10 Horror Movies That Gave Fans EXACTLY What They Wanted (And They Hated It)
2. The Scream Franchise Finally Kills Off One Of Its Core Trio
Who doesn't love a good Scream movie, right? Wes Craven's 1996 original completely changed the face of horror, and the subsequent three sequels under Craven's watch all brought plenty to the table..
That first picture established Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott, Courteney Cox's Gale Weathers and David Arquette's Dewey Riley as the central trio to take the burgeoning franchise forward (with a special shoutout for Jamie Kennedy's Randy Meeks, of course). The triumvirate managed to likewise make it out of Scream 2 in one piece, but by the time of Screams 3 and 4, horror hounds were calling for one of these big names to bite the bullet.
Despite a few near-misses, Messrs Prescott, Weathers and Riley survived the scheme of Sid's half-brother Roman in Scream 3, then took down Jill Roberts, the cousin of Campbell's character, in Scream 4. With this year's fifth Scream feature, though, that section of bloodthirsty fans finally got their wish, when the movie killed off Dewey in gloriously gory fashion.
The reaction? In a classic case of 'be careful what you wish for', some of those people baying for a major character's blood were left distraught that the landscape of the Scream franchise moving forward now has a Dewey-shaped home. Even more frustrating for some, the recent news that Neve Campbell will not be back for the upcoming sixth entry in the series means Gale Weathers will be the sole original face in that film.