Scream 2022's Lack Of Post-Credits Scene Was A Missed Opportunity
Scream 2022 followed the franchise’s style of satirizing current trends not only in the horror genre but in cinema in general, but it missed a huge opportunity by not having a post-credits scene. The horror genre has seen many reboots and sequels in recent years, especially from fan-favorite franchises, and the latest one to join the fun is Scream. A decade after the release of Scream 4 came a fifth movie in the franchise, simply titled Scream, which following the trend of “requels”, brought together characters from the previous movies and a new generation.
Set 25 years after the events of the first Scream movie, Scream 2022 takes viewers back to Woodsboro, where a new Ghostface killer has started a new murder spree and is targeting both survivors of past killings and new victims. When Tara (Jenna Ortega) is attacked, her estranged sister Sam (Melissa Barrera) returns to Woodsboro to look after her and find out who’s behind this new wave of murders, but her return triggers some big revelations. With Ghostface back, old secrets also come to light, and the killer begins to target those related to past killers and murder sprees, which leads Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), Dewey Riley (David Arquette), and Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) to join forces one more time to discover who’s behind the mask and stop the murders one more time.
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The Scream franchise became popular and has been widely acclaimed thanks to its satirization of horror/slasher clichés and for addressing current social issues, with each movie covering different ones depending on their current context. Scream 2022 was no exception, and the main theme was “requels”, which as mentioned
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