The Scream trilogy is trilogy of horror films created by director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson and beginning in 1996 and ending in 2000. The plot involves a psychopathic serial killer wearing a Halloween costume attempting to kill Sidney Prescott and various other characters involved in her life. Each film begins with the gory murder of a couple and takes off from there leading to the revelation of the killer's identity and the final battle between Sidney and the killer. They revitalized the slasher film genre in the mid 1990s, in a similar way to Halloween (1978) in the 1970s, by using a standard concept with a tongue-in-cheek approach that successfully combined straightforward scares with dialogue that satirized slasher film conventions. The first film became a major commercial success upon its release, and was one of the highest grossing films of 1996. It was also highly acclaimed by many critics worldwide, who appreciated the film's tongue-in-cheek approach. It received an 86% rating at rottentomatoes.com. As a result it spawned two sequels, Scream 2 and Scream 3. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film director and writer best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the redoubtable Freddy Krueger character. ... Kevin Williamson at the Century City premiere of Columbias Vertical Limit. ... Ehren Kruger is a screenwriter and film producer, born 5 October 1972 and was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for The Ring. ... Neve Adrianne Campbell (born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress. ... David James Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor. ... Courteney Bass Cox Arquette (born June 15, 1964) is an American actress and former model, known for her role as Monica Geller in the popular television sitcom Friends. ... This article is about the actor. ... Liev Schreiber (born October 4, 1967) is a Tony Award-winning American actor. ... Marco Beltrami is a musical composer for motion pictures. ... Dimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. ... The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Director Herbert Brenon with actress Alla Nazimova on the set of War Brides, 1916 A director is a person who directs the making of a film. ... Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film director and writer best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the redoubtable Freddy Krueger character. ... Screenwriters, scenarists, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Kevin Williamson at the Century City premiere of Columbias Vertical Limit. ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder which is often characterised by antisocial and impulsive behaviour. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... College students dressed up for Halloween. ... Sidney Prescott is the fictional heroine from the Scream trilogy. ... Halloween (film) redirects here. ... Scream is a 1996 horror film, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. ... Scream 2 is a 1997 film, the second part of the Scream trilogy. ... Scream 3 (2000) (theatrical name Scr3am) is the third installment in the successful Scream trilogy of satirical horror films. ...

Basic story

Prelude

Throughout the trilogy (specifically Scream and Scream 3), parts of a back story have been revealed that occurred before the first film. As it turns out, Maureen Prescott (Sidney's mother) went to L.A to become an actress. She played in three horror flicks using the name Rina Reynolds. At one particular Hollywood party, she was gang raped by movie insiders and became pregnant with Roman Bridger. After giving birth to Roman, Maureen left Hollywood as well as Roman and went back home to Woodsboro, where she met and married Neil Prescott. They then had a daughter named Sidney. Meanwhile, Roman grew up wondering what had happened to his mother. Scream is a 1996 horror film, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. ... Scream 3 (2000) (theatrical name Scr3am) is the third installment in the successful Scream trilogy of satirical horror films. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Premise

Finally, when Sidney was around 16, Roman found Maureen (Rina) and went to her, hoping to spend some time with her only to find out Maureen had so-to-speak, killed Rina and that she no longer existed, which in short means that the mother he came looking for was not here. This enraged Roman, to the point of following her where he learned that not everything had changed; Maureen's dirty past had come back to haunt her, revealing that she wasn't the faithful wife that Sidney thought she was. As it was discovered she had affairs with many men, including Cotton Weary, and more surprisingly, Hank Loomis, Billy Loomis' dad, who is the boyfriend of Sidney. Roman told Billy about this, and using his creativity as a director, persuaded Billy to kill Maureen and frame Cotton, leading not only to the death of Maureen, but the imprisonment of Cotton as well. In Scream, Billy persuades his friend Stu to help him. They kill people who wronged them such as Casey who dumped Stu. Billy and Stu kill Sidney's friend's and intend to kill her but she kills them. In the second film Billy's mother is the killer, she wants revenge on Sidney , and she makes one of Sidney's friend's Mickey to help her. However in the end Sidney kills both of them too. In the third film Roman returns and plans to kill Sidney for the life that he should have had. She mortally wounds him and Dewey shoots him in the head.

The Rules

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A signature device, started in the first film and continued in the second and third film, was the typical "rules" for that type of horror movie being stated by the characters. In the first film, those rules (as described by Randy) are: Image File history File links Scream promotional poster This is a copyrighted poster. ... Image File history File links Scream promotional poster This is a copyrighted poster. ... Scream is a 1996 horror film, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. ... Scream is a 1996 horror film, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. ...

• You may not survive the movie if you have sex.
• You may not survive the movie if you drink or do drugs.
• You may not survive the movie if you say "I'll be right back."

Additional rules (according to the killer):

• You may not survive the movie if you ask "Who's there?"
• You shouldn't go out to investigate a strange noise if you wish to survive.
• Never believe the killer is dead, as he'll return for one last scare...

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(as described by Randy) are: Scream 2 is a 1997 film, the second part of the Scream trilogy. ... Scream 2 is a 1997 film, the second part of the Scream trilogy. ...

• The body count is always bigger.
• The death scenes are always much more elaborate, with more blood and gore.

Randy starts to describe the third rule: "If you want your films to become a successful franchise, never, ever...' before being interrupted by Dewey. (The joke is that the filmmakers are admitting there is no surefire way to ensure a film franchise is successful.) However, the film's original teaser trailer featured an extended version of the rules scene which reveals that originally the third rule was supposed to be "Never, ever, under any circumstances assume the killer is dead." This referenced Randy's last line in the original Scream which stated that a killer always comes back to life for one last scare.

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"If you find yourself dealing with an unexpected backstory, and a preponderance of exposition, then the sequel rules do not apply. Because you are not dealing with a sequel, you are dealing with the concluding chapter of a trilogy." The rules for the final concluding chapter of a trilogy are different:

• "You've got a killer who’s gonna be superhuman. Stabbing him won’t work, shooting him won’t work. Basically in the third one, you gotta cryogenically freeze his head, decapitate him, or blow him up."
• "Anyone, including the main character, can die. This means you, Sid."
• "The past will come back to bite you in the ass. Whatever you think you know about the past, forget it. The past is not at rest! Any sins you think were committed in the past are about to break out and destroy you."
• "Basically... In the third movie? All bets are off."

Exceptions

It should be noted that, in all three movies, at least one rule is broken:

• Several characters survive "Scream" even after having sex (Sidney in particular), drinking, and saying "I'll be right back."
• In both "Scream 2" or "Scream 3," the death scenes are never any more elaborate than those in the first.
• In "Scream 3," Roman Bridger is not superhuman, as one head shot is enough to kill him. However, he was stabbed multiple times earlier in the film, surviving due to a bulletproof vest he wore, a fact which he revealed to Sydney before his last attempt to kill her, which ended when he was shot in the head.

Statistics & trivia

• David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette, Jamie Kennedy, Liev Schreiber, and Wes Craven are the only actors to appear in all 3 Scream films. Wes Craven's performances were uncredited.
• The Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds song "Red Right Hand" and its sequel can be heard in all three films.
• There are 5 killers total:
  • Stu Macher and Billy Loomis (Scream)
  • Mickey Altieri and Mrs. Loomis, who is the only female killer (Scream 2)
  • Roman Bridger (Scream 3). This is the only movie to have one killer.
• Each film in the series has begun with the murders of a couple. These couples were typically portrayed by famous actors/actresses in small cameos:
  • Scream: Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) and her boyfriend, Steven Orth (Kevin Patrick Walls).
  • Scream 2: Maureen Evans (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Phil Stevens (Omar Epps).
  • Scream 3: Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber) and his girlfriend, Christine Hamilton (Kelly Rutherford).
• In each of the films, the killer gets shot in the head after coming back to life for one last scare.
• 27 people die in the series altogether
• Parody : Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth. The first Scary Movie mainly follows the same plot line as the first Scream, however the parody features elements from several other horror fims.
• All 3 Scream movies have Sidney and another character kill the killers together (exept Stu who

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• In Scream, Sidney and Gale kill Billy (chest and head shot)
• In Scream 2, Sidney and Cotton kill Mrs. Loomis (again, chest and head shot), and Sidney and
• Gale kill Mickey (multiple gunshots)
• In Scream 3, Dewey and Sidney kill Roman (stabbing and head shot)

Characters

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