sam (Melissa […]

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Ghostface Glossary: A Guide to Every Horror Reference in ‘Scream’ (2022)

Julieann Stipidis Editorials, Ghostface Glossary, Movies, Radio Silence, Scream

Welcome to the Ghostface Glossary, a guide to every horror reference and nod throughout the first five films of the Scream franchise. After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If we’ve forgotten any […]

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Catastrophic Plans: The Enduring Importance of “Red Right Hand” in the ‘Scream’ Franchise

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Scream rewired the horror audience in 1996, exploring anew the connective tissue that bridged the history of the genre with its future patrons and purveyors. The resulting franchise encompassed a host of familiar tropes of both the slasher and “whodunit” variety, comprising ringing phones accompanied by mysterious callers, self-aware and snarky young adults and rules […]

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Ghostface Glossary: A Guide to Every Horror Reference in ‘Scream 4’

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Welcome to the Ghostface Glossary, a guide to every horror reference and nod throughout the first five films of the Scream franchise. After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If we’ve forgotten any […]

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‘Scream VI’ Takes Manhattan With a New Franchise Family [Halloweenies Podcast]

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“This isn’t like any other Ghostface.” The Halloweenies will be the judge of that as they slice and dice through Scream VI. Join the gang as they take a bite outta the Big Apple through two juggernaut episodes. Together, they discuss the franchise’s expansion into New York City, the new suspects at large, the best […]

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‘Scream VI’ Directors Couldn’t Resist Sneaking in a ‘Jason Takes Manhattan’ Easter Egg [Interview]

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Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Scream, Ready or Not) are back behind the camera for Scream VI, now playing in movie theaters nationwide. In the brand new movie, “The Scream saga continues with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.” That means we can expect themes and character arcs introduced in […]

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Ghostface Glossary: A Guide to Every Horror Reference in ‘Scream 2’

Julieann Stipidis Editorials, Ghostface Glossary, Movies, Scream, Scream 2, Wes Craven

Welcome to the Ghostface Glossary, a guide to every horror reference and nod throughout the first five films of the Scream franchise. After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If […]

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Ghostface Glossary: A Guide to Every Horror Reference in the Original ‘Scream’ Movie

Julieann Stipidis Editorials, Movies, Scream, Wes Craven

Welcome to the Ghostface Glossary, a guide to every horror reference and nod throughout the first five films of the Scream franchise. After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If […]

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‘Scream VI’ – Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding Discuss the Evolution of Their Characters [Interview]

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The Scream saga continues with Scream VI when the four survivors of last year’s film leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter. Two of those survivors being the Meeks-Martin twins, Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown) and Chad (Mason Gooding). While 2022’s Scream introduced the siblings as the niece and nephew of the franchise’s resident cinephile Randy […]

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