What Happened To Wes Craven's Scream 4?

Many people were excited about Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson picking up the Ghostface mask again and trying another crack at the franchise. But what many may be surprised to know is that Williamson's original script looked different from what we got. With rewrites coming in every single day, it’s a miracle the film turned out as good as it did. So join us as we tell you what happened to Wes Craven's Scream 4.
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Produced by: John Fallon and Lance Vlcek
Executive produced by: Berge Garabedian
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SERIES SYNOPSIS: Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To This Horror Movie?
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[@filmpositive6601]

Still to this day, Scream 4 is tied with 2 as my favorite of the sequels. I love this whole series!

[@AAGJLMOSY]

Same! Some days It's my favorite sequel, most days it's tied with Scream 2.

[@stefanross8129]

Yes!!!!!!

[@dank2171]

Me too. I like the simplicity of 5 and enjoy the kills and setting change of 6 but 5 plays it to safe and 6 got kind of stupid at the end. Fake out deaths and killer reveals knocked it down below 2 and 4. 3 is the worst. 6 is the most frustrating because 1st half was awesome. 2 has great set pieces and 4 has goriest kill and best killer reveal since og.

[@shahanahsan05]

imo other than Scream 3--- 2,4,6 are tied as the second best sequel

[@vanesaterry1632]

@@dank2171the last two for me were garbage!

[@JohnDeLaughs]

Absolutely the most underrated, underappreciated entry of the entire franchise. It was way ahead of its time and got punished for that.

[@JustinGone]

That greasy filter really makes it hard to rewatch. I

[@dumitriuflorentina6137]

WHAT HAPPENED TO WES CRAVEN'S SCREAM 4? 👻

[@LiirThropp2687]

I completely agree.

[@izzyxxhughes9137]

100% agreed. Jill’s motive was way ahead of its time and ppl back then (even tho it’s not long ago) didn’t buy that someone would do something so insane just for internet and social fame. It ties in so well with the jealousy of Sidney’s unwanted fame.

[@pablosonic892]

Scream 4 is ridiculously underrated and homegirl Emma Roberts is in the Mount Heavymore of greatest cinematic villians. She kinda stole Billy's original's thunder and created straight-up pure lightening bolt of unforgettable bad-assery.

[@hermeslein6614]

Is it really confirmed by Wes craven that Charlie did all the killings besides himself and trevor?

[@Julian-p7q-b4t]

Emma was amazing in Scream 4. The prettiest girl ever.

[@mikeharlow]

The fact that there was so much behind the scenes turmoil and Scream 2 and Scream 4 came out as good as they are is a testament to the genius of Wes Craven

[@trinaq]

Kirby was the best character, though maybe I'm biased because I love Hayden Panettiere. I love that she reappears in Scream 6!

[@noone8785]

Bias or not Kirby was absolutely the best addition of the film.

[@lm6827]

That's kind of all she does though, just window dressing to make you buy tickets

[@Nolongerbroken_50]

She’s a horrible actress but she’s so beautiful as a person that I can’t help but love her

[@crtkazzj75]

The killer reveal was so good! Loved the 180 and the reasoning was believable and scary realistic

[@LucyLioness100]

I definitely didn’t see the reveal coming on my first viewing. It was a nice touch after the underwhelming reveal in #3 plus you do see people like #4’s killers unfortunately commit crimes for the reasons these two did

[@shoorooloo]

I'm biased because 4 came out while I was in high school and just getting into horror, but it's definitely my most watched and most enjoyable watch of the series.

[@jamesmorant1406]

One of the best sequel's in the franchise and the killer reveal probably the best in the franchise

[@thecunninlynguist]

I liked what we got...they played with the reboot tropes...and sid's final line was bad ass

[@kikiiza3379]

I feel a whole lot better now?

[@17chris18]

@@kikiiza3379 "Don't fuck with the original." Maybe?

[@ct6852]

Jill's reveal felt too real. And ahead of it's time. Like 'ugh this is going to spread, isn't it'. Respect to Wes Craven. Always put in enough social commentary to make his films important, in their way.

[@carn5haun343]

Scream is the most consistent horror franchise in terms of overall quality

[@jamesmorant1406]

No question I liked all the movie's

[@lutherheggs451]

Except 6 kinda sucked, 5 was pretty bad ,4 wasn't very good and 3 was just bad and not just because Columbine happened so things had to be toned down. 3 would have been awful even if.....Scream has had 2 good movies at best.

[@jn7876]

@@lutherheggs451 gahdamn do you have time to enjoy anything?

[@MadMax-de5uh]

5 and 6 suck

[@grace19005]

​@@MadMax-de5uh It's okay to be wrong.

[@MrJ1Horrordirector]

This was a dream come true for me when it came out I felt like a child again! I spent years just imagining how a scream 4 could be at that time with so many new stuff! New world ! And I wasn't disappointed with the master of horror!

[@DBY28]

Best scream sequel to date. The first time I watched it I didn't like it, but today it's my favorite next to the original. This movie was way ahead of it's time.

[@spookey2004]

Honestly my favorite scream sequel with my favorite ghostface killer, this movie goes so hard. A bit sad the killer original opening scene was cut tho, I really don’t care for the one they went with

[@malecheerleader2007]

4 is my favorite. I wish they had kept the original ending. I wish they didn't have so many issues.

[@bensneb360]

The most underrated Scream movie with a series highlight Ghostface killer

[@Xxdominater]

Best one in the franchise in my opinion

[@drsmainemusic]

Scream 4 honestly may be my favorite in the series... So, so underrated!

[@wstine79]

Thank goodness Scream 4 was made, or else "My Soul To Take" would've been known as Wes Craven's last movie.

[@jamesmorant1406]

My favorite horror director he is so missed

[@Screaminizzy]

My soul to take was his last movie

[@jamesmorant1406]

@@Screaminizzy That came out 2010 Scream 4 came out 2011

[@Screaminizzy]

@@jamesmorant1406 my bad

[@jamesmorant1406]

@@Screaminizzy All good

[@kingkaiiius]

Definitely not my favourite in the franchise, but I appreciate what it tried to do after a decade of no scream (after 3). Jill is arguably one of the best killers

[@patri6kd3mps3y8]

I would’ve loved seeing Lorelei Gilmore in scream 4

[@ShudderingSeagull]

Can we ever get a WTF Happemed to the Scream TV series because that was a wild rides on screen and behind the scene

[@josh043p6]

Jill is the best Ghostface after Billy. I stand by that statement

[@geeshep4836]

SCREAM 1, 2, 4 AND 5 ARE MY ALL TIME FAVORITES.

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thanks for the Video 😀

[@stefanross8129]

Scream 5 is definitely pretty weak.

[@kelsey2333]

YESSS. I only liked the ending pretty much. New main characters were lame

[@FireteamYogurt]

I have no idea what he's smoking with 5 and 6. They're awful.

[@stefanross8129]

@@FireteamYogurt I thought, and this is just my subjective opinion, B Street Scream 6 was better than five, but at the end of Scream 6 It got too convoluted with too many killers. And the killers went for far TOO LONG explaining not only their actions but their motives.

[@wstine79]

I enjoyed Scre4m. Kirby was hilarious as was the fake out intros.

[@ryananthony8659]

Scream 4 is the second best in the series for me … the way the the new character and legacy characters blended together was perfect … unlike in scream 5

[@josephamato2031]

Amen

[@jakeryan2425]

The motive was ahead of its time and the movie suffered for that-it’s such a timely motive, being jealous and wanting to be famous but not actually working for it. And Sidney was incredible in this sequel!

[@lambknot]

I still don't buy into that her niece is a cold blooded killer. Her family suddenly has history of mental illness? A 90lbs teen is able to do that with the help of her geeky sidekick?

[@traptherapper26]

ikr

[@draketheblackpillerrobinso3334]

She didn’t kill anyone it was Charlie

[@1bwash]

I would have liked a cliff hanger with Jill living. It would just open up a lot of possibilities for the story to wade into. For example, you could just send her straight to jail and pivot to "we're safe now!" then boom a new killer pops up. Or they could put Jill on trial, there isn't enough evidence, so she gets to go free. Then when killings start happening again, everyone wonder if it is a Jill again. Or Jill somehow become a cultish type celebrity where crazed fans worship her and make it hell for the survivors.

[@patrickcharles6983]

Scream 4 is still my second favorite the franchise. it was meaner,bloodier&funnier than 2&3.

[@vampirascoffin870]

Not even close to scream 2 , scream 2 was better

[@alejandromolinac]

Yeah…. Scream 2 had a ton of great tension and suspenseful chase sequences….. this was was so MEH in that regard….

[@patrickcharles6983]

@@vampirascoffin870 it's a matter of preference/opinion, I've got mine and you got yours. both have something in common and that is part 3 makes both look better.

[@patrickcharles6983]

​@@alejandromolinac opinions bud, to me part 2 was "Meh". I don't hate the movie, it just doesn't do it for me. Mrs. Loomis was a funny choice for a Ghostface at least.

[@ItsaKindOfMagic86]

4's humor ruins the suspense for me and 4 didnt make me care about the new characters, they were too self aware, unlike Scream 1 there were characters in Scream 1 that werent aware of all the tropes, cliches and rules so it added real fear since the characters were not savvy about the rules, only Randy, Stu and Billy did. In Scream 2 I cared for the innocent Derek and liked Mickey being another film buff to spar with Randy, and Sid's roommate Haley was sweet. Also Duey being heroic and Sid's trauma and struggling with it on top of Liv's performance of Cotten Weary is a scene stealer, I wanted more of him, didnt like that 3 took him out so fast.

[@lm6827]

I like the part when you called Scream 5 awesome, that was hilarious.

[@kelsey2333]

Right lol. I only liked the ending cuz it showed it was in the original house. It made me not see scream 6 in theaters. Because movies arnt made like they used to be.

[@FireteamYogurt]

5 and 6 are baffingly poor.

[@ItsaKindOfMagic86]

Scream 5 should learn the lesson to never attack its fanbase with that "toxic fan" BS, funny coming from a franchise connected to the Weinsteins. They should never have replaced Kevin Williamson. He had class and respect for the horror genre and its fans.

[@josephamato2031]

Scream 4 was the last great scream movie

[@alteregobro4826]

can you do wtf happened to see no evil?

[@Victorcolongarcia]

Great movie. Jill was amazing.

[@evanlusmann2689]

Scream 4 is the best sequel!

[@ItsaKindOfMagic86]

Scream 2 slices and dices 4 into ribbons :)

[@evanlusmann2689]

I thought they fired your sorry ass

[@ValentinoTarhan]

Kirby supremacy 😍😍🖤

[@andrewblanchard2398]

SCREAM 2 & 3 ARE the BEST

[@mikeelmyers]

Best killer reveal and definitely best sequel 🤍

[@vanesaterry1632]

The third act and killer reveal of this movie is one of my favorite of all the movies.

[@alexerickson6331]

This movie gets better with each watch and will continue to do so because the plot works so well with how the times are now. They basically predicted the future and the meta stuff is exactly how it is now. Comes close to Scream 2 as my second fav

[@apophis40123]

The latest scream was awesome. But i would like to see a scream that has no ties to anyone.

[@Thetobyshow31]

One of my favs

[@Gatormouth_The_Original]

I think the new scream movie should be focused on Kirby. And they should play to the tropes found in movies like Seven and Silence of the Lambs. Make a police style horror/thriller. Scream hasn't done that yet.

[@alienmoosestudios]

What a fun video. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@Father_of_Death]

Ehren Krueger isn't a bad writer the only reason the third film was bad is because they forced the movie to have no gore. He did a great job with the rewrites for "Scream 4"

[@wisconsinrebelhomes7587]

My favorite Scream movie, no sarcasm

[@ItsaKindOfMagic86]

I love Scream and Scream 2. That is all. My reasons for not liking the other sequels is obvious with the rush and toned down Scream 3 being not scary and not "horror" at all and the absense of Kevin Williams. Scream 4 was a mixed bag and I just did not enjoy it. I never bothered with any other sequels after 4.

[@jaydonarchuleta5691]

Well you shouldn’t really judge 5 and 6 if you haven’t seen em. They’re good to me but not everyone likes them.

[@CarloisBuriedAlive]

This is my favorite scream and I think it’s because it’s the only scream where the meta aspect of the story directly ties into the reveal. If you understand the story, you immediately understand the motives. I think that works perfectly, and far better than Scream 5.

[@petevaldezbc1]

Awesome Scream 5?

[@equinox2459]

Good on you for the spoiler warning. New fans are born everyday. Let the newbies have the same fun we all did

[@kelsey2333]

Except you should not know to watch a video about a movie if you havnt seen it and dont want it spoiled. Common sense isn't so common anymore

[@equinox2459]

@@kelsey2333 kids don’t think like that. I was one. I just wanted to know what it was about, not the endings. And with scream, the mystery is most of the fun.

[@link89]

This feels like the only real sequel to the original. It’s not perfect but it’s definitely solid! Much more mean and the comedy is dialed back down. Parts 5 and 6 couldn’t be worse in my opinion though.

[@thatguysstuff15]

I think scream 6 should be scream 4 and scream 4 should be scream 5

[@funkyreapercat5280]

4:32 This isn't entirely correct, Roman was directing Stab 3 during Scream 3 which wasn't based on "real" events. Although that movie didn't launch, so you may be correct.

[@MikeOh99]

My expectations were way too high for this film. Instantly deflated at the ultra-meta opening and underwhelming conclusion . Haven’t seen it since 🤷🏾

[@AAGJLMOSY]

What happened to Scream 4? It became one of my favorite sequels of the franchise.

[@horrorsthetics]

FINALLY.

[@mineofilms]

Since the original 5+6 are amazing...

[@Yeaster]

Scream 4 was my favorite sequel until the 6th one.

[@LucyLioness100]

For the time it was made this really did manage to recapture what made the first film special. Yes it’s a little too meta for its own good at times, but I did enjoy the addition of characters like Kirby who I was glad to see appear again in #6

[@baxterwilson368]

7:48 *January 2011. The movie filmed during the summer of 2010.

[@carlredbird3054]

courteney cox said the marriage with david arquette ended when she realized that she was courteney cox and that she was married to david arquette

[@kelsey2333]

What does that even mean though lol

[@capitalcitygoofball1987]

I swear I had read years ago that the original ending had Sydney dying and Jill getting away with it, hence the camera crew heralding her as a hero at the end. The plan being that the next film the audience knows from the get go who the bad guy is unlike previous who-dunnits. But alas I can't find any proof of the article, but I think that would have been a better choice than the ending we got. And can we please get a Gale Weathers vs John Wick film already? (both of them are straight up Wolverine) Edit: I should probably wait to comment until after the video. But at last confirmation!!

[@edchanful]

Idk why people hate scream 4, it was good n good motive for the killer

[@antbooboo5884]

I will never understand why people like 5. It has annoying characters like Mindy and dull, deadpan Sam. The billy loomis highschool lovechild subplot is idiotic. The fact that Tara survives the opening scene makes no sense, same with whatshisname Meeks surviving the end. Going back to Stu's house only to go to the never-before shown basement and tool shed that are obvious set pieces. They boyfriend/best friend killers are straight up stolen from the orginal Scream 2 ending. The ghost of Billy...The list goes on and on.

[@mercedesdrake9113]

why did you choose to lie and sensationalize david and courtney's relationship on set of this film??? im curious.

[@shamarrialexandre-little3158]

I liked Scream 4 when it was released, but on subsequent rewatch it doesn’t quite hold up and it’s one of my least favorite sequels in the franchise because I found out what the initial goal was (Scream 4 was supposed to kick off a new trilogy with Jill getting away as Ghostface and the legacy characters fate were lift in limbo); I was really disappointed that instead of going in that route, they decided to make a run-of-mill slasher movie and with a lack of new commentary on the current landscape of the horror genre that they’re poking fun at. While marathoning the franchise, I can honestly say that “Scream 4” is the first installment in the franchise that feels very dated by its cinematography and its slasher-formula. When I watch it, it feels like I’m watching one of those low-budget old fan films that you’ll find on KZbin.

[@JLoc]

Lol. Calling Scream 5 awesome almost made me click off. I walked out the theatre, it was so bad.

[@jaydonjohnston798]

We need an extended cut of this movie with all the deleted scenes, this movie is already underrated asf and original, but there were so many great call backs to the og movie.

[@petcore7244]

there is NO WAY those 2 small people could have killed any of them

[@johnsmi213]

"The awesome Scream 5." Me: Hmm, kind of lost your credibility there.

[@zeusbacchushades]

This is the best film (besides the original) in the entire series

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

For starters Scream 2022 is far from awesome, it's OK at best and Scream 6 has a lot of issues to and Scream 2022 wasted the legacy characters and gave Dewey a garbage send off! Scream 4 has problems though a lot of things in the original script were better and my understanding is Kevin did make some changes before he left so we don't know everything Ehren Kruger changed!

[@Destroyer.no.XV.after-Rome]

I like it, with humor. The last two films are too serious with a depressing atmosphere. I don't need that crap of a "depression-state" tone.

[@TRILLIAN_1]

Although 4 and 5 are not my favorites in the franchise but if I had to choose between 4 and 5 it would be 4

[@Nept6nss]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS A FUN MOVIE TO WATCH.

[@alejandromolinac]

I was looking forward to this one…. Ended up being kinda meh…. Gonna was the tension, suspenseful chase sequences…. Also the slick cinematography the original had is gone…. Don’t know why the hate Scream 3 gets….. any subsequent entry has been pulling random family members in order to create connections.

[@mayhem424]

Emma Roberts basically plays herself

[@isabelreed3301]

Actually, the fourth movie is based on a true crime case that was based on the movies

[@daverichards9141]

It is crap. A shame Wes ended on this mess.

[@JayRickard]

Really enjoyed number 4. Nico Tortorella, Hayden, Culkin, etc. were all welcome fresh faces. But Emma Roberts petulant child antics just didn't land for me. Everything about the ending was exceptional except for her performance in my opinion.

[@SecretWars98]

Courtney Cox 🙄 She had thought she was all that & a bag of Doritos for way too long..Now she’s on TikTok cryin’ about her facial surgeries trying to undo it, all the while not on any big screen for 5 min at most..😂

[@regeneratedwitch]

Ι'd love Jill almost getting away with it.

[@jeffreysmith5230]

5 and 6 hot garbage. 🔥

[@josephamato2031]

Ansley greene regrete turning down scream 4 now 😅

[@mrhumble2937]

How did stab 3 come out after it got cancled... then everyone getting killed lol

[@jaydonarchuleta5691]

The original stab 3 didn’t come out. Instead I assume they redid stab 3 based off the events of Scream 3.

[@hyrulianhero116]

Scream 5, not so awesome to me😂

[@ijf817]

Idk wtf version I own. But it is not the one I saw in theaters

[@cosmicurgency]

What's different?

[@andrewblanchard2398]

JILL & RORY were predictable as GHOST FACE RORY was obvious because he's RORY CULKIN

[@steven_uk]

Scream 5 and 6 are not good movies.

[@NigelThrashner]

I didn’t like the two fake out openings. That was a bit too far.

[@GiantMechanicalFist]

Scream 5 was terrible, what are you smoking?

[@lycanthrope9760]

Piranha? Cmon that one sucked im not the only one

[@Professor_Kovu]

Best of the franchise

[@ghostfakekiller4201]

Charlie is supposed to represent Stu? That's a bit a stretch

[@andrewblanchard2398]

how did DEPUTY JUDY have an 18 year old son in less than 18 years after SCREAM 4 ?

[@spideyfan1990]

She had a kid at home during Scre4m? She was a single mom?

[@andrewblanchard2398]

ASHLEY GREENE would've been a bad choice

[@stefanross8129]

Allison brie is always a little bit dull as an actress.

[@Logan-dn6uv]

Scream 4 is forgettable