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Scream 5 Might Be A Revival Of The Slasher Genre, With R Rating

The first Scream was thought to be a re-enactment of the slasher movies of the 1990s

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Khushant Runghe
Khushant Runghe
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INDIA: The impending Scream 5 sequel will be rated R, according to Chad Villella, the film’s producer. The fifth movie of the Scream franchise recently wrapped post-production, paving the way for its January 14, 2022 release date. The film will be released 11 years after Scream 4 was released in 2011, and it will reunite the original cast, which includes Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell.


The first Scream was thought to be a re-enactment of the slasher movies of the 1990s. Craven’s distinctive Scream film adopted the character Sidney Prescott (Campbell) as she is pursued by a compulsive serial murderer known only as Ghostface, who wears masks and costumes.

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Wes Craven’s identity was relaunched as a horror slasher director thanks to the Scream series. He had already earned notoriety as a result of the night mare on Elm Street. Scream was a box office success right away, and it received a lot of positive feedback. It was followed by three further sequels. Among all the sequels to Scream, Scream 2 is the most well-received.

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Scream 5’s R rating should come as no surprise to anyone, given that every other film in the franchise has received the same rating. However, it’s worth noting that the original Scream was almost rated PG-13 after much of the film’s violence was toned down during the scripting process.
When Craven arrived at the challenge, he ordered that the script be reclassified as R. When Craven noticed the screenplay had a thirty-minute gap between killings, he inserted another homicide scene.


The fact that Craven’s original film was true to itself in tone and level of violence is one of the reasons why it is still remembered today. If the violence in the film had been removed and it had been given a PG-13 classification, it would not have been as commercially successful as it was. Let’s hope that Scream 5 can resurrect its long-forgotten charm and slasher vibes, which have been lost in today’s cinema genre.

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