The first teaser for Scream franchise is officially part of the current reboots and “requels” trend in the horror genre, and after the success of the fifth installment in the saga, simply titled Scream, a new Ghostface killer is ready to create chaos in a sequel, which is bringing back the survivors of the most recent Woodsboro massacre along with two legacy characters.
Plot details about Scream 6 are still unknown, but it will see some of the biggest changes in the franchise, being teaser trailer for Scream 6 also confirmed the movie’s title, but it made the biggest missed opportunity of the previous movie worse.
Scream 6 Proves The 2022 Movie Should've Had A Different Title
Scream 2022 was the first movie in the franchise without Wes Craven as director, and it rebooted the saga a decade after the supposed final chapter, Scream 2022 missed the chance of titling the movie in a fun way like 5cream or just Scream 5 but styled SCREAM5, like “screams”, though it subtly hid a "V" in the "m", and while they seized the chance with Scream 6, it further proves how much they messed up with the previous movie’s title.
As mentioned above, Scream 6 is titled exactly like that, but following the example of Scream 4, in which the “A” was styled as a “4”, Scream 6’s title is styled as “SCREAIVI”, with the “m” at the end being slashed to form a “VI”. It’s a fun and visually pleasing way of blending the title of the movie with the font and the style of the movie, but as it did add the number of the movie to the title, it only shows that the team behind the requels definitely missed a big chance with Scream 2022. Although the previous movie could still be retroactively titled Scream 5 and this could be styled in a similar way as Scream 4 and 6, for now it stands as one of the franchise’s biggest missed opportunities.
Why 2022's Scream Wasn't Called Scream 5
A couple of months before the release of Scream 2022, creator Tyler Gillett defended Scream 2022’s title by simply saying it was chosen for a specific purpose, but that hasn’t stopped the general confusion with the first and the fifth movie. If the sequel is now officially Scream 6, it’s not too late to make some adjustments to the title of the previous movie to avoid further confusion.
