The Scream franchise has traditionally struck a very specific tone. Wes Craven's 1996 original is the rare film that successfully parodies the slasher movie while also managing to be one, able to release tension with laughter without diluting its scares. The sequels have mostly faced the responsibility of parodying "the Scream movie" alongside other trends in horror, all the way up to the " requel " sendup in Scream (2022) that revived the series.

Scream 6 , in service of new franchise heroines the Carpenter sisters, pursued something different. An interest in Scream movies past remained, but it showed signs of shedding the self-consciousness that defined the previous installment, playing its slasher-movie scares straight. And it worked – the franchise felt vibrant aga

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