Throughout the film, Quinn had the potential to bethe best Ghostface killer in the whole franchise.
Quinn was cunning, smart, manipulative and brutal, all the qualities a successful Ghostface killer should have.
Quinn’s credentials as Ghostface are beyond doubt.
She builds herself into Sam and Tara’s lives by becoming their roommate, keeping her enemies close.
This makes her both extremely dangerous and highly strategic.
All this identifies her as a potential top-tier Ghostface.
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And yet, her legacy will forever be tarnished because of her preempted twist reveal.
Nevertheless, the similarities between the stories are undeniable.
Both feature a corruption of the parental archetype and explore how horror can pass from generation to generation.
Scream VI, the next installment in the Scream horror franchise, follows four survivors of the latest Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro in search of a new beginning. Released in 2023, the film explores their efforts to escape their past while facing new threats in a different setting.
However, as interesting as these themes are, they have already been addressed by the franchise.
It would have been much more interesting if Quinn had orchestrated everything without her family’s help.
Similarly,the 1996 filmScreamrevealed the killerto be the boyfriend of the main character, Sidney Prescott.
The way that the newerScreamfilms are copying the main twists original films makes them too predictable.
