Scream (2022)

Scream is a 2022 American slasher film directed by Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett) and written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick. It is the fifth installment in the Scream film series. Though billed as a relaunch of the film series, the film is a direct sequel to Scream 4 (2011), and the first in the series not to be directed by Wes Craven, who died in 2015. It stars franchise newcomers Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, and Jack Quaid, with Marley Shelton, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, and Roger L. Jackson reprising their roles from previous installments. It was released on January 14, 2022. The development of a sequel was announced in February 2022, with a release date for March 31, 2023.

Plot
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.

Why It Is Still Not The Same Killer

 * 1) It features several clever calls back of the first four films, such as the Ghostface plays a game of slasher trivia with Tara, mimicking the one with Casey. Like Casey, Tara gets tripped up by the question asking for the slasher villain's identity and only gets it half-right.
 * 2) Returned back the iconic cast of Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers, David Arquette as Dewey Riley, Marley Shelton as Judy Hicks, and Roger L. Jackson as the voice of Ghostface, who were in the original film.
 * 3) Ghostface is still an intimidating and scarier horror villain, who stills act like a normal human and using the hunting knife. But now, he is actually using different weapons.
 * 4) Amazing acting from the cast that is an major improvement of the third and fourth movie, especially the new cast.
 * 5) The movie's self-awareness, satire and meta humor is still on point.
 * 6) As like Scream 4, it doesn't water down the franchise, providing that it retains the charm of the predecessor.
 * 7) The scare elements are now officially returned here, after the fourth movie have lacking the elements.
 * 8) Brian Tyler's soundtrack is awesome that is an spot-on impression of Marco Beltrami, who composed the score for the previous four films and fitting the horror tone.
 * 9) The film features many references of the past Scream movies, which is gladly take it.
 * 10) Amazing directing by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, the same ones who made Ready or Not from the filmmaking collective known as Radio Silence.
 * 11) Excellent cinematography, as expected for other Scream films.
 * 12) A divisive point of Scream 4 was how Kirby's fate was left unclear, with multiple people saying she died and others contradicting that statement. Here, characters such as Mindy and Chad are given quick moments to show to the audience that they're on their way to recovery. Also, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it Easter Egg confirms that Kirby is still alive.
 * 13) The movie was dedicated to Wes Craven, who died in 2015, at the beginning of the closing credits and honoring the legacy of Craven's films.
 * 14) It tackles some serious problems concerning movies and Hollywood with the problems concerning toxic fandom and entitled fans. This is shown through the motives of the film’s main antagonists as they were revealed to have went on a killing spree as Ghostface because they hated a recent Stab movie and believing that Hollywood was running out of ideas, wanted to inspire them to make a "Requel" (known as reboot and sequel) by using the murder spree as source material.
 * 15) Overall, it was nice way to re-introduced the production company, Spyglass Media Group, to bring back the memories from everybody's childhood.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The title can confused for newcomers with the series and original film.
 * 2) Dewey getting killed off by Ghostface wasn't necessary.
 * 3) The relationship between Richie and Amber is creepy.

Reception
Scream received positive reviews from critics with praise aimed at the scares, direction, humor, meta commentary and performances of the cast as well as honoring Craven's legacy and offering thoughtful meta-commentary on horror films, with some calling it the best of the Scream sequels. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 78% of 134 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The fifth Scream finds the franchise working harder than ever to maintain its meta edge -- and succeeding surprisingly often.", and the audience consensus reads, "Scream 2022 definitely isn't shy about calling back to the franchise's past, but it's still fun and scary in its own unique way.". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60/100 based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it a 79% positive score, with 61% saying they would definitely recommend it.

Box office
In the United States and Canada, Scream is projected by Deadline Hollywood to gross at least $20 million from 3,661 theaters over its four-day opening weekend, which includes the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, with Variety predicting at least $25 million to $30 million and as much as a $35 million opening based on positive word-of-mouth.

The film earned approximately $3.5 million from Thursday night previews. It was $2.5 million more than the $1 million that Scream 4 made from midnight previews in 2011. It went on to debut to an estimated $31.5 million (and an estimated $36 million over the four days), becoming the first film to dethrone Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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Trivia

 * The official Dolby movie poster is most likely pays homage to fanmade poster with the title Scream 5.
 * James. A Janisse and his wife Chelsea of Dead Meat make cameos in the film as Youtubers who talk about the Stab franchise.
 * To avoid story leaks, numerous versions of the screenplay were produced and several additional scenes were filmed.
 * Before the movie was released, there is the post on Twitter where ❤️ this tweet to be the first to received killer exclusive notifications. After the users ❤️ this tweet, the official account will received notifications of incoming call for Ghostface, that shows exclusive official poster. If not, users than reply stop to unsubscribe.
 * Following the closure of The Weinstein Company in the wake of numerous sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the fate of the Scream franchise was in limbo. In early 2019, reports began to circulate that Blumhouse Productions, which specializes in horror-themed films, was interested in reviving the series, and that studio head Jason Blum was working on making such Scream installments happen. These reports were confirmed to be false.
 * Although fifth and sixth Scream installments were discussed after the release of Scream 4 in 2011, Craven, writer Kevin Williamson, and executive producer Harvey Weinstein all cast doubts on their likelihood following the less-than-expected box office performance of the fourth film. A Scream television series was then produced, airing on MTV from 2015 to 2016 across two seasons, with a miniseries airing on VH1 in July 2019.
 * It is the first film not to be directed by Wes Craven, after his death in 2015. It is also the first film not to be distributed by Dimension Films, with Paramount taking over distribution after acquiring the franchise following the collapse and liquidation of The Weinstein Company, after the sexual allegations of Harvey Weinstein.
 * The film's red carpet premiere was scheduled for January 11, 2022, but was canceled due to the extended COVID-19 pandemic and rise of the Omicron variant.
 * In November 2019, Spyglass Media Group acquired the rights to make a new Scream film. It was unknown at the time if it would be a sequel, reboot, or remake. However, Kevin Williamson, who returned as an executive producer, confirmed the film would not be a remake and reboot.
 * To promote the film, developer InnerSloth added a few Scream themed cosmetics such as Ghostface's costume for the video game Among Us.