Scream (2022)

Paul Neinstein

Project X Entertainment

Radio Silence Productions

## Overview

Twenty-five years after Billy Loomis and Stu Macher's killing spree in Woodsboro, a high school student named Tara Carpenter is home alone when she is attacked by Ghostface and left hospitalized. In Modesto, Tara's estranged older sister Sam Carpenter is informed about the attack by Wes Hicks, one of Tara's friends. Sam returns to Woodsboro with her boyfriend Richie to visit Tara at the hospital, where Sam is reunited with Tara's friend group: Wes, Amber Freeman, twins Chad and Mindy Meeks-Martin, and Chad's girlfriend Liv McKenzie. That night, Liv's ex-boyfriend Vince Schneider, who is Stu Macher's nephew, is killed by Ghostface outside a bar. At the hospital, Sam is attacked by Ghostface and tells Tara that she has been dealing with hallucinations of Billy Loomis, who Sam learned as a teenager was her biological father. Sam's true parentage resulted in their parents' separation and is why Sam became estranged from Tara.

Sam and Richie visit Dewey Riley, who is divorced from Gale Weathers. They ask for his help in stopping the killer, and he contacts Gale and Sidney Prescott, warning them about the return of Ghostface. Dewey joins them at Mindy and Chad's home and is reunited with the twins' mother Martha, Randy Meeks' sister. Due to the three attacks having targeted people related to the original killers, Sam is accused of being the killer. Ghostface then murders Wes and his mother, Sheriff Judy Hicks, at their home. There, Dewey reunites with Gale, who has arrived in town to cover the story. At the hospital, Tara and Richie are attacked by Ghostface but are saved by Dewey and Sam. Dewey is killed when he attempts to kill Ghostface.

Sidney arrives in town after learning of Dewey's death and meets both Gale and Sam at the hospital. Sidney asks Sam to help stop the killer, but Sam declines. She chooses to leave town with Richie and Tara, but they are forced to stop at Amber's house to retrieve an inhaler for Tara. Sidney and Gale follow them to Amber's house, which is revealed to be Stu's former home where the original Woodsboro massacre took place. There, Chad and Mindy are both attacked and stabbed by Ghostface. As Sam tends to an injured Mindy, Amber pulls out a gun and shoots Liv in the head, revealing herself as Ghostface. Fleeing to the basement, Richie speculates to Sam that Tara is Amber's accomplice. Sam leaves him to find Tara and discovers her tied up in a closet.

When Gale and Sidney arrive, Amber shoots and injures Gale. Richie then stabs Sam and reveals himself to be Amber's partner. Richie and Amber take Sam, Sidney, and Gale into the kitchen where they reveal they are fans of the *Stab* film series who met online. Disappointed in the trajectory taken with the most-recent *Stab 8*, they decided to embark on a new killing spree, bringing back the "original cast" to provide new-and-improved "source material" for a future "requel" *Stab* film and intend to frame Sam as the killer.

After Tara fights Amber and Sam attacks Richie, Gale breaks free and shoots Amber, who lands on the stove and is set on fire. Sam is injured, but uses Amber's abandoned knife to stab Richie repeatedly before shooting him. Amber attempts to attack the group again but is shot dead by Tara. Tara and the Meeks twins are taken to the hospital, and Sam thanks Sidney and Gale for their help. Gale refuses to write about the new murders and give the killers notoriety, opting to write a tribute to Dewey instead.

## Cast

* Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
* Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers
* David Arquette as Dewey Riley
* Melissa Barrera as Sam Carpenter
* Jack Quaid as Richie Kirsch
* Mikey Madison as Amber Freeman
* Jenna Ortega as Tara Carpenter
* Dylan Minnette as Wes Hicks
* Jasmin Savoy Brown as Mindy Meeks-Martin
* Mason Gooding as Chad Meeks-Martin
* Sonia Ammar as Liv McKenzie
* Marley Shelton as Sheriff Judy Hicks
* Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis
* Kyle Gallner as Vince Schneider
* Chester Tam as Deputy Vinson
* Reggie Conquest as Deputy Farney
* Heather Matarazzo as Martha Meeks
* Roger L. Jackson as the voice of Ghostface

## Villains

* Richie Kirsch
* Amber Freeman