10 Most Unlikeable Horror Movie Heroes
1. Gale Weathers - The Scream Franchise
As of this writing, the only legacy character to still be involved with the Scream franchise is Courteney Cox's Gale Weathers. The only character to be involved in all six films to date, it's often been a rough ride for Gale.
For every good deed Gale does, she can't help but undermine that by doing something extremely scummy. As an example, she helped save the day in 2022's Scream, with her and Sidney Prescott helping Sam and Tara Carpenter when a couple of new Ghostfaces reared their heads. With that film's shock revelation that Sam's biological father was the infamous Billy Loomis, Gale promises not to write a book about the events of the film or those involved in it. Instead, she's to pen a tribute to poor Dewey Riley; a beloved franchise favourite who was killed in that fifth Scream.
Of course, when we're reintroduced to Gale in Scream VI, she's absolutely gone back on that promise and written a book on the most recent Woodsboro murders; earning her a punch from Tara. That obviously follows on from Sidney punching Gale in both Scream and Scream 2, with Weathers forever unable to resist her very worst instincts when it comes to breaking a story or making a buck from someone else's misery.