Scream Is At Its Best When It Stays In Woodsboro

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Sidney Prescott's hometown of Woodsboro, California is the perfect setting for the Scream franchise. When fans first meet Neve Campbell's beloved character in the original 1996 movie, she is doing her best to live a normal teenage life with her friends and boyfriend while dealing with the murder of her mother Maureen. Sidney seems to enjoy living in her small town as it's a sweet place with a town square, mom and pop shops, a great video store, and a peaceful vibe. Of course, that all goes out the window when Ghostface begins killing people.

While the entire Scream franchise is considered to be fantastic, there are a few movies that don't take place in Woodsboro, and that seems to be a mistake. These films are good, but they just don't have the same charm.

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Many parts of Scream aged well, and fans will never tire of watching the 1996 movie and seeing Sidney work through the terror that is going on with her best friend Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan) and Tatum's older brother Dewey (David Arquette) by her side. There are so many special things about Scream and the Woodsboro location is one of them. Small towns in scary stories always give off this vibe that pain and suffering weren't supposed to occur here and it's especially unnerving when murders take place in this type of place.

Scream 2 and Scream 3 are examples of what happens to the Scream franchise when there is a setting other than Sidney's small town. While Scream 2 is a good sequel, with fans praising Sarah Michelle Gellar's performance as sorority girl Cici Cooper in particular, it does take place at college. As Sidney attends Windsor College, she imagines that she can make new friends, enjoy her