The most important thing to note in the new Scream 5 trailer is the multiple callbacks to the original 1996 film, which has gone on to become a cult favorite. The movie played an important role in increasing the popularity of horror films in the ’90s and made Ghostface almost like a household name. Over 25 years later, the character is still so popular that it is recreated by cosplayers and added to different games, such as Call of Duty: Warzone.
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The new Scream 5 trailer begins with David Arquette’s Dewey Riley explaining to the new cast members how to survive in case they come face-to-face with Ghostface. This is a direct reference to the horror survival rules mentioned in the original film by Jamie Kennedy’s Randy. “The killer is a part of something in the past,” Dewey is heard saying, bringing back a legacy that Ghostface has established in the past two decades.
The trailer then also brings back Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers and Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott as Ghostface starts to wreak havoc in town. His classic “Sidney” over the phone is heard in the trailer as Campbell’s character states that she has “seen this movie before.” Just when the trailer seems like a rehash of old clips, Ghostface reminds viewers that it was “not this movie.”
The Scream trailer is loaded with slasher sounds, screams, and the right amount of gore to invite audiences back to the world of Woodsboro for the fifth time. The trailer definitely aims to play on the nostalgia factor, encouraging the audience members who have grown up with the franchise to return to theaters. While the last two films in the franchise did not perform well on the box office and received average reviews from fans, the latest chapter comes 11 years after the previous installment, giving viewers enough time to forget the past.
Joining the original team are the new Scream cast members, including Jack Quaid as Richie Kirsch, Melissa Barrera as Sam Carpenter, Dylan Minnette as Wes Hicks, Jenna Ortega as Tara Carpenter, Kyle Gallner as Vince Schneider, and Mason Gooding as Chad Meeks-Martin, among others. The first four movies in the 25-year-old franchise were directed by Wes Craven, who died in 2015. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett step into his shoes, and were responsible for bringing 2019’s Ready or Not to life. Writer Kevin Williamson returns as executive producer.
Scream premieres in theaters on January 14, 2022.
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