If you haven’t already noted it on your calendar, Scream VI, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, will be in cinemas in less than 100 days. This signals the release of fresh trailers, the spread of news, and most likely the resurging of fan theories. We’re due for some supernatural, resurrection elements characteristic of slasher flicks now that the franchise’s sixth instalment is on the horizon – New York now, outer space tomorrow. So who would you bring back, if you could? Perri Nemiroff of Collider was interested in the choice that Kevin Williamson, the original Scream screenwriter, would make and why, and it’s a solid one.
Wes Craven’s Scream just rocked your head, and the year is 1996 once more. A brand-new slasher that breaks precedent with its last female and the previously rigorous genre standards, as well as having not one, but two insane killers, a very good reason, and some extremely meta introspective character development. It was everything horror required and more, and it has a history of producing enjoyable sequels that stay true to the established mythos of the original film (Scream 3 was still enjoyable).
After 2022’s Scream 5 rebooted the franchise with Melissa Barrera’s Sam Carpenter and her sister, Tara (played by Jenna Ortega), the tropes have shifted to new characters, something Craven set in motion back in 2011 with Scream 4. However, there are always rumors floating around that characters we may have thought were dead and gone might be biding their time to resurface later on. Most of these are incredibly unlikely due to Ghostface’s affinity for over-killing their victims, but we were curious who Williamson, the man who penned the original trilogy films, would bring back if he could. It’s clear Williamson had time to think on this, because he not only gave us a name, he gave us a yearning for what could have been, saying:
