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Scream (2022 film)
Scream (2022) is the fifth Scream franchise film, the first not directed by Wes Craven, helmed by Radio Silence's Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett. Released January 14, 2022, it opened to $30.6 million on a $25 million budget and revived the series.
Scream (franchise)
Scream is an American slasher franchise built on the masked killer Ghostface, created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven, with six films released between 1996 and 2023.
Scream (TV series)
Scream: The TV Series is an American horror television series, adapted from the film franchise, that followed teenagers targeted by a masked killer from 2015 to 2019.
Scream 2
Scream 2 (1997), Wes Craven's sequel to Scream, written by Kevin Williamson: Sidney Prescott at Windsor College faces copycat Ghostface killers Mickey and Mrs. Loomis; $101.3M US gross, meta commentary on sequels.
Scream 3
Scream 3 (2000), Wes Craven's final film of the original trilogy, follows Ghostface killing the Stab 3 cast in Hollywood; rewritten after Columbine, it grossed $161.8 million but scored 45% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Scream 4
Scream 4, also known as Scream IV, is a 2011 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, the fourth in the Scream franchise.
Scream 7
Scream 7 (2026) is the seventh Scream slasher film, directed by Kevin Williamson, with Neve Campbell returning as Sidney Prescott whose daughter is targeted by a new Ghostface in Pine Grove, Indiana. Despite franchise-worst reviews (30% RT), it opened to a franchise-best $64.1 million and passed $200 million worldwide.
Scream king
A scream king is an actor prominent and influential in horror films, the male counterpart to "scream queen", with examples from Bruce Campbell to Ethan Hawke.
Scream of the Shalka
Scream of the Shalka: 2003 six-part BBCi Flash-animated Doctor Who webcast by Paul Cornell, starring Richard E Grant as an alternate Ninth Doctor, overshadowed by the 2005 TV revival.
Scream queen
Scream queen: an actress prominent in horror films, wordplay on screen queen. Early icon Fay Wray (King Kong, 1933); archetypal modern figure Jamie Lee Curtis; distinct from Clover's Final Girl; label contested by Barbara Crampton.
Scream Queens (2015 TV series)
Scream Queens (2015 TV series), Fox horror-comedy anthology by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan; two seasons, 23 episodes (2015-2016), sorority slasher with Emma Roberts and Jamie Lee Curtis, canceled 2017, later a cult favorite.
Scream VI
Scream VI is a 2023 American slasher horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the sixth installment of the Scream franchise, following survivors hunted by Ghostface in New York City.
Screamboat
Screamboat (2025) is an American horror comedy directed by Steven LaMorte, starring David Howard Thornton as a murderous Steamboat Willie on a Staten Island Ferry, made after the 1928 cartoon entered the public domain.
Screamers (1995 film)
Screamers is a 1995 science fiction horror film directed by Christian Duguay, starring Peter Weller, adapted from Philip K. Dick's "Second Variety" and released in the United States in 1996.
Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Hollywood performers' union founded 1933, won its first studio contract in 1937; merged with AFTRA on March 30, 2012, forming SAG-AFTRA; its awards show became the Actor Awards in 2026.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, the ensemble award under the renamed Actor Awards, honors a feature film's full acting cast; voted by 122,000+ SAG-AFTRA members, requires single-card billing, and is a key Oscar bellwether.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, also under the Actor Awards name, is the SAG-AFTRA peer-voted film award for a woman's lead movie performance, first given in 1995; recent winners include Michelle Yeoh, Lily Gladstone, Demi Moore, and Jessie Buckley for Hamnet.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
SAG-AFTRA film award for a male actor in a leading role, presented since 1995; first won by Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump; renamed Actor Awards in 2026; current winner Michael B. Jordan for Sinners.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
SAG-AFTRA honor for a film's stunt performers and coordinators, introduced at the 14th SAG Awards in 2008 with first winner The Bourne Ultimatum; announced on the red carpet, most recently won by Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
The SAG-AFTRA honor for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series, added in 2007 and presented on the Actor Awards red carpet, recognizes a series' stunt performers and coordinators; Game of Thrones won it eight straight years (2013-2020).
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, also called the drama ensemble Actor Award, honors a TV drama cast; voted by SAG-AFTRA members; winners include The Crown, Succession, Shōgun, and The Pitt.
Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Screen Actors Guild Awards, renamed the Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA for 2026, are peer acting awards voted on by over 118,000 eligible SAG-AFTRA members, featuring ensemble prizes and held two weeks before the Oscars since 1995.
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award is SAG-AFTRA's highest tribute, given since 1962 (first recipient Eddie Cantor) for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment; recent honorees include Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, Harrison Ford, and Al Pacino.
Screen Gems
Screen Gems, also known as Screen Gems Inc., is the name of several Columbia Pictures businesses: an animation studio, a television subsidiary, and a Sony film label.
Screen Gems (animation studio)
Screen Gems was a cartoon studio of Columbia Pictures, descending from Charles Mintz's studio. It produced theatrical shorts until 1946, closing after years of operating in the red.
Screen Junkies
Screen Junkies is an American YouTube entertainment channel founded by Break Media in 2008, best known for the Emmy-nominated Honest Trailers parody series; owned by Defy Media from 2013 and Fandom since July 2018.
Screenplay
A screenplay is the standardized written blueprint for a film or TV production, with scene headings, action, and dialogue; historically called scenario and continuity script, one page roughly equals one minute of screen time.
Screenwriter
Screenwriter: the writer of screenplays for film, television, and video. Covers Aristotelian structure, script doctors, the writer-director trend, WGA 2023 AI protections, and the 2026 contract.
Screenwriting
Screenwriting: the craft of writing screenplays for film and TV, called scenarios or continuity scripts in early cinema. Covers silent-era origins, 1930s format standardization, script coverage, and WGA AI protections.
Screwball comedy
Screwball comedy: Hollywood romantic-comedy subgenre of the mid-1930s to early 1940s, born of the Depression and the Production Code, marked by fast dialogue, battle-of-the-sexes plots, and films like It Happened One Night and Bringing Up Baby.