Theatrical release “Scream”
That’s what Ghostface’s fifth murder spree is all about
Who is hiding under the hideous mask this time?
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25 years after the original, the “Scream” ghostface will go manhunting again on January 13th. Where does the fifth stabbing start?
Ghostface is back! 25 years after the masked killer first sought the life of Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell, 48), he will once again sharpen his long knives from January 13th. The strip, just titled “Scream”, is already the fifth part of Wes Craven’s (1939-2015) creation. You can read here what horror fans can expect.
“Sam” instead of “Sid”? It’s all about this
The plot of the fifth “Scream” part also begins exactly 25 years after the first series of murders in the tranquil US backwater of Woodsboro. Again, an unknown killer in a ghost mask calls young victims just before brutally butchering them. And once again Sidney, Gale Riley (Courteney Cox, 57) and Dewey Riley (David Arquette, 50) are drawn into the action.
But “something about this killer is different,” says former cop Dewey in the trailer. In any case, what’s new is that the murderer doesn’t seem to be primarily after the main characters of the first four parts for the first time. Instead, the focus is on young Samatha “Sam” Carpenter (Melissa Barrera, 31) and her friends and family. Or, as “Sid” puts it, “I’ve been through this before. A lot of times. This is your life now. And that means whoever it is, they’re not going to stop chasing you.”
where is the connection
Of course, fans of the series know only too well that the unveiling of the killer in the end always brought to light a person from the immediate circle of Neve Campbell’s character – be it her boyfriend, his mother, a secret half-brother or a jealous cousin. Will part five break with this tradition for the first time? As it said in part four of the rules for a classic horror remake, “The unexpected is the new cliché.”
Speaking of rules: Sidney, Dewey and Gale give the fresh meat of the new part a hand to spare it a fate similar to that of the countless victims from parts one to four. Of course it won’t work. In any case, given the talented cast, a high body count is guaranteed. In addition to Barrera (“In the Heights”) there are Jack Quaid (29, “The Boys”), Mason Gooding (25, “Love, Victor”), Dylan Minnette (25, “Dead girls don’t lie”) and Jasmin Savoy Brown (27, “The Leftovers”) is one of the party.