10 Movie Characters Who Should've Died (But Didn't)

4. Sydney, Gale And Dewey - Scream IV

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Realistically, most of them should have been killed off by Scream III at the latest. When the surviving original cast returned for 2011's Scream IV, audiences thought it inevitable that at least one of the main trio would bite the dust by the time the end credits rolled. Such unpredictability was the first (and second) film's whole deal.

And yet Scream IV played things disappointingly safe, killing off none of the franchise mainstays nor surprising us by making one (or all) of them the killer. For shame, Scream IV. Poor Randy would be rolling in his grave at such sentimentality. But hey, there's always the inevitable reboot which is sure to pop up any day now.

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A film critic and professional writer of over ten years, Joel Harley has a deep and abiding love of all things horror, Batman and Nicolas Cage. He can be found writing online and in print, all over the Internet and in especially good bookstores.