With a Rotten Tomatoes score of 76%, this Scream movie has found success on the new streaming home

It’s been about a month since Netflix officially announced that one of the hit episodes Scream The franchise would be added to the streamer before Halloween. On Friday, October 11th, Scream (2022)The fifth part of the series debuted on the platform and quickly caused a stir, which should come as no surprise given the scary season. The slasher film is a direct sequel to Scream 4 and a prequel to Scream VIwhich was released on March 10, 2023.

Per ComicBook, Scream (2022) has found its way onto Netflix’s top 10 movies list just days after landing on the streamer. It is currently the seventh most viewed film and will most likely rise even further very soon, just in time for Halloween. At the top of the list is the 2024 action comedy Bad Boys: Ride or Diein the main role Will Smith And Martin Lawrenceclosely followed by Laura Dern‘S Lonely planet And Sing. The Menendez brothers took fourth place, with pixel in the fifth and Clifford, the big red dog in the sixth. Scream (2022) then follows The Garfield movie, A Quiet Place Part IIAnd problem.

Except he’s the fifth Scream Film, Scream (2022) is the first part of the series that was not directed Wes Cravenwho died in 2015. Craven was replaced by directors Matt Bettinelli Olpin And Tyler Gillettwhile James Vanderbilt And Guy Busick wrote the film’s script. Aside from that, Scream (2022) sees the return of Marley Shelton, Skeet Ulrich, Roger L Jackson, Heather Matarazzo, Courteney Cox, David ArquetteAnd Neve Campbellwho appeared in previous episodes. They joined the film’s new stars Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Jasmin Savoy Brown, And Sonia Ammar.

What defines the “Scream” franchise?

The Scream The franchise can be traced back to the first in the late 1990s Scream The film was released in 1996. Currently, the franchise includes six films, with a seventh in development, and a TV series from 2015 to 2019. Craven directed the first four films, while the series was created by Kevin Williamsonwho wrote the first two Scream films and the fourth. Not to mention, Williamson will return to direct the seventh film in the series.

After the publication of Scream (1996), Scream 2 came about the next year, and Scream 3 in 2000. A whole decade passed before that Scream 4 was created, and the same with Scream (2022). Scream VIthe latest film in the series, released in 2023. Overall, the Scream Films were successful, with Scream (2022) currently holds a 76% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is collecting over $138 million against a budget of $24 million.

Scream (2022) is now streaming on Netflix in the US

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