A self-aware horror franchise like Scream always has to find some way to one-up itself, and there are several on display in the trailer for Scream VI. This is a new kind of Ghostface—or so he says. Everything horrible takes place in New York, where the lights on the subway only rarely flicker this much, but sure. And hey! They brought back Hayden Panettiere, so this go-round has three generations of Scream queens.
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But it doesn’t have Neve Campbell (who left the series after a salary dispute), and it does have me very worried for Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), who gets a little cocky and appears to pay for it.
The team behind the last Scream returns for this one—directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not) and writers James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick—as do many of the surviving cast, including Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Wednesday Addams herself, Jenna Ortega. The cast also includes Jack Champion, Henry Czerny, Liana Liberato, Dermot Mulroney, Devyn Nekoda, Tony Revolori, Josh Segarra and Samara Weaving.
The synopsis reveals basically nothing: “Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.” In New York! Which on the one hand makes sense; there are people everywhere, so in theory you’re less likely to be alone when a masked murderer comes calling. But Halloween is, uh, fraught, and even a deli guy with a large gun is no match for this Ghostface.
Scream VI premieres March 10th.
