David Arquette Wants SCREAM 5 to Be a Tribute to Wes Craven

Josh Millican   |  

Oct 31, 2018

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Halloween (2018) may have surpassed Scream (1996) as top-grossing slasher movie in history, but don’t count Ghostface out just yet. Though the franchise is technically still alive in the form of a TV Series, there hasn’t been a new Scream flick since 2011’s soft-reboot (aka Scream 4). If David Arquette has his druthers, though, Deputy Dewey will be back for another feature film installment of Wes Craven’s seminal meta-horror franchise.

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Craven directed all 4 Scream movies, and franchise lead Neve Campbell previously declared that the filmmaker is the heart and soul of the series. When Craven passed away in 2015, we all assumed it was the end of the road for Sidney and company. While the idea of making another Scream movie without Craven at the helm seems sacrilegious to some, Arquette sees it as an opportunity to pay tribute to the vastly influential fear practitioner.

Here’s what he recently told Slasher Radio when asked about making a 5^th chapter of Scream:

“Yeah, absolutely. I would love to do that. I think [Craven would] still be a part of it in an incredible way. It would be like a tribute almost. Yeah, I think it would be really fun. I love everyone involved in it. Neve is such an anchor, and so incredible as an actress. I think there’s something there.”

For now, it’s all just theoretical, but the success of Blumhouse’s Halloween proves there’s a definite resurgence in horror audiences’ affinity for brutal slashers. And with reboots of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13^th in various stages of pre-production, Ghostface might be called back into action. Time will tell.

You can give the trailer and synopsis for Scream 4 a spin below.

Synopsis:
It has been many years since the Ghostface Killer cut a deadly path through the town of Woodsboro. In order to get over the trauma of those horrific events, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) has written a self-help book. She returns to Woodsboro for her book tour, and reconnects with old friends Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) and Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette). However, Sidney’s arrival also sparks the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney and everyone she loves in danger.

Are you a fan of the Scream franchise? Would you be down for another Scream feature film, even without Wes Craven? Sound off in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram!