Scream

It's been more than 25 years since the original Ghostly Face terrorized a quiet California village and inspired the creation of a rather unpleasant slasher movie (Stab). Billy Loomis turned out to be the first Ghost Face-unexpectedly, considering that he was so suspicious and all that. He and his buddy Stu killed seven people during their rampage, but they were prevented by resourceful teenager Sidney Prescott, persistent journalist Gail Weathers and severely stabbed Sheriff Dewey Riley. New incarnations of the Ghost's Face commit several more murders, appear in several more "Knife" films and haunt about a billion nightmares, most of which poor Sydney dreams of. Of course, Woodsboro has been mercifully free of masked serial killers for a decade now. But as any fan of slasher movies will tell you, these guys are like mold in the shower: you think you got rid of it, but it keeps coming back. It's 2022, and no one else has a landline phone-except for Tara Carpenter. She likes "heightened horror" movies like "Babadook" more than ordinary slashers, so maybe you'll forgive her for not foreseeing what would happen next. When the landline phone rings, she answers - and is asked to play a game of movie trivia knowledge. She loses-a game, a leg, and a pint or two of blood. But she survives and is taken to the hospital. And when Tara's older sister, Sam, finds out about the attack, she immediately returns to Woodsboro (with boyfriend Richie in tow) to save her cut sister and possibly correct a few mistakes. You see, Sam has a secret that she's been meaning to reveal for a long time. Despite the fact that she was born after those murders in Woodsboro, she is inextricably linked with them. And sometimes she sees Billy Loomis himself... who is always happy to give her timely advice.