Amber Freeman

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**Amber Freeman** is the secondary antagonist in Scream (2022), the fifth installment of the *Scream* movie franchise.

## Biography

As soon as Amber moved into 261 Turner Lane (Stu Macher's former house), she developed an obsession with the first Stab movie. She disliked the sequels, though. After becoming upset with *Stab 8*, now known as Stab, she contacted Richie Kirsch on a Stab subreddit, and the two of them came up with a concept to make a "requel" to the first Stab using the Carpenter sisters as its inspiration.

Tara Carpenter, a high school student, is assaulted by Ghostface when she is at home alone 25 years after Billy Loomis and Stu Macher's murderous rampage in Woodsboro. Tara Carpenter was hospitalized as a result.

Wes Hicks, one of Tara's pals, tells Sam Carpenter, Tara's estranged elder sister, about the assault in Modesto. Sam visits Tara at the hospital with her boyfriend Richie Kirsch, and there they catch up with Tara's friends Wes, **Amber Freeman**, Chad and Mindy Meeks-Martin, and Liv McKenzie. That evening, Ghostface kills Vince Schneider, Stu's nephew and Liv's ex-boyfriend. Sam informs Tara that she has been having hallucinations of Billy, who she discovered as a teenager to be her biological father, after having a run-in with Ghostface at the hospital. Sam's real parentage caused their parents to split up, which is why Sam and Tara lost contact.

Dewey Riley, who is separated from Gale Weathers, welcomes Sam and Richie. When Gale and Sidney Prescott seek him for assistance in finding the murderer, he calls them to let them know that Ghostface has made a comeback. Dewey joins them to Mindy and Chad's house where he is reunited with Martha, the mother of the twins and sister of Randy Meeks. Mindy surmises that the killer is employing the conventions of a "requel," which is a continuation of a story that heavily draws from the plot of the original while using Tara and her friends as the new generation and using Sam's connection to Billy as a way to weave the legacy characters. The three attacks have all been on individuals who are somehow connected to the original killers. Afterwards, at their residence, Wes and his mother, Sheriff Judy Hicks, are killed by Ghostface. Gale, who has come to town to cover the story, and Dewey get together. Ghostface attacks Tara and Richie in the hospital, but Dewey and Sam, who are just arriving, save them. Sam, Tara, and Richie manage to escape, but Dewey loses his life while attempting to murder Ghostface.

After hearing of Dewey's passing, Sidney arrives in town and meets Gale and Sam at the hospital. Sam refuses Sidney's request to assist in finding the murderer and instead decides to travel with Tara and Richie out of town. As the group arrives at Amber's, Sidney and Gale discover that it was really Stu's old house where the initial Woodsboro slaughter occurred. Chad and Mindy are both attacked by Ghostface at a celebration honoring Wes' legacy. Amber takes out a revolver and shoots Liv in the head as the friends gather, exposing herself as the murderer. Richie is identified as Tara's assailant and Amber's accomplice when Sidney and Gale arrive. Sam is stabbed by Richie, who then drags Sam, Sidney, and Gale into the kitchen where Sidney initially battled Billy and Stu.

Richie and Amber admit they met online and are Slash movie enthusiasts. Dissatisfied with the direction that the most recent Stab 8 had taken, they made the decision to start a new killing spree, bringing back the "original cast" to serve as fresh "source material" for a future "requel" Stab movie and planning to blame Sam for the crime. Richie goes after Tara as Sidney and Gale battle Amber together. The struggle ends with Gale getting free and shooting Amber, who then falls into a stove that has been turned on and is lit on fire. Sam fights Richie and Tara attacks Amber but is unable to do so. Sam sees Billy in yet another hallucination while Richie chases after her, drawing her attention to Amber's misplaced dagger.

### Death

Sam, proud of her paternal ancestry, repeatedly stabs Richie with the knife before shooting and murdering him. Amber, who had been horrifically burned, makes another effort to assault the group but Tara shoots her dead.

## Victims

* Sheriff Judy Hicks - Stabbed in stomach 9x
* Dwight "Dewey" Riley - Stabbed, gutted, honored
* Liv McKenzie - Suddenly shot in head