The vast majority of slashers, or at least those prior to the famous scream of ’96 and that has continuity in scream 5 , did not attach great importance to the identity of his murderer. After all, the real problem was what the stranger was doing with a sharp knife in his hands. But after Wes Craven reinvented the genre and turned the plot into a clever red herring mechanism, everything changed. Suddenly, the face in the Ghostface mask became one of the central points of the plot. Also, in the way that history combined deaths bloodier with intrigue and suspense.
scream 5, the most direct heir to the original, reuses the formula. It also adds some great ingredients. Make it clear that anyone can be a killer and that they can be smiling at your side all the time. At present, the plot twist seems worn due to the repetition of the idea in all the sagas indebted to Scream. But the new installment of the franchise manages to move towards a much more complex terrain and bet even higher on the traditional final revelation.
Of course, he does so by drawing on the entire combination of elements that support his argument. From the perception of the small town with big secrets to the old faces of the franchise joining the film. all in scream 5 it’s built so that the final mystery is a convenient plot twist. It is at the same time what unites the entire plot to the sequels that preceded it and to the original work. He is a clever metafictional prodigy who cleverly manages to keep his secret to the grand finale.
The end of Scream 5 is many things at once
scream 5 It begins with a tribute scene starring Tara, Jenna Ortega’s character. His death prompts his sister Sam (Melissa Barrera) to return to classic Woodsboro to understand what has happened. Shortly after, the film recounts that Sam fled the town upon discovering that it was the daughter Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich). As fans will immediately remember, this is about the killer from the original movie. The eventuality makes Tara’s crime and Sam’s return more complicated events than they seem.
With Sam returns Richie (Jack Quaid), who is revealed in the finale to be one of the killers. The same as Amber (Mikey Madison), one of Tara’s friends. In the end, the big question is why they both decided to hide behind the Ghostface mask to kill. And do it in such a way as to remember the already classic and well-known murders of the town.
To understand the end of scream 5 and the motive behind the acts of their killers, you have to resort to metafiction. The big closing scene takes place at the house of Stu Marcher, Billy’s accomplice. This is where all the threads come together. Amber’s parents bought the house, sparking an unhealthy curiosity about the murders in her daughter. In the midst of his lengthy investigation into the events in Woodsboro, he managed to track down Richie. For both, the way in which pop culture exploited the crimes was a “disappointment”. As much as to make the decision to create a new crime wave that would inspire better movies and better material about brutal crimes.
Of course, in the manner of scream, Richie and Amber also hoped to implicate third parties in the murders. In this case, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) and of course Sam, as the daughter of a murderer. But things get more complicated until they bring the plot to its bloody and convoluted end.
scream 5 celebrates the tradition of murder for a reason and does so, appealing to the entire franchise. And without a doubt, it is one of the strengths of his great proposal to refresh the premise of the masked murderer. A twist that is much more than a tribute to the original and yes, a new path for a saga that returns in top form.