Scream 3's ORIGINAL (& DELETED) Opening Scene | (Including Freddie Prinze Jnr...?)

[@James_Smith862]

As someone who lives in Los Angeles, the most unrealistic moment in scream 3 was how Cotton was able to just get out of rush hour traffic up on Mulholland and make it through Hollywood and Highland without a problem! That said, I would have preferred this opening you read here. Much stronger.

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

Almost the whole Scooby-Doo gang would have been in Scream lol.

[@sandragoth8293]

This has always been a favourite channel of mine. But I have to say, content like this is in a whole class of its own. This is definitely the most underrated Scream channel imo (I think it’s because he is British)

[@myersfan5043]

I’m not sure underrated is the right word. I think most of the scream community are aware of this channel

[@FellDownTheCornHole]

@Connor Cohan I think British ppl to us Americans just generally sounds more elegant and sophisticated. Like it makes everything sound like a documentary.

[@Climinator-op6kh]

This seems more Scream-style than the opening that was finally used but I have to say having a legacy character killed in the opening made it more shocking as it gave it that 'All bets are off' vibe.

[@bryanjackson9033]

This opening sounds more graphic and emotional like the opening we got but, the only differences are that the audience knows Cotton and his life story not Ben’s and Cotton’s was hard to watch while Ben’s was shocking and out of nowhere.

[@shamarrialexandre-little3158]

I’m mad that we’re never going to get see that opening. It was very suspenseful and brutal.

[@shutupnvibe]

This. I wish it was at least filmed so we could see the cut version of it.

[@therealsamtheman]

I like having Cotton as the opening kill, he was in every film and it meant something.

[@llambert6951]

100%, it was unexpected

[@dylanshorrorchannel1378]

He wasn’t really in the first one just a blink and you miss cameo on tv.

[@therealsamtheman]

@@dylanshorrorchannel1378 True, but he was a tangible presence in the story

[@CavChick4]

I like the sound of this version, funnily enough I've seen a few people mention that they should cast Freddie Prince Jnr as Tara's dad.

[@shutupnvibe]

i would actually love if he came back as her dad.

[@re9246]

This was always my favorite alternate opening when I read in the late 2000s. So similar but so grand of an idea at the end

[@fernandocuauhshihuacarbaja3094]

Interesting, this script not only shows that Christine Hamilton was supposed to be the actress playing CiCi in Stab 2, but that Ben Damon most likely was supposed to be the Steve Oarth of the og Stab 3 as he was the oppening kill and the next victim was Sarah Darling who was playing Casey...

[@TheLonelySoulja]

My Gosh.. they sounded way better than Cotton’s opening. I like S3 opening but WOW this sounds great

[@matthewgoodhart3268]

So now we know where Parkey Posey got her famous line from. "You can't kill me I'm the killer in stab 3"

[@hedevilbyday488]

This could be recicled and be used in a future film of the saga. Sounds awesome!

[@shutupnvibe]

Hopefully!

[@holiday197]

This would have been such a great opening scene and it could have been iconic if Freddie Prinze did play Ben. I feel like the Cotton opening was underwhelming and they could have saved his character to appear after the opening. They would have decided on Cotton being the opening kill for the emotional pull but having Freddie as the opening would have been more memorable especially given that the opening to the first two films are more memorable.

[@davidwalker3198]

Freddie Prince Junior was my gay awakening. So I'd have loved him to be in Scream.

[@myersfan5043]

Living for these videos rn

[@leamason9006]

Freddie prince junior also auditioned for the role of Billy Loomis in the original movie

[@10oneluv10]

Since the Scream 3 opening is my favorite of all of the openings, I like the original more. This one here is a good opening too, but I like how Ghostface tricked Cotton and Christine with the voice changer.

[@beardupbeerdown7355]

Ben (Affleck) (Matt) Damon Kevin W, I see what you did there...

[@johnbest1978]

Awesome video. I heard there was a script with Matthew Lillard as Stu Macher and I've seen a video interview with him talking about it. I would like to see that version of the script if it's out there. Great video like always my friend. Have a great day and thank you again.

[@BeeTheChange32]

The usage of Cotton as the opening kill made sense cause he's in every movie and has a back story which Ben doesnt but I do like how the opening scene ended at the Hollywood sign considering its a movie within the movie! So meta!

[@charmedtommo8995]

This version seems more scream like than what we got. I like it more! 😍

[@ethandoyle4978]

Dang , this honestly makes me wish we got some sort of combination with both this opening and the theatrical one.

[@MooTelevision]

I like that Cotton was involved but I kinda wish they would have kept the Hollywood sign angle. Maybe still including the part where Roman is looking for Sydney.

[@melissam597]

Honestly I wish they'd used Maureen's murder as the opening for S3. I also think they should have saved Mrs Loomis as the villain for S3 (with Roman, united by their hatred of Sidney & Maureen lol) instead of for S2, but that may not be a popular point of view...

[@2000fiona]

By Maureen you mean Prescott, or the Maureen from Scream 2? As for Mrs Loomis, idk. It could work, but Scream 3 already had Gale, Jennifer and Dewey doing the investigations, and the rest of the cast aside from Sidney and Mark were the Stab people. So she would feel a little out of place having her own reporter subplot

[@melissam597]

@@2000fiona I meant Mrs Prescott/Sidney's mother I wouldn't have made her a reporter. Thought that was too risky in S2, Sidney could have seen her (either on TV or in reality). Maybe she would work as a PA/secretary for Roman or John Milton (making herself scarce once Sidney shows up). Or something like that.

[@jimreed2138]

Great video! That would have been a cool opening scene for sure!

[@vegaro214]

Love this opening. Agreed, very Scream like

[@juansalazar254]

For some reason I could see this in my mind playing out, like how the scene would be, how the camera would be, especially since I’ve seen a lot of movies that’s taken place at the Hollywood sign. I could just somehow see how this scene would look. Badass

[@DXChrisCross]

I like the different opening. I just think the killers dialogue is almost a word for word copy of the dialogue with Casey.

[@davigs7218]

I like the Ben Damon opening but I liked the Cotton opening too. If I was writing, I would've done something completely different. Instead, Ghostface calls and kills Sidney's Dad (who would have a better chance of knowing where she is) and then Cotton joins forces with Sidney during the movie and acts as a father figure toward her. A nice full circle as he was initially her enemy, because of the whole Maureen thing, and then the movie ends with them on good terms after he helps them unmask the killer.

[@kailewis7025]

This hit home for me as in the summer of 1999 I was sexual assulted by one of Freddie prince Jr friends while I was modelling in Los Angeles at the time I was 20 years old and the gang I was involved with were full of douce bags and I met Freddie he was so sweet and he was nest friends with this asshole who assulted me at the back of a car

[@CreativeStoryteller35]

I like this opening more than the one we got.

[@ropesanddragoneggs8494]

This would have been a great opening! It's sad that things were so conservative back then. I was a kid back when Scream 3 had released, but this opening would have pushed boundaries it needed to push.

[@sgillman16]

We have known about this script since 2000

[@megcollier3588]

Freddie Prince was beautiful back then 😍

[@dommarano6346]

Praying for the Kevin Williamson script 😂😂

[@Mr_RunIt_Uppp8392]

Good breakdown

[@jadegunner9234]

Currently in hospital and this pops up. Thank you so much for amazing content 🔥

[@TreySarver]

I have 3-4-5 all sorta tied at the bottom, but I give 4 the title of “worst” because 3 didn’t have Kevin Williamson, 5 didn’t have Wes Craven, and 4 didn’t have any excuses.

[@ariesonyt1844]

I love the references from the first Scream movie.

[@andrewweckwerth8793]

I like the original opening in Scream 3 but the opening in the original script for Scream 3 sounds really awesome and more in tone with Scream!

[@mscardina]

This definitely should've been the opening scene (maybe with a couple tweaks to the writing/dialogue), and then they could've incorporated cotton into the movie in another way.

[@Wooshey_Wooj]

This is wayyyyy better than what we got.

[@GothamsAnswer]

This was thoroughly entertaining!! I love hearing about the stuff that didn’t make it to the big screen. What an opening that would of been. Cottons death was so anti climactic

[@MooreXplorer]

I do like that opening but like you said what we got was emotional. When I saw 3 opening weekend and it opened with Cotton I muttered to myself "Not Cotton"

[@FireMadeFleshII]

I saw Scream 3 in theaters opening weekend & the whole movie felt off in comparison to the first two entries. The audience's reaction (or lack thereof) helped cement that feeling as well. Somewhere between exploding houses & the neurotic, annoying mannerisms of certain castmembers, it felt too...Hollywood, I guess? Other than the established link with Cotton & of course that chilling, "If you're watching this, I didn't make it" video from Randy; Scream 3 did little to make its audience care about the victims before they're killed off--or at least not in the way the first two films accomplish that. I agree. This opening with Ben Damon & Christine feels more on brand--even though, as you said, the Cotton version adds some emotional weight. That version somehow doesn't feel like it belongs there. It never did.

[@shamarrialexandre-little3158]

I would have loved to see Freddy Prince Jr in Scream 3😢. It would have been 90s dream😊

[@craig_template]

AHHHH! This is FASCINATING info because the first two were BRILLIANT and number 3 felt “off” to me… I feel it’s the worst entry in an otherwise outstanding franchise

[@vancewright45]

that is iconic oh my god

[@anthonysowell5806]

OMG this opening sounds so good. This would have been a great opening

[@kostas8537]

I love this opening much more. It’s very Scream. It has some cringy lines that wouldn’t work in action but they would probably adjust them and make them fit the vibe of the movie better

[@lovettuduebor1902]

I preferred the version with Cotton. I think this version would’ve been better if it was more drawn out. It seems like as soon as Ben arrives to the scene of the crime he’s killed. I like how Cassi is Scream, Maureen in Scream 2, the blonde with the big tits in Scream 4, Tara in Scream 5, their was a lot of stabbings, running, and subversions within their scenes. This one is a little cheesy (seriously, calling a sex hotline right before going to your girlfriends premiere and while your driving?). I also don’t believe a somewhat famous actor would waste so much time talking to a male fan just because he recognized his voice. At least with Cotton’s scene, they were flitting so I bought it a little more.

[@mmullins2983]

I think making a truly great opening after the original is just hard. If it’s randoms, you won’t care. If it’s a core character, you’ll be mad. The opening of the original only worked so well because killing the biggest star in the movie in the first 15 minutes had never been done before. You can’t do that now because if a massive star shows up in the opening, you’ll know what’s up. So how do you open these movies with a bang? With character deaths people will care about? You don’t. Because they haven’t been able to again since 1995 really.

[@izoilica2516]

I'm 100% Cotton on this one, the original opening has too much dialog in my opinion

[@stupid8911]

Well done. I prefer the ending we got; Scream always tries to one-up or twist what was done before, so with "3", instead of having a new character in the opening, we got someone we knew, almost a straight line from where "2" ended. This scene, if it had to be shot, would need to punched up; the last line from Ghostface is beyond cheesy and doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense ("you lost the role, here's your parting gift"). Not to mention, there was no tension/suspense with "Ben" arriving and Ghostface already doing away with the girlfriend, it would lackluster. I know I'm horribly biased as "3" will always be my fave of the series, but I think the opening we got checked off all the boxes. Thoughts?

[@LosMSR]

S3 started in a great way. Cotton Weary was a prison guy, also a big fellow, and Ghostface managed to end him, that put this Ghostface in a new level of menace, but also created the idea that Mark was indeed behind the mask. Never thought that Roman can ended Cotton, that's why there was always the doubt that if Mark ended Cotton, because he believe Weary was guilty, therefore that was a police Punisher Frank Castle style of resolve an issue.

[@yoshibts4180]

Almost all the gang of Scooby-Doo in Scream? How could we not love that? Linda Cardellini could’ve easily been the Sidney for Stab 3 not that I would’ve appreciated her getting got like Angelina but seeing her unmask herself would be iconic 🥹

[@IvanAdorno]

This would have been a better opening! I love that it has the meta of Freddie playing a character named Ben (Homage to IKWYDLS) & Christine playing cici cooper (homage to SMG freddie’s wife). Plus chrisitne’s death paying homage to Casey beckers death.

[@Abcdefg-fl9td]

Awwww man. Freddie would have been iconic.

[@mookeibear]

Omg I want this opening!!!!!!!!! It sounds amazing! Freddie being in this. Obviously because Christine is playing cici, Sarah Michelle was dating Freddie at this time. Perfect choice.

[@robertg3205]

I prefer the opening we got with Cotton

[@moviehoarder8382]

This original and deleted opening scene sounds so much better for Scream 3 in my opinion.

[@stephenwhitacre5208]

Wow. This scene is so interesting. That is good to see. Wish they would have kept it in the movie

[@songsabouteverything]

Hmmm opening kill resembled Casey Becker's... Sounds like this could have been Stu?!

[@IamY00t]

Much better than what we got.

[@Camacamachameleon_]

I do like this version but I think having Cotton die on screen was more emotional for fans, plus it set up Roman nicely trying to find Sid. Idk where this would have fit.

[@shamarrialexandre-little3158]

I’m mad that we’re never going to get that opening😢. It was gory and suspenseful; it would have tied the original movie as having the best cold open in the entire franchise.

[@MalibuDollface]

I like this but if we just changed it to cotton, yes 4 me!

[@shamarrialexandre-little3158]

I’m heartbroken 💔.

[@Yeshua_TX]

Would have been way better with the traditional Scream vibe. We missed a great ending to the Scream Trilogy.

[@gen_pixel]

Scream 3 has my least favorite opening kill, but I find the Cotton scene to be better. Even though the Hollywood sign scene would’ve been great visually, it feels like both victims had even less development than in the final version. But callin him Ben Damon was pretty funny.

[@moviehoarder8382]

I would have loved to see Freddie Prinze Jr in Scream 3.

[@jeremyotero1817]

I like it because it made Stab 2 a thing vs it just being a movie that showed up

[@jamesparks3967]

I actually liked both. I mean, I think Cotton's death was a little better in a way. Only because he his death meant something, due to his involvement in the last two movies.

[@stupid8911]

Precisely.

[@EphraimAdamz]

Naw the scene we got was actually better. Other than the CiCI cooper reference nothing was cool about it

[@trentonhawkins]

Do more analysis like this

[@nightstreak]

Ok so it was a mix of the openings of 1, 2 and what we have now basically. Would have loved to at least see this as a deleted scene

[@TracyGJacksonTV]

I had no idea that there was a character named Ben Damon, too bad he never appeared in Scream 3. Had they stuck with Ben Damon and Christine Perkins as the opening victims to Scream 3 then most likely Cotton would have gotten killed later in the film most likely a heroic death protecting Sidney as well as Gale and Dewey.

[@Nhyphk]

I don't like when people are killed off screen in Scream. The same happened in Scream 4 and they even shot a scene that shows the killing but they didn't put it in the movie, it wasn't excellent, but it showed, I wouldn't have liked this either, but the concept is a little better without the voice changer.

[@ethanblickenstaff3812]

Would have loved to see the alternate version of scream 3 where this was the opening scene, and Stu was the killer.

[@isaiah9496]

I like this opening way more then what we got

[@icaliver]

Feels the same, but I DO like how it’s the essence of Casey, the glasses French doors and Steve, yet it should’ve been similar to how Maureen and the movie theater should’ve been with an audience watching unable to tell the difference between reality and a Hollywood cash grab stun. Perhaps killing Christine in front of an audience or build board outside where a crowd gathers as Ben arrives to late to save Christine only to be offed in front of a crowd of on lookers. At this point the lines between reality and fiction are or furthered blurred for the audience.

[@brandonlrushman2870]

I’d love to see this scene play out in Scream 7! 🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥

[@slasherdope8065]

Yea. This one is definitely better. They could always do something similar in 7?

[@screamsreef7105]

That would have been a great opening scene.

[@R.P.McMurphy]

I have to admit that I like the one we got better, the "but I'm the killer" line makes it too hard for me to take this seriously. Maybe the idea was better but I didn't like the excecution.

[@justyouraveragegeek548]

Maybe Freddie prince jr Mr.Schinder the husband to Leslie macher image mr.Schinder being the mastermind behind this new legacy sequel don’t forget Freddie was audition for billy lommis it be interesting if he comes back to the scream franchise

[@2short99]

I wouldn’t have minded this opening but with Cotton instead since we know him and it would make more sense than 2 random actors from a stab movie

[@BlackmoreStudios]

You should make a video explaining about the bailey family killing their mother

[@bigjax731]

Cool

[@thegamervoid7487]

Hey when you have Kevins Williansons orignal script will you send a link to it?

[@BeyondTheMask]

Of course!

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

@@BeyondTheMask I thought Kevin only wrote an outline for Scream 3?

[@thegamervoid7487]

@@entertainmentwizard2703 i think it was a treatment.

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

@@thegamervoid7487 Yeah because I remember he provided outlines for 2 and 3 when he sold the original but he didn't have time to write 3!

[@thegamervoid7487]

@@entertainmentwizard2703 i don’t really know but it’s probably a treatment or a script because people have been hyping this up for i while.

[@leocanparticipate1269]

I find this opening much more interesting!!!

[@tomyk1234]

That would of been good to see

[@patrickdempsy14]

Studio interfering ruined Scream 3

[@ApexPreadator89]

You know what I like this opening Hollywood could always make these dark a horror film with Ben will you cease Chris like this you starts to really question who's really running the show

[@andrewjmcquinn9996]

That would have been a great opening to 3

[@roryosullivan2194]

was roman still the killer?? with this scene being included?? or was it angelina or someone else??

[@ContenidoNeto]

Can't wait for all your videos from the original idea for Scream 3. Fuck Columbine massacre that ruin scream original trilogy.

[@lionmountain804]

Where can I read these Scream 3 scripts?

[@SoCalGuy20]

The one we got was good, but I think this would have been an awesome opening.

[@jahbvbypost]

The music score your using reminds me of Little Nightmares♥️