Scream

Scream

Scream is the fifth film in the Scream franchise about a new killer who has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.

Year:
2022
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It's always someone you know.
The killer is on this poster.

[The phone rings. Tara Carpenter answers it]

Tara:
Hello?

Ghostface:
Hello. [speaking in the manner and tone of a slightly nervous man] Is Christina there?

Tara:
No, she's not available. May I take a message?

Ghostface:
Uh, yeah, um...yeah, sorry. I'm a friend of hers from group...oh, sh*t!

Tara:
"From her sh*t?"

Ghostface:
Um, look, just, uh, tell her I'm from group. I'm Charlie. She's got my number.

Tara:
Oh, she goes to your group?

Ghostface:
I shouldn't have...um, just tell her that Charlie called.

Tara:
And I will do exactly that, Charlie. Why don't you tell me what kind of group we're talking about? Is it A&A? NA?

Ghostface:
Well, you sound exactly like she describes you.

Tara:
Uh, she talks about me in group?

Ghostface:
Uh, I don't think I can really talk about that.

Tara:
What does she say about me?

Ghostface:
Well, she loves you very much.

Tara:
Oh, what does she love about me?

Ghostface:
Uh, okay, well, she loves that you're creative. You love art and TV and movies.

Tara:
Okay, well, lots of people love movies.

Ghostface:
Yeah, but she says you love scary movies, and that you guys have that in common. She's proud of making a fan out of you.

Tara:
She is?

Ghostface:
Yeah. She told me the other day, she wonders... [Speaks in his normal tone] What's your favorite scary movie?

Tara:
Uh, The Babadook. It's an amazing meditation on motherhood and grief.

Ghostface:
[chuckles] Isn't that a little...fancy-pants?

Tara:
Well, it's elevated horror.

Ghostface:
Uh-huh. Uh, what does that mean? "Elevated horror"?

Tara:
You know, it's like scary, but with complex, emotional and dynamic underpinnings. It's not just some schlocky, cheeseball nonsense with wall-to-wall jump scares.

Ghostface:
Hmm. That sounds kind of boring to me. Have you ever seen "Stab"?

Tara:
Once, I think. I was a little girl. I was, like, 12.

Ghostface:
You live in Woodsboro, and you don't know "Stab"? Well, your mom loves that movie. She talks about it all the time in group. How well do you remember the original?

Tara:
I don't know. I mean, it's, like, super-90s. It was really over-lit and everyone had weird hair.

Ghostface:
Uh-huh. Do you remember the beginning?

Tara:
Not really. It started with a kill scene, right? They always started with a kill scene.

Ghostface:
Yeah, that's right. That's right. It's a girl at home, alone. She answers the wrong number and starts talking with the killer, who makes her play a game. [beat] Would you like to play a game...Tara?

[Becoming uneasy, Tara hangs up and uses her phone to lock the doors. She sends a message to her friend Amber before closing the curtains. Another phone rings, and Amber sends a message telling Tara to answer the phone. When Tara questions that how does Amber know this, she gets a reply that says, "This isn't Amber", and then more replies demanding her to answer the phone. Scared, Tara answers the phone]

Tara:
This isn't f***ing funny, Amber!

Ghostface:
I told you. This isn't Amber. [Tara sees a video message on her phone, revealing Amber being filmed at her bedroom] Amber's looking particularly fetching tonight. She really shouldn't leave her phone lying around for anyone to clone.

Tara:
What do you want?

Ghostface:
I told you. I wanna play a game. "Stab" movie trivia. Three rounds. You call the cops, she dies. You get a question wrong, she dies. Her parents aren't at home. I can be in that room in, like, 15 seconds. You want a warm-up question?

Tara:
[crying] I told you, I don't know about any of these movies! Ask me about something I do know! Ask me about It Follows! Ask me about Hereditary! Ask me about The Witch!

Ghostface:
In the first "Stab" movie, what Woodsboro name was introduced as the franchise's main character?

Tara:
It's Sidney Prescott! It's Sidney Prescott, and she lived on Elm.

Ghostface:
Correct! You see? You're gonna do great at this. Okay, Question 1.

Tara:
No, no, no, no, no! I got that one right! It should count!

Ghostface:
Anyone could've gotten that one right. Sidney's in every movie but the last one. Question 1: Who wrote the original book that the "Stab" movies are based on?

Tara:
Um...um...that chick from TV.

Ghostface:
"That chick from TV" is not gonna cut it, Tara.

Tara:
Oh, Gale Weathers! It is Gale Weathers, you motherf***er!

Ghostface:
Correct. Amber might live to see the sunrise. Question 2: Who played the dumb b*tch at the beginning of "Stab 1", who answers the phone and gets carved up by the killer?

Tara:
F*** you!

Ghostface:
Is that the answer you're going with? [Tara whimpers and checks the information on her phone] A non-answer counts as a wrong answer, Tara. Time's running out. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.

Tara:
Heather Graham!

Ghostface:
Correct! You pulled that one out. Now for the final question: Who was the killer in "Stab 1"?

Tara:
Oh, I know this one, you f***! It's Billy Loomis! It's Billy Loomis, and he was Sidney's boyfriend, and he was played by Luke Wilson, and I got you, you a**hole! I got it! I got it right!

Ghostface:
Oh, I'm sorry, Tara, but that's just not correct.

Tara:
What? No, no, no, no, no! It is! It is! That is right!

Ghostface:
The correct answer is Billy Loomis...and Stu Macher. There are two killers in the original "Stab". I'm afraid someone's got to die now.

[Richie and Amber have revealed themselves to be the killers, and they drag Sam and Sidney to the kitchen]

Richie:
Someone has to save the franchise! You see, no one has made a great "Stab" movie since the first one. Not really. [To Amber] Hey, baby, you want to go get the very ex-Mrs. Riley?

Amber:
Yeah, I do.

[Richie approaches Sidney]

Richie:
Sidney Prescott. You know, I'm a really big fan.

Sidney:
Go f*** yourself.

Richie:
You see the last "Stab" movie?

Sidney:
Not really a fan of scary movies.

Richie:
That checks out. Anyway, it sucked balls. Because nobody takes the true fans seriously, not really. They just laugh at us, and why?! Because we love something?! We're just a f***ing joke to them?! How can fandom be toxic? It's about love! They don't f***ing understand these movies are important to people!

Sam:
Richie...

Richie:
And we're gonna help them! Hollywood's totally f***ing out of ideas, so we decided we'd give them some new source material to follow. You know, bring it back to basics. Because that's how you make a great "Stab" movie, Sam. Based on actual events.

[Amber drags Gale to the kitchen, then approaches Sidney, mockingly waving her knife at her while mimicking the Psycho theme]

Sam:
You did all this just to make me the hero of your f***ed-up movie?

Richie:
Sweetie, you’re not the hero. You’re the villain. The daughter of Billy Loomis who sees f***ed-up visions of her dead dad. Sidney Prescott killed your father. You...did all this just to get her back to Woodsboro.

Amber:
You know what the biggest problem with the "Stab" movies is? There’s no Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees, no bad guy to keep coming back. But the illegitimate daughter of the original mastermind? Now that’s a f***ing villain.

Sam:
How did you know?

Amber:
About your father? I mean, it’s a small town and your mom’s a drunk! I met Richie on the "Stab" subreddit. I’ve been obsessed ever since my parents bought this house. We realized pretty quickly we had similar ideas.

Richie:
Wasn’t that hard for me to find you in Modesto. It wasn’t that hard for me to f*** you, either. But I guess being a sexually available woman is supposed to be empowering these days.

Sam:
[angered] F*** you!

Richie:
Well, now you’re just quoting the original.

Amber:
But it wouldn’t work with just you, Sam. See, we had to bring the legacy characters back to make it matter. Can’t have a bona fide Halloween without Jamie Lee!

Richie:
Nope!

Amber:
Dewey had to die to make it real, to show that this wasn’t just some bullshit, cash-in, run-of-the-mill sequel. Because our movie has f***ing stakes! [Speaks in a sing-song tone] ‘Cause anyone can die in a requel.

[Sidney attempts to escape, only for Amber to stab her in the side]

Richie:
I’m so sorry, Sid. We can’t let you live, either. I mean, surviving this many times, that would just be ridiculous. [Speaks in a true evil and delusional tone] This time, the fans are gonna be the ones who win. [To Amber] That about cover it?

Amber:
[Smiles] Nailed it, baby.

Richie:
[Confident their plan will succeed without fail] Get Tara out of the closet. We got to go start staging the bodies! [Amber leaves; Richie starts taunting Sam] You really should’ve listened to Dewey! He nailed it in one! "Dude, look at the love interest!" Are you f***ing stupid? I even had you convinced it could be your sister.

[Immediately after, Amber's voice is heard, sounding stunned and confused]

Amber:
Um, she’s not here.

[Richie's smile fades as he becomes stunned]

Richie:
What the f*** do you mean she’s not here?

Amber:
She’s not here!

Sam:
I untied her. [Richie looks at Sam, shocked] Guess you’re not as persuasive as you thought.

[Richie is cornering Sam, who is on the ground. As Richie taunts her, unknown to him, Sam sees a vision of her father, Billy Loomis, who guides her to a knife on the ground]

Richie:
What are you gonna do now, huh? Make a scary phone call to me? Pop your head out of the closet in a Ghostface mask? You know, 'cause you're the villain? And the villain dies at the end! Those are the rules!

Sam:
I'm introducing a new rule.

Richie:
And what might that be, huh? [Aims his gun at Sam] Well?! [Laughs arrogantly and evilly]

Sam:
Never f*** with the daughter of a serial killer.

[Hearing Sam say the rule causes Richie to frown in confusion, until Sam grabs the knife and plunges it straight into Richie's mouth. As Richie recoils from the sudden attack, dropping his gun in the process, Sam proceeds to attack him viciously, stabbing him dozens of times in the exact same manner of Ghostface stabbing a victim, all while Richie screams in pain and shock. Sam then stops stabbing and raises the knife, as Richie, his arrogant behavior now destroyed and replaced with fear, cowardly begins pleading for mercy]

Richie:
[whimpering] WAIT! Wait! What about my ending?!

[Sam quietly places her knife next to Richie's throat]

Sam:
[whispers] Here it comes. [slashes his throat]

Richie:
[horrified] Aah! No!

[Richie's throat is fully slashed, and a fatally wounded Richie only has enough time to witness Sam use her hand to clean her blood-stained knife, another Ghostface move, before ultimately dying. Sidney and Gale walk in and stand next to Sam, looking at Richie's body]

Sidney:
Careful. They always come back.

[Sam takes the gun from Gale and shoots Richie's body, eventually shooting him in the head, ensuring that he is dead]

Gale:
Okay, then.

[Suddenly, a badly-burned and disfigured Amber, screaming loudly, runs in and desperately tries to attack the trio, only to be immediately killed by a shot to the head; Tara is revealed to be the shooter]

Tara:
I still prefer The Babadook.


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