Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette return for an overly self-referential but satisfyingly scary franchise continuation.

Ghostface is back in the serial killer/movie nerd franchise

"Scream” uses its meta wit to craft both a rewarding experience for fans of the franchise, while also critiquing the very nature of fandom.

Always meta in its nods to the genre’s quirks, the latest “Scream” is so self-referential as to risk swallowing its own tail. Yet this quarter-century-later “requel” (a term specifically explained in the movie) turns out to be a great deal of fun, cleverly wedding familiar faces with new stars in what isn’t exactly a remake or reboot but rather plays like a refresh.

Come the third act, the fifth Scream is hellbent on doing new things with the franchise.

Why the 2022 reboot of 'Scream' is a welcome return to Woodsboro.

He’s back. And he’s got Very Strong Opinions

A new generation takes a stab at Scream in the first sequel without Wes Craven

'Scream' is back with Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and a slew of newcomers ripe for slaughter. But sequel, reboot or "requel," the latest from "Ready or Not" helmers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett doesn't compare to the Wes Craven original. Review.

Twenty-five years after the original 1996 Scream, original franchise stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette are back for more lively, well-targeted meta commentary on horror movies and more battles against whoever’s in the Ghostface costume this time. In theaters Jan. 13.

The new installment of 'Scream'—the fifth in the self-aware slasher series—is in perfect spiritual alignment with its predecessors.

Welcome back to Woodsboro. Again.

Ring. Ring. Twenty-six years after the original, “Scream” calls again. We're now up to the fifth film in the franchise, but the first since 2011's “Scream 4.”

Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox return for a belated victory lap in 'Scream,' a movie thrilled with its own meta-ness while only sometimes being scary.

It's a horror film for a world in which everyone has an opinion on horror films.

It’s at a certain point toward the finale that this 'Scream' becomes almost as drearily repetitious as the reboot culture that it skewers.

Everything new is old again. In 1978, the year “Halloween” came out, the stage thriller “Deathtrap” opened on Broadway, with a plot (like its reference point, “Sleuth”) about a desperate mystery writer tempted, lethally, by the persistent clichés of his chosen genre. Like a lot of fabulously profitable escapism, it was a contraption about itself, […]

With the legend of Ghostface revived, the newest chapter in the 'Scream' franchise toys with horror tropes. Read our spoiler-free review.

Though “Scream” is set in the modern day, it’s a cinematic time machine to 2000. The whole time you feel like you're surrounded by Beanie Babies while gorging on Pizza Bagels and listening to the Backstreet Boys. But should a serial killer blood-bath be so comfy and nostalgic for an audience?

Do you like scary movies about meta-scary movies? You'll dig 'Scream' 2022. Otherwise, this take on toxic fandom is just clever leftovers.

It's been five years since the last "Scream" film.

The meta slasher franchise returns with some familiar faces and plenty of painfully familiar in-jokes