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Being a major character in a long-running horror franchise is virtually guaranteed to kill you at some point down the line. Sequels have a tendency to raise the stakes -- and what could be a better way to do that than to kill a survivor from a previous film? The "Scream" series is a great example of this approach, especially since the laundry list of killers who don the Ghostface costume tend to have a fairly personal grudge against the people they attack. 

Because of this, even major characters like Dewey Riley (David Arquette) who have been shown to survive serial killer after serial killer can suddenly fall victim to a surprise death scene a few movies into the game. Sometimes, behind-the-scenes issues also affect a major character's appearances, like when franchise star Neve Campbell turned town "Scream VI" due to the studio lowballing her with its contract offer.

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Scream 6 put a new spin on the franchise, as there were several killers, the most of any Scream film, and not all of them were working together. The movie has a total of five killers, including two that were introduced in Scream 6's inventive opening scene. This scene was the first time the beginning of a Scream movie revealed the identity of the Ghostface killer. However, Jason Carvey and his friend Greg proved to have a short run as the masked killers as there was another Ghostface who wanted them out of the way.

At the end of Scream 6, Detective Bailey, Quinn Bailey, and Ethan Landry revealed themselves as killers. Their motive was that Richie was Detective Bailey's son, and Quinn and Ethan were his siblings. They wanted to kill Sam and Tara as revenge, first having to kill Jason and Greg before they could get to the Carpenter sisters.

Scream VII is officially in development and fans of the franchise are waiting anxiously to see who the next Ghostface killer is. While Ghostface is always the most alluring aspect of the Scream movies, the series can no longer lean on the same formula as past films. Scream is in major need of an interesting swerve to keep things fresh and developing a familiar character like Sam Carpenter into something more than just the franchise's new final girl would be a fascinating direction to take.

With Scream securing its status as a beloved franchise following Scream V and proving it once again with Scream VI, it's now firmly time to move the series forward into unexplored territory. In Scream V, Sam Carpenter was revealed to be the daughter of one of the original Ghostface killers, Billy Loomis. In both Scream V and Scream VI, Sam showed a clear willingness to...

Scream 6 had to delete several scenes from its final cut, including one that revealed Ethan helped Bailey kill his mother, adding more tragic context to the Bailey family's revenge plot. The trailer for Scream 6 revealed an extended call between Gale and Ghostface, underscoring Gale's history with the killer and implying her potential demise. Scream 6 originally included a scene with Detective Wayne Bailey standing over Quinn's "dead body," but it was cut to avoid giving away the twist that Quinn and Bailey were Ghostface killers.

With a runtime that’s approximately two hours long, Scream 6 understandably had to delete several scenes from its final cut, some of which would have made significant changes to the movie. Considering the sequel initially had to make some big adjustments to account for the absence of Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott in Scream 6, the 2023 movie has plenty of potential storylines...

The iconic Ghostface scene in Scream 6 becomes even cooler when it is revealed that the killers are siblings, adding to the intensity and intrigue.

The iconic twin Ghostface scene only gets better when the killers are revealed as Quinn Bailey and Ethan Landry in Scream 6. According to Scream 6's successful box office records, the sixth installment of the franchise, released over 20 years after the original film's premiere, proves the franchise is still viable. Scream 6 continues Scream's "requel" series, borrowing many themes from Scream 2, including the film following the main characters to college. Sadly, Scream 6 was the first film in the franchise without Neve Campbell, as Paramount didn't want to pay her the amount she believed she deserved for starring in the franchise for over two decades.

While Sidney was a massive part of the Scream franchise, Scream 6 was able to go on without...

Scream 7 could bring back Josh Segarra's Danny as Ghostface, repeating the franchise twist of having the boyfriend as the killer. Josh Segarra's Ghostface audition was highly praised by Scream 6's directors, making him a strong choice for the role in Scream 7. Segarra's pitch for a Ghostface musical in Scream 7 also aligns with his Broadway background and could provide an interesting storyline similar to Scream 3.

Scream 7’s new killer could finally utilize one returning actor with a highly praised Ghostface audition, though this would also mean repeating a franchise twist for the fourth time. Paramount has finally announced that Scream 7 is in development, and while the sequel already has new director Christopher Landon on board, the story and cast have yet to be confirmed. However, it’s expected that Scream 7 will move forward with the actors whose characters survived Scream 6's Ghostface attacks,...

Anika's ladder death in Scream 6 will be remembered as one of the most memorable deaths in the franchise due to its graphic violence and emotional impact, as she was killed by her supposed friend. The three Ghostface killers in Scream 6 went to great lengths to hide their true identities, even faking Quinn's death. Anika became a victim during an attack where Ethan was revealed as the killer.

Anika (Devyn Nekoda) may have had the worst death in Scream 6, which is saying a lot because the movie is packed with horrific fatalities. The Scream franchise continues riding the wave of reboots/requels after the success of Scream 2022, and it wasted no time in telling the stories of a new generation of characters in the saga's sixth installment, simply titled Scream 6. Set a year after the 2022 Woodsboro murders, the Scream 6 cast was made up of survivors from the last film,...

Scream 6 marked a first in the history of the Scream movie series as it’s the first to have three Ghostface killers, but a theory claims that there’s a secret fourth Ghostface. Among the biggest trends in film in recent years are reboots and requels, and these have found the most success in the horror genre, and among the horror franchises that have been revived through this is Scream. Over a decade after the release of Scream 4, which gave proper closure to the stories of Sidney Prescott, Gale Weathers, and Dewey Riley, a new wave of murders by a masked killer took place in Woodsboro, bringing these three characters back and introducing a new generation of victims and survivors.

Scream 2022 introduced new Final Girls Sam (Melissa Barrera) and Tara (Jenna Ortega), who along with Tara’s friends Mindy and Chad, survived the attacks of two new...

Scream 6 debunks the ultimate Sidney Prescott Ghostface theory that would have seen the franchise lead scandalously inverted. Throughout the film series its protagonist, Neve Campbell's Sidney, survives and bests nine Ghostfaces and is the last character expected to inhabit the murderous persona. This assumption has given rise to theories of a potential face-heel turn which fuses with Campbell very publicly being absent in Scream 6. However, Scream 6's Ghostface quashes the potential of Sidney ever making a shocking appearance as the killer and fulfilling her genre plot convention destiny.

Scream 6 follows the survivors of the Woodsboro legacy killings, committed by Richie Kirsch and Amber Freeman in Scream 5, to New York City only for Ghostface to return. This time the legendary mask is donned by three characters, Richie's bereaved father, brother, and sister. The latter, Quinn Bailey, when facing off with Gale Weathers, addresses the Sidney as Ghostface theory,...

Scream 2's leaked script was proven fake when the movie premiered, but 26 years later, Scream 6 ran with its idea for the Ghostface reveal. The Scream franchise continues to shock fans every time one of the films reveals its Ghostface killer. To keep things under wraps, filmmakers won't even let their cast know who the Ghostface killer is until it's time to film. For Scream 5 and Scream 6, filmmakers were so secretive that the person who would ultimately be revealed as Ghostface didn't even know they were Ghostface in the beginning. Filmmakers would never be so careless as to let a script leak.

However, an alleged script leaked online before production even started for Scream 2. Luckily it wasn't the actual script but a dummy script. It was created so that if actors or someone who might work on the film wanted to read the script, filmmakers would...

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Scream 6!Scream 6 kicks off by revealing that Sam has been targeted by conspiracy theories suggesting she's the real 2022 Woodsboro killer, which actually calls back to the real plan of Scream 4’s Ghostface. After being the primary target of Richie Kirsch and Amber Freeman’s Scream 5 Woodsboro killings due to her father being the original Ghostface Billy Loomis, Sam Carpenter brutally murders Richie and moves to New York City with fellow survivors Tara, Mindy, and Chad. Once again, Sam is the main target of Scream 6’s Ghostface massacre, which was orchestrated by Richie’s father Wayne Bailey, sister Quinn Bailey, and brother Ethan Landry as revenge for his death.

While the other three in the Core Four are still struggling with their trauma from the previous year’s massacre, Sam faces an entirely different beast in Scream 6 as online conspiracy...

Sam Carpenter makes sure Detective Bailey has no chance of survival when she stabs him multiple times at the end of Scream 6. The sixth installment in the Scream franchise had more Ghostface killers than any of the other films. The most the previous films have seen was two, with Scream 3 being the only film with one killer. However, Scream 6 saw two killers in the iconic intro, followed by three more at the end of the film. The ending revealed Quinn Bailey, Ethan Landry, and Detective Bailey were the main Ghostface killers after Sam and her friends throughout Scream 6.

Detective Bailey had been pretending to help Sam and her friends track down Ghostface throughout the film while Ethan and Quinn posed as their friends. Quinn also faked her own death earlier in the film, shocking her friends when they found out she was actually alive and out to get them.

Ghostface from the Scream franchise is a unique horror movie killer as new characters take on the persona with every Ghostface kill count differing. The reveal of who is behind the Ghostface mask is a big moment in every Scream movie, and it often turns out that there is more than one killer. That makes it fun to determine every Ghostface kill count separately and see which of the killers was the deadliest of all.

There are six films in the Scream franchise so far with but 13 Ghostface killers altogether. Aside from Scream 3, each entry had two killers that worked together to terrorize Sidney and murder everyone around her. As such, it can be messy trying to figure out who kills who in each film. By looking at the framing of scenes, their sequential order, and some clever filmmaking choices, it is possible to give a somewhat accurate count of each killer’s victims.

Scream 6 mirrored Scream 2 and revealed that one of the Ghostface killers was a vengeful parent, though in this case, all the killers were from the same family, and they were avenging Scream 5’s killer Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid) – but where was the Bailey family during the events of Scream 5 and why didn’t Richie mention them to Sam? The Scream franchise seized the current wave of reboots and sequels in the horror genre with Scream 5, which brought the saga back to life, and its success made way for a sequel simply titled Scream 6, which continued the stories of the new generation of characters along with two legacy characters: Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) and Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere).

Scream 6 took the audience to New York City, as the survivors of the 2022 Woodsboro massacre – Sam (Melissa Barrera), Tara (Jenna Ortega), Chad (Mason Gooding), and Mindy...

Scream 3's Ghostface reveal didn't work because of the killer's lack of a connection to Sidney. Scream 3 brings Sidney Prescott, Gale Weathers, and Dewey Riley to Hollywood, where director Roman Bridges is directing Stab 3. The film is one of the most meta entries in the franchise as actors are playing actors playing the roles of Sidney and her friends while running around on a fake Woodsboro set, including Stu's house from the first Scream. Unfortunately, Ghostface makes his return during the Stab 3 production, killing off members of the cast and once again going after Sidney.

At this point, Sidney is exhausted after fighting off Billy, Stu, Billy's mother, and Mickey, but she comes back to fight off Ghostface one last time, concluding the original trilogy. While Roman initially appears to have been killed by Ghostface, by the end of the film, he reveals himself as the killer. His...

Scream 5 doesn't have to be the end of Dewey Riley in the Scream franchise, as he could still return for Scream 7. Legacy characters are typically off-limits, which is why Gale Weathers and Dewey made it through every Ghostface killing from the first Scream through the fourth. While Gale's continued to survive, recently appearing in Scream 6, Dewey was sadly murdered in the fifth film, and David Arquette didn't return for the role in the franchise's sixth installment. It was sad to see him go, though it proved that the franchise isn't playing around anymore.

Scream has always been dedicated to breaking the common horror movie rules, and killing off Dewey in Scream 5 proved just how dedicated the film is to shocking its audience. However, just because a Scream character appears dead doesn't mean they are. Billy Loomis, Roman Bridger, and Quinn Bailey have all faked their...

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Scream 6!One Ghostface actor from Scream 6 confirmed that deleted dialogue from the original script included more information about the killers’ backstory, which also solved a curious mystery about their family. Scream 6 broke the record for the most Ghostfaces in one movie, as the primary killers were Detective Wayne Bailey (Dermot Mulroney), his daughter Quinn Bailey (Liana Liberato), and his son Ethan (Jack Champion). It turned out that Scream 6’s homicidal family was also related to Scream (2022)’s Ghostface killer Richie Kirsch, with the New York massacre being devised as a way for Wayne to get revenge on Sam Carpenter for his son’s death.

Given how important Richie’s family was to Scream 6’s brutal killings, the mysterious fate of Richie, Quinn, and Ethan’s unnamed mother became a burning question after the movie’s ending. However, Quinn actress...

Warning: Contains spoilers for Scream VI!Scream movies are full of twists and turns, and having a character die only to later be revealed alive under the Ghostface mask has been done more than once. In Scream 6, Sam and Tara Carpenter and their friends go up against three Ghostface killers who have been tormenting them in New York City. The killers are revealed as Detective Bailey, who had been pretending to work on the case with them, and his children Quinn Bailey and Ethan Landry. They'd been after Sam because, in Scream 5, she killed Detective Bailey's son Richie Kirsch after he revealed himself as Ghostface.

Scream 6 featured two other Ghostfaces in the film's opening scene, meaning it had the most Ghostface killers in any of the films. The first Scream saw Billy Loomis going after his girlfriend Sidney Prescott because her mother had an affair with his father,...

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Scream 6Scream 6 forever changed the slasher franchise because of its unexpected twists and some crucial character changes. Neve Campbell made Scream the movie it was when she portrayed Sidney Prescott for the first five films. However, Paramount wouldn't pay her the salary she thought she deserved, so she chose not to come back for Scream 6 (per Screen Rant). This was a loss for the franchise since Sidney was the ultimate final girl. However, without Sidney, Scream 6 was able to go places it's never gone before. Scream 6 followed Sam and Tara Carpenter to New York City with their friends Chad and Mindy Meeks-Martin, and Ghostface followed too.

Detective Bailey, Quinn Bailey, and Ethan Landry were the main Ghostface killers, and they were after Sam for killing the detective's son, Richie Kirsch, in Scream 5. The film also shocked audiences when Ghostface, in the opening scene,...

Warning! This article contains major Spoilers for Scream 6!The Scream movies have found clever ways to bring back deceased characters, setting up more past Ghostface killers to return in Scream 7. Although each Ghostface killer has died after their Scream massacre, such characters maintain significant impacts on the attacks’ survivors, leading to a few Ghostfaces being brought back posthumously. Scream 6’s homicidal Bailey family even erect a shrine to all the past Ghostface killers, which includes artifacts and the masks of each attacker, from Billy and Stu in Scream (1996) to Richie and Amber in Scream (2022). Scream continuously emphasizes the notion that past Ghostfaces will always influence the next, so the potential sequel Scream 7 isn’t apt to be an exception.

Scream 6’s record-breaking five killers brought the franchise’s total number of Ghostfaces to 14, but not every character to don the mask and knife is apt to return in future movies.

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Scream 6!

Scream 6 kept fans of the franchise entertained for about a week before they started theorizing about Scream 7, and as they've pointed out, there are many possibilities for who Ghostface will be. The sixth installment in the Scream franchise followed Scream 5's Sam and Tara Carpenter and Chad and Mindy Meeks-Martin to New York City, where they battled more Ghostfaces than ever. The film introduced two during Scream 6's opening scene and three more during the final Ghostface reveal.

Detective Bailey, Quinn Bailey, and Ethan Bailey, Scream 5's Ghostface Richie Kirsch's family, wanted to avenge Richie by going after Sam and her friends. There were many hints throughout the film that Detective Bailey and Ethan were the killers, but Quinn's reveal was a shock since she was presumably killed by Ghostface early in the movie. Nevertheless, the Scream 6...

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Scream 6!

Scream 6 worked well without Neve Campbell, and had she returned as Sidney Prescott, the film would have been quite different. Campbell has been the face of the Scream franchise since 1996, which made her absence harder than Dewey Riley's death in Scream 5. Luckily the main characters, Sam and Tara Carpenter, could carry on Campbell's legacy as the new final girls. With the same courage and badassery as Sidney, Scream 6 didn't feel like it was missing anything. Bringing back Kirby Reed, who last appeared in Scream 4 and was never confirmed dead or alive, also helped fill the hole Sidney's absence left.

Lucky for Scream fans, Campbell hasn't completely shut the door on the franchise. With the success of Scream 6, a seventh film is likely, which raises the possibility of Sidney's return. Campbell decided to leave the franchise due to pay disputes with Paramount,...

Warning: spoilers ahead for Scream 6.

Scream 6 did not keep its murders PG though some were more brutal than others. The sixth film went bigger with five Ghostface killers amid the New York City landscape. The first two killers were revealed as film students Jason Carvey and his friend Greg who plotted to murder their professor. However, they were soon murdered by another Ghostface, who at the end of the film was revealed as Detective Bailey working with his children Quinn Bailey and Ethan Landry.

Detective Bailey's other son was Richie Kirsch, the Scream 5 killer and Sam's boyfriend. Sam killed Richie out of self-defense in the previous film, and to avenge his death, the detective went after her with his family. Like all Ghostface killers, he didn't succeed, and his, Quinn, and Ethan's death were three of the many brutal murders that occurred throughout Scream 6.

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Warning: spoilers ahead for Scream 6.

Scream 6 added an extra layer to Ghostface's story by creating a shrine full of evidence, though this raises questions over how the killer acquired the items. The sixth installment of the Scream franchise saw many changes. Firstly, it is the only Scream film not to include Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott. Another massive change was the choice to set Scream 6 in New York City. Horror movies thrive in small towns, like Scream's Woodsboro, where there are few police officers but plenty of ways for killings to go unnoticed. Nevertheless, Scream 6 utilized New York's landscape well.

The biggest record Scream 6 set, however, was the amount of Ghostfaces in the film. Detective Bailey and his children, Quinn Bailey and Ethan Landry, were the three main Ghostface killers in Scream 6. However, during the iconic Scream opening scene, Jason Carvey and...

This article contains Scream 6 spoilers

It looks like we’ll live to slay another day, as the box office bloodbath of Scream 6 means things are looking rosy for a mythical Scream 7. We’ve come a long way from Drew Barrymore’s bob haircut of the original Scream, and while Wes Craven has sadly passed, we’re in safe hands with new franchise directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.

After the confusingly titled Scream of 2022 made up for the mistakes of the criminally underrated Scream 4, the directorial duo took us to the Big Apple for this year’s outing. Although Scream 7 hasn’t been given the green light from Paramount just yet, did a throwaway line in Scream 6 already spoil its big twist?

The Mystery of Mrs. Carpenter

As soon as Quinn Bailey (Liana Liberato) mentioned losing her brother, many clocked that Scream 6’s...

According to Scream 6 directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, I Think You Should Leave creator Tim Robinson has a brief vocal cameo at the beginning of the film. The former Saturday Night Life star and comedian has helmed his own sketch comedy series on Netflix since 2019, with season 3 set to premiere on the streaming service on May 30. Meanwhile, Scream 6 continues the story of Melissa Barrera's Sam Carpenter as she and her friends find themselves targeted by a Ghostface with an obsession for the past in New York City.

When speaking to The Wrap following an impressive, record-setting opening weekend box office for Scream 6, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett reveal that Robinson made a brief vocal cameo as a minor character in one of the film's early scenes. He voices Quinn Bailey's (Liana Liberato) boyfriend, who never appears onscreen but is hiding in Quinn's bedroom when Sam arrives home.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Scream 6!

Now that Scream 6 has finally arrived, the latest addition to the Scream franchise has left viewers with plenty of unanswered questions. Of course, the Scream movies have always left some crucial questions unanswered. Some of these, like the question of where Billy Loomis’s parents were during Scream, have played a major role in the franchise’s next sequel. Others are left unresolved and may not be mentioned for entire movies at a time, as evidenced when Scream 6 alluded to the possibility that Stu Macher might have secretly survived the events of Scream.

Scream 6 is no different, with the ending of this meta-slasher sequel leaving viewers with a slew of new questions. Some of these may shape the plot of Scream 7, while others will likely be left unanswered. Scream 6’s version of Ghostface turned out to be a very...

This article contains major Scream franchise spoilers

Practise your best Roger Jackson impression because Scream 6 is carving itself a new legacy. Just a year after Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett brought the slasher series swinging back into our lives after an 11-year hiatus, the phone is ringing again. Sadly, we aren’t saying “Hellooooo Sidney,” as Scream 6 is the franchise’s first without Neve Campbell. Don’t worry, we’ll always have Courteney Cox’s Gale. We’ll always have Gale, right?

Little did we know when Wes Craven cast Drew Barrymore for a shocking opening kill back in 1996, Scream would hack its way to the heart of horror and immortalize Ghostface alongside Freddy, Jason, and the rest. It’s New York, new rules, in Scream 6, while we add more unhinged killers to the Ghostface hall of fame.

From vengeful mothers to long-lost siblings, cliché boyfriends to Matthew Lillard,...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Scream 6!

Scream 6 explored new territory that the first five films never touched, one of them being a record number of Ghostfaces in one movie. One thing that sets Scream apart from other slasher franchises is that most Scream films have more than one killer, and the killer is different every time. Films like Halloween follow the same killer, Michael Myers, as he perpetually goes after Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis.) Scream's concept of several copycat Ghostfaces appearing has allowed the franchise to reinvent itself repeatedly. Scream 5 introduced a new generation, allowing Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera) to fill Sidney Prescott's shoes.

This also allows Scream to switch things up constantly. The first two Scream films included two killers working together against Sidney and her friends. However, when the Scream franchise returned for its third film, there was only one Ghostface. The ever-changing Ghostface...

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Scream 6!Scream 6 may have proved the biggest opening scene kill theory right, but a major twist still subverted expectations for the trademark sequence. The opening kill scene is one of the biggest moments in every Scream movie, beginning with the unexpected death of movie star Drew Barrymore’s Casey Becker in the original film. Since then, nearly every opening scene has included Ghostface attacking a character portrayed by a popular Hollywood star, including Omar Epps and Jada Pinkett Smith in Scream 2; Liev Schreiber as Cotton Weary in Scream 3; Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Lucy Hale, and Shenae Grimes in Scream 4; and Jenna Ortega in Scream (2022), though the latter survived.

Following tradition, Scream 6’s casting of scream queen Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) led to plenty of theories that she would be the major death in the 2023 sequel’s opening scene. Of course,...

“Scream VI” is here, a little more than a year after the last installment. And the body count is rising.

In “Scream 6,” Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera) and her younger half-sister Tara (Jenna Ortega), both survivors of 2022’s “Scream,” have moved to New York City. Tara is attending Blackmore University and not visiting any actual Manhattan landmarks because they shot the movie in Montreal. A couple of other survivors from the last movie, twins Mindy Meeks-Martin (Jasmin Savoy Brown) and Chad Meeks-Martin (Mason Gooding), are also along for the ride and attending Blackmore University. But wouldn’t you know it? A mask-wielding killer has arrived, once again, and targeted Sam and Tara once again. Of course, this wouldn’t be a “Scream” installment without some legacy characters, and Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox), still reeling from Dewey’s death in the 2022 film, makes her return alongside Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere) from “Scream 4.

Warning! This article contains major Spoilers for Scream 6!The original Ghostface killers have continued to bear great importance on the franchise, but did Matthew Lillard's Stu Macher actually return in Scream 6? While accomplices Stu Macher and Billy Loomis died at the end of the original Scream movie, their family members and legacy have continued to be involved in subsequent Ghostface massacres. Scream (2022) revealed that Billy Loomis unknowingly fathered a daughter named Sam Carpenter before his 1996 death, leading Skeet Ulrich’s Billy to return in Sam’s visions. Following Billy’s Scream (2022) cameo, theories grew about a potential Stu return in future Scream movies.

Since a deleted role in Scream 3 revealed Stu survived, there’s been much speculation about whether Stu really died or not in the original Scream movie. Consequently, Billy Loomis’ return through Sam’s visions in Scream 5 caused excitement for Stu Macher's possible...

Warning! This article contains major Spoilers for Scream 6!Gale Weathers is the only living legacy character to return in Scream 6, but does she make it out of the New York City Ghostface massacre alive? In true Scream franchise form, Gale takes on a role similar to her Scream 2 trajectory by returning to her intrusive investigative journalism ways – including a punch in the face from Jenna Ortega’s Tara Carpenter. This time, Gale is taking on Ghostface without her usual companions Sidney Prescott and Dewey Riley, as the latter was tragically killed by Amber Freeman in Scream (2022).

Since Gale and Sidney are the only surviving main characters from the original Scream movie, their time in the franchise appears limited. As such, Neve Campbell’s Sidney failing to return in Scream 6 meant that Gale would inevitably face a personal attack by Ghostface. After being sent away from the movie theater shrine,...