“It’s Always Someone You Know” reads the tagline to Scream (2022), the fifth entry in the Scream franchise that first began a quarter of a century ago with director Wes Craven’s 1996 horror masterpiece that reinvented the slasher genre for a new generation. This new film, which has dropped the numbering in favor of simply being the latest in a long list of years-later sequels that take up the name of the original film, seems to be following in the original’s footsteps with hopes to reinvent what a slasher film can be. The genre itself has grown stale again over the last twenty-five years, so could the Scream brand once again be the spark that ignites a slasher revolution?
Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group have just dropped the first trailer for the film that promises to bring the terror to a new generation of horror fans. Once again there appears to be a slasher in Woodsboro, and the current crop of teens are now set to face off with the ghosts of slashers past (although we assume not literally ghosts). Thankfully, those who have survived prior encounters with Ghostface are quick to rise to the occasion, stepping in to try and put a stop to this senseless violence once and for all… for the fifth time. Original franchise stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox are all returning yet again for this new venture, which is the first film in the series to be produced following the death of series creator Wes Craven. Check out the trailer below!
Scream (2022) is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, who were the creative team behind the gore-filled sleeper hit Ready Or Not (2019) and part of the already iconic horror anthology V/H/S (2012). Based on a script by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick, Scream (2022) is executive produced by Chad Villella, Gary barber, Peter Oillataguerre, Ron Lynch, Cathy Konrad, Marianne Madalena, and original Scream writer Kevin Williamson.
The official synopsis reads:
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. Neve Campbell (“Sidney Prescott”), Courteney Cox (“Gale Weathers”) and David Arquette (“Dewey Riley”) return to their iconic roles in Scream alongside Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Sonia Ammar.
In addition to the returning cast from the first film, Scream (2022) stars franchise newcomers Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Sonia Ammar. Fan-favorite Marley Shelton is also set to return and reprise her role from Scream 4 (2011).
You can catch Scream (2022) exclusively in theaters when it releases on January 14, 2022.
What did you think of the first trailer? Is Scream ready to make its triumphant return to the box office, or should the franchise have been laid to rest with its creator? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below and be sure to stick around Geek Anything for more Scream updates!