Scream 2022’s Wes Craven Tribute Was Perfect
Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS for Scream (2022) ahead!
The character of Wes in Scream 2022 was a perfect tribute to the legendary horror director Wes Craven. Horror icon Wes Craven revitalized the teen slasher movie with 1996’s original Scream, a meta slasher that proved a huge success upon release. The famed helmer’s teen horror was such a hit that Scream spawned an entire franchise, with Craven returning to direct the movie’s first three sequels.
Unfortunately, Craven died in 2015, a few years after the release of his final movie, Scream 4. Since the director was (alongside screenwriter Kevin Williamson) the driving creative force behind the franchise, it was inevitable that 2022’s Scream reboot would reference Craven. While Scream 2022’s character Wes was not the killer (as some fans theorized pre-release), his subplot was a perfect tribute to the late master of horror.
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Not only was Dylan Minette’s Wes the character who brought the cast of Scream 2022 together and set the story in motion at the beginning of the movie, but Wes was also the savviest of the ensemble. Like Craven, Wes was well aware of horror movie conventions and cliches and prepared for any villain’s potential attacks, with the character even being mocked by his peers for his safety-first attitude. Unlike most screen teens, Wes was more than prepared to handle a masked killer, and, in true Wes Craven/Scream movie fashion, this did nothing to stop him from receiving the most violent death in Scream 2022. The shockingly brutal end meted out on Wes was a bloody reminder of Craven’s take-no-prisoners approach to the genre and a fitting tribute to the genre legend’s legacy.
Later in Scream 2022, when the partygoers
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