Scream 2022 Did Not Earn [SPOILER]'s Death

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Scream 2022 makes a daring move by bringing back characters from the original film, but it does not earn killing off one of them. It’s been over a decade since the previous cinematic entry in the Scream franchise, though during that time there was also a TV show that was arguably better than the movies. The latest Scream has been well-received, and it lives up to its name by having so-called “legacy” characters return to square off with the Ghostface Killer once more. The return of Sidney Prescott alongside the likes of Dewey Riley and Gale Weathers will be welcomed by many fans, but Scream 2022 ultimately fails with the death of a key cast member.

Scream 2022 makes a big show of Dewey Riley returning to the town of Woodsboro to help Sam and her sister Tara against Ghostface. Initially, the former sheriff is seen hiding in a trailer, pining after his former wife Gale Weathers. However, after initially rebuffing Sam's pleas for help, he soon decides to join the battle against the town's latest masked mass murderer. Unfortunately, an encounter with the new killer sees Dewey meet a tragic end as he is ironically stabbed to death in a hospital. Although Dewey’s been stabbed in Scream films more times than almost anyone else, the choices that lead to Dewey’s demise in Scream 2022 are rather disappointing.

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While the Scream franchise has always prided itself on its subversion of horror tropes and the progenitor of meta-horror, it drops the ball when it comes to Dewey Riley’s death. When Dewey and Sam make their way to the hospital to protect Tara from Ghostface, they manage to incapacitate the masked killer. Unfortunately, what they then choose to do is