Scream Franchise Summary

Scream is a series of American slasher films created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven aka the master of suspense. The films star Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette as the three main character throughout the franchise .

Scream features a cast of characters aware of the conventions of the horror film genre and able to use them to survive.

The film focuses on Sidney Prescott as she comes under attack from a mysterious character named Ghostface whilst dealing with the anniversary of her mother's murder.

In 1997 a parody version of the film was made, “scary movie”. In order for scream to retain its title a slasher and to scare it audience and not to be taken as a joke wes craven set about making a sequal later in 1997

The series continued with Scream 2 again written by kevin williamson and directed by wes craven, released less than a year after the original film.

Like Scream 1, the film features old and new characters aware of the horror genre and the conventions of the horror sequel, The film again is about the character sidney prescott, now a college student, as a series of copycat crimes begin, the killers still using the costume of Ghostface.

Due to both film being a massive success in the us as well as here in the uk wes craven and kevin williamson came together for the final installment of slasher series

The film at number 3 still focuses on Sidney Prescott who faces a new Ghostface killer and the truth about her mother that led to the start of the Ghostface killings. The film featured characters who were self-aware of horror conventions but in each film the rules were changed , Scream 3 was considered less successful than the previous two installments scream1 and scream2

Chapter one - sets the rules

Chapter two - bends the rules

Chapter three - forgets the rules

In 2011 wes craven yet again paired up with returning producer kevin williamson to produce a brand new trilogy

The plot involves Sidney Prescott returning to Woodsboro which is where the 3 orignal murders took place. As soon as she arrives, Ghostface once again begins killing students from Woodsboro High, including her younger cousin's friends. Sydney, Gale, and Dewey once again team up to stop the murders, but not before having to learn from a new generation the "new rules" of surviving horror films therefor the conventions being

Chapter 4 re-writes the rules or even new generation new rules.