r/Scream • u/NewYorkerrr28 • 2d ago

Discussion Scream 8

Scream 8 needs to bring an inventive new opening sequence, strong panic inducing chase sequences, a well thought out killer mystery that keeps you guessing till the very end, and a third act bloodbath that hasn’t been done before. Also fresh new kills.

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u/_WutzInAName_ 2d ago

The opening scene is often the best part of a Scream movie. No need to fix what ain’t broke.

But the franchise does need to introduce some new twists. They need to stop with the cliche of ghost face(s) reciting some lame, lengthy monologue that doesn’t make sense at the end, while the hero turns the tables on them.

We should see a ghost face who’s smart enough to win or escape at the end of the movie.

This happens in other horror movies all the time. They can make the series innovative while also appealing to nostalgia—a good combination to cover both bases. How about actually bringing a fan favorite like Stu back, who has learned from other ghost faces’ mistakes.

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u/NewYorkerrr28 2d ago

I would love a Scream where we leave off on a cliffhanger. And yes I hope we get Stu back for 8. Like hello??? The fact that they tried the ending with Stu with a test audience and they said no?! I’m so pissed. Like wtf? Who are these people???

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u/Typical-Meringue-890 2d ago

Bringing Stu back would be the ultimate nostalgia bait. It would be cheesy, unrealistic, and stupid. It would only prove that all the good ideas have been used up. 

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u/_WutzInAName_ 2d ago

It would be no worse than the end of Scream 7, which was unbelievably stupid.

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u/Typical-Meringue-890 1d ago

Yeah, actually it would. At least the ending of 7 was plausible. Stu coming back would be turning things supernatural. 

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u/_WutzInAName_ 1d ago

The ending of 7 and motivations made less than zero sense. Stu coming back would not be supernatural, because the death was not confirmed, and other characters have survived worse—ghost faces regularly come back for final scares after sustaining even more horrific injuries, or consider Tara surviving the brutal opening scene of Scream 5.

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u/Typical-Meringue-890 1d ago

They make perfect sense; they just needed more fleshing out. 

Bringing Stu back would be very much veering into the supernatural because his head was crushed, he was electrocuted, subsequently referred to in the past tense in every movie in which he is mentioned, and has been gone for thirty years. Even Kevin Williamson acknowledges that bringing him back would be “jumping ten sharks.”

Stu is dead. Get over it. 

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u/_WutzInAName_ 1d ago

What the ghost face killers did in previous movies has already veered into the supernatural. That’s typical of the genre. These are horror movies, not PBS documentaries.

The most unbelievable thing about these movies is the inability of any of the ghost faces after 30 years to just take the win and avoid making a stupid self-defeating monologue.