Scream

Trivia: If you look closely, you can see a box containing Tatum Riley's ashes on a shelf in Dewey's home. Tatum was of course Dewey's sister who was killed in the original movie.

TedStixon

Trivia: The song "Red Right Hand" briefly plays during one of the murder scenes. The song has been featured in every other "Scream" movie except "Scream 4." (They wanted to include the song in the fourth film, but there was a copyright dispute behind the scenes and it could not be included).

TedStixon

Trivia: Sidney makes a brief passing reference to having a husband named "Mark." After hearing much fan speculation, the directors confirmed that her husband is indeed Mark Kincaid from "Scream 3," who was played by Patrick Dempsey.

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Trivia: Originally, acclaimed director Rian Johnson was meant to have a cameo in the film as the director of the fictitious "Stab 8." He would have appeared alongside "Scream 4" co-star Hayden Panettiere as her character Kirby in a short scene. However, scheduling conflicts prevented this from happening. Nevertheless, a photo confirming that Kirby survived "Scream 4" is briefly shown, and Panettiere has a small voice-over cameo during the party scene alongside other cast and crew from the series.

TedStixon

Trivia: MAJOR SPOILERS: Courtney Cox was heartbroken when she read the script and saw that Dewey got killed off, since he was such a likeable, positive character. She tried to talk the directors out of actually killing him by throwing in a last-minute twist that he was still alive, such as her getting a text from him at the hospital and revealing he wasn't the one in the body-bag. However, she ultimately agreed with their decision to kill him off, since it raised the stakes.

TedStixon

Trivia: When the group of friends are first introduced, if you look closely, Wes and Amber are snacking on a bag of grapes. This is a bizarrely specific reference to a scene from the first film, in which Tatum and Stu are also seen snacking on a bag of the same type of grapes. SPOILER ALERT: Just like in the original film, one of the people eating the fruit (Amber) is one of the killers, while the other person (Wes) is a victim.

TedStixon

Trivia: During the scene that reveals Kirby is still alive via YouTube link, if you look very closely, you can also see a link to a YouTube conspiracy video called "Did the Real-Life Stu Macher survive?" This is an easter-egg referencing a popular fan-theory that Stu actually survived the original film and would return as the killer in a future installment.

TedStixon

Trivia: Came out almost exactly 25 years after the original. The original came out in December 1996. This film came out January 2022, with a difference of only about three weeks.

TedStixon

Visible crew/equipment: As Wes steps out of the shower and is drying his hair, you can just see the reflection of the camera man in the glass on the right side.

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Question: Is there any particular reason why Marco Beltrami didn't return to score this film? I understand he has a voice-over cameo during the movie, so he was obviously involved in some capacity. But why didn't he write the music? Was it a scheduling conflict? Did the directors simply want to bring in a new composer? Etc.

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