With Halloween approaching, you know it’s time for us to enjoy all the best horror movies. with another scream With the film coming out in 2026, now actually seems like a good time to take a look at the franchise to date and see how we’d rank them. Unlike a lot of horror sequels, especially slashers, scream The franchise has a solid track record of delivering quality sequels, making this list much more difficult than one might expect. So let’s sharpen our knives and take out our Ghostface masks, let’s be sixth scream Movies so far! And since these movies are whodunits, I’ll keep everything spoiler-free for your enjoyment!
scream 3
The only film in the Wes Craven franchise not written by Kevin Williamson. scream 3 Despite the film retaining its R-rating, a lighter and more comedic tone was opted for in the wake of Columbine at the studio’s request. The idea itself is great, with Ghostface going to Hollywood to kill the cast of the latest “stab” movie, but the movie ends up feeling cliche and predictable, something that can’t be blamed on the franchise up to that point.
scream 4
scream 4 It was something of a soft reboot for the franchise. The series has been inactive for over a decade and pretty much ended in 2000 scream 3, Narratively speaking, however, Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson return to examine the evolution of the horror genre since 2000 with the concept of reboots and remakes and the return of Sidney and Ghostface to Westboro. this is one In fact The fantastic opening sequence which builds on this heavily and sets the tone for the film overall, and by the end reveals a solid, I would say, point in terms of both the narrative and the point the film is making about youth culture and the internet. It highlights the mentality of the internet age and finding that viral trend to become famous, create your own movie online instead of waiting. stabbing 4 To collect all the glory. From a technical level, it’s a bit difficult, due to its very glossy digital look and overlit day shots, as noted.
scream vi
Sincerely, preference for scream 2022 And scream vi Basically it’s like tossing a coin, because they are very close in terms of quality. Therefore both of them can be interchanged at any time. scream vi It works hard to ensure that you are never sure who is really behind the mask. It also has a great opening sequence. But there are some instances where the characters have the armor of the plot which reduces the tension. Ghostface is also the most brutal in the franchise so far. In this he is a monstrous, fiery tank, which is the complete opposite of how he is usually portrayed. The New York setting also makes this entry unique among others, which take place in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California.
Scream (2022)
screamalias scream 5, There was a reboot/sequel (or “requel” as the film calls it due to its meta humor), and it was the franchise’s first film in ten years, and it did quite well based on that fact. It introduced us to new characters while bringing back legacy characters from the original film. I don’t think the new characters are quite as likable as the original characters, but they are fun to watch, especially Samantha as she grapples with some heavy baggage from her past that ties into the original film.
scream 2
As far as the sequel is concerned, scream 2 Actually quite solid. It doesn’t fall into the same trap halloween ii Or Elm Street II and adds the Cotton Very storyline involving Sydney’s mother from the first entry. It actively attacks the narrative tendencies of the sequels, as well as demonstrates those tendencies, but never becomes a victim of them. This is also the film that introduced the franchise to the universe stab films, which are Hollywood dramatizations of the Woodsboro events that would become a major part of scream Movies are moving forward. It’s a great metagame that continues to pay dividends as the franchise progresses.
scream
The one that started it all. Wes Craven did what he did new nightmareDelivered a slasher that was incredibly self-aware of itself and the entire genre, and dialed it up to the max, spawning a whole new franchise at the same time. scream It’s also scary, because the killer could have been anyone and lacked supernatural powers, but it’s also quite clever and funny. It’s a strange slasher film, where instead of an invincible supernatural entity, the killer is a clueless psychopath you might see every day. This is the true horror of this franchise. Where? Elm Street, Friday the 13thAnd HalloweenFor example, while all leaning into some level of fantasy with their killers, Scream took a barnyard costume and a teenager and made them the faces of evil.
And that’s our ranking! how would you rank it scream movies? let us know!
