Scream’s All-Star Cast Through the Years
What’s your favorite scary movie? For many, the answer might be one of the many Scream flicks.
The first-ever Scream film, written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, debuted in 1996. Its popularity was met with massive success that would later spawn a booming franchise that included three additional films in 1997, 2000 and 2011.
Neve Campbell (Sydney Prescott), Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) and David Arquette (Dwight “Dewey” Riley) have starred in all four Scream films. However, the horror series has also seen other major stars nab roles in its various installments over the years including Drew Barrymore, Emma Roberts, Liev Schreiber, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Kennedy and Laurie Metcalf.
In 2016, Campbell reflected on the original Scream’s legacy on its 20th anniversary. She also admitted that the cast never expected the slasher flick to become a pop culture staple in the horror genre.
“We had no idea [how big it’d be]. We knew it was a good script and we knew Wes Craven was amazing, but when we started we were shooting in Santa Rosa — none of us really had names yet,” she previously said on Good Morning America. “None of us were famous except for Drew Barrymore.”
The Skyscraper actress added, “We joked, ‘Do you think [Ghostface] would be a Halloween costume?’ But we had no idea there actually would be.”
A few years after Scream 4 hit theaters, the slasher film franchise was adapted into a television series for MTV in 2015. It was later moved over to VH1 for its third season in 2019, but there hasn’t been any confirmation as to whether it will return for a fourth season.
In the midst of Scream’s first season, Craven — who is also behind the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise — died in his Los Angeles home after suffering a brain tumor. He was 76.
Years after Craven’s death, rumblings about a fifth Scream film had circulated. It was later announced in April 2020 that Ready or Not filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett would direct the fifth installment.
Campbell expressed to YouTuber Jake Hamilton in May 2020 that she was “apprehensive” about doing a Scream film without Craven. Though she is not yet confirmed for Scream 5, Cox and Arquette are set to return for the film that’s slated to debut in 2022.
Scroll down to see which actors have eluded Ghostface — and which haven’t fared as well — in the legendary horror films over the years.
1996's Scream was a sleeper hit that grossed just $6 million in its first weekend and went on to rake in $103 million in the U.S. In 2011, Campbell revealed to Entertainment Weekly why she returned for Scream 4. "I realized it might be fun for the audiences."
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In Scream's opening scene, Casey (Barrymore) gets harassed by a stranger on the phone. "What's your favorite scary movie?" the caller asks in the 1996 horror flick. The masked killer, Ghostface, then chases Casey outside the house, where he ultimately murders her.
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"There were times when we were filming in a weird house at 2 a.m. and I'd get really spooked out," the actress, who played Jill Roberts in Scream 4, told ELLE in 2011. "But what I've always loved about the Scream films is that they'll have you terrified one moment and laughing the next."
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"I love the franchise," Arquette — who met ex-wife Cox (Gale Weathers) while playing Dewey Riley in 1996's Scream — previously told Us. "I love being an audience member watching it and laughing and being scared."
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With school canceled due to the growing number of murders in Woodsboro, Stu Macher (Lillard) threw a wild party for his friends. Unfortunately, both Stu and his girlfriend, Tatum Riley (McGowan), were killed off in the first film.
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In Scream 3, McCarthy played Sarah Darling, a fictional actress starring in the film Stab 3. After receiving a call from someone claiming to be Roman Bridger, the film's director, McCarthy waited patiently in his office — until Ghostface showed up to kill her.
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"For an audience that is so well-versed in Scream and in what happens and who becomes the killer, it's trickier to throw them a curveball," Panettiere, who plays Kirby in Scream 4, says. "I think they've done a really cool job with the script."
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In Scream 3, Foley played Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro director Roman Bridger, while Posey played actress Jennifer Jolie. Posey's character later dies at the hands of Ghostface, but Bridger had a much bigger storyline: he was revealed to be Sidney's secret half-brother!
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In Scream 2's opening sequence, the lovebirds were brutally stabbed to death during a screening of Stab, the film based on the Woodsboro murders seen in Scream.
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Ulrich played Sidney's boyfriend, Billy Loomis, in Scream — but he was anything but a doting lover. Billy later reveals that he and Stu (Matthew Lillard) killed Sidney's mom one year earlier because she had an affair with his father.
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"It's a really fun movie, and everyone loves it as much as they did the first one," Bell has said of her cameo in Scream 4. "[My role] doesn't go down like you think it does, but it was fun doing it."
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O'Connell played Sidney's college boyfriend, Derek, in Scream 2. When Mickey (Timothy Olyphant) reveals himself to be Ghostface, he names Derek as his accomplice. Before Derek has a chance to explain, Mickey shoots him.
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The actor played Cotton Weary in the first three Scream films. He was wrongfully accused of raping and murdering Sidney's mother, Maureen Prescott.
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The trio played sorority sisters in 1997's Scream 2. The first to die? Gellar's character, Cici, who was stabbed and thrown over the balcony by Ghostface.
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The OC alum plays Deputy Ross Hoss in Scream 4. He was stabbed in the back by Ghostface.
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Though his character was stabbed to death in Scream 2, Kennedy reprised his role in Scream 3 in a series of tapes Randy made prior to his death.
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Within the first few scenes of 2000's Scream 3, Rutherford and her onscreen beau Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber) were murdered for refusing to share Sidney's whereabouts with a man who would "kill to know where Sidney is."
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The former Happy Days star played Principal Arthur Himbry in the original slasher flick.
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In Scream 4’s opening scene, Hale and Grimes play fictional pals featured in the fictional Stab 6. While talking about what movie they wanted to watch, the pair were being harassed over the phone by Ghostface. The serial killer later pops out and kills them both.
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Though she appears as local news reporter Debbie Salt throughout most of Scream 2, she later reveals herself to be Billy's mom, Mrs. Loomis, during the film's climax. She recruits Mickey (Timothy Olyphant) from a serial killer-devoted website and devises a plan to seek revenge on Sidney.
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Olyphant’s character Mickey Altieri appeared to be a normal college student, but was later revealed as one of the killers. Sidney and Gale fatally shot him.
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Mortimer appeared as Stab 3 cast member Angelina Tyler, who was killed by Ghostface in Scream 3 at the intimate gathering held at John Milton’s (Lance Henriksen) mansion.
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In Scream 3, Dempsey played Mark Kincaid — a detective working to determine who is behind the murders on the set of Stab 3. During the film’s final moments, Mark follows Sidney to the mansion where many Stab 3 cast members were already murdered. Though the timing of his arrival led Sidney to suspect he might be Ghostface, he ultimately helps her face off against the killer alongside Gale and Dewey.
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The comedic actor played Detective Anthony Perkins, who was tasked with watching over Sidney and Jill. He was ultimately stabbed in the head.
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Brie appeared in Scream 4 as Rebecca Walters, who was Sidney’s publicist and personal assistant. While accompanying Sidney to Woodsboro for her book signing event, she is ultimately stabbed in the stomach by Ghostface in a parking garage. Rebecca’s body was later thrown onto a truck.
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While watching the fictional Stab 7, Marnie (Robertson) and Jenny (Teegarden) talk about their differing opinions on the horror movie. Teegarden’s character later tricks Marnie into thinking she’s Ghostface, but the real killer steps in and kills Marnie. Ghostface then goes to kill Jenny, kicking off the events set to be solved in Scream 4.
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The Younger star played Trevor Sheldon, the ex-boyfriend to Roberts’ character Jill in Scream 4. Jill ultimately shoots her former beau in the head upon revealing that she was Ghostface.
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Shelton played Deputy Judy Hicks in Scream 4. As an officer with the Woodsboro Police, she worked alongside Dewey to help determine the new Ghostface killer.
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