The year is 2011 and the students are live-streaming, the fans are marathon-ing, and Sidney was ready to close the book on her time in Woodsboro…until the remake rules throw a wrench in her plans. Unpack the uncannily meta (no, not that one) takes with us in Scream 4.

***CONTENT WARNING: potential spoilers for other Scream franchise films

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• Scream 4 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262416/trivia/

• Scream 4 wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_4

• • ‘Scream 4’: The First Mainstream Feminist Horror Film by Melissa Saleh: https://medium.com/the-awl/scream-4-the-first-mainstream-feminist-horror-film-2e51a39dcf09
    The Final Girl Gone Wild: Post-Feminist Whiteness in ‘Scream 4’ by Jeremy Cornelius: https://btchflcks.com/2012/10/horror-week-2012-the-final-girl-gone-wild-post-feminist-whiteness-in-scream-4.html

We’re in the year 2000: the stakes are high, and the bangs are short, and beneath the Hollywood sign many a’ mystery unfold on the set of Stab 3, and Sidney’s back to reprise her role (in Scream 3).

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, school violence, gun violence, spoilers for other Scream franchise films

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• Rewatching Scream 3 20 years later in the era of Time's Up and Me Too by Emma Fraser:

• https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/rewatching-scream-3-20-years-later-in-the-era-of-times-up-and-me-too

• Scream 3 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134084/trivia/

• Scream 3 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_3

We’re (not) back in Woodsboro and Sidney’s got a new boyfriend, Gale’s got a new haircut, but Ghostface has a new phone number. Find out how to survive the sequel in 1997’s Scream 2.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of racial violence, school violence, gun violence, potential spoilers for other Scream franchise films

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• Scream 2 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120082/trivia/

• Scream reddit posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scream/comments/r7h69p/scream_2_social_commentary/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scream/comments/nub3uw/a_summary_examining_diversity_in_the_scream_movies/

• Scream 2 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_2

We’ve been around for 200 episodes so we’re tackling a tale that’s been around for over 200 years in 2025’s Frankenstein.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of self-harm/suicide, neglect

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• “10 Differences Between Frankenstein (2025) Monster & The Book.” YouTube, uploaded by Phantastik-News.de. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwsZL7TzMII. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

• Armbrüster, Emma. “Red, Gold, and Shadow: The Color Language of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.” The Viewer’s Perspective, 10 Nov. 2025, theviewersperspective.com/2025/11/10/frankenstein-netflix-color-symbolism/. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

• “FRANKENSTEIN: The Movie vs. The Book.” YouTube, uploaded by Big Nate's Book Reviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrl2hwrQg8E. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

• Frankenstein (2025 Film) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(2025_film)

• Frankenstein (2025) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312221/

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A glass house in the woods isn’t the weirdest thing to inherit in your distant uncle’s will, but a ghost sharing your bath water might be. Unlock the secrets behind the shifting walls of the black zodiac as we chat through 2001’s Thirteen Ghosts.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion death of a parent, sexual violence

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• 13 Ghosts (1960) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Ghosts

• Thirteen Ghosts (2001) wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Ghosts

We’re back, Whorrors! In honor of what we hope to be a promising year ahead, we’re dancing to Stars are Blind in the pharmacy to kick the season off with 2020’s Promising Young Woman.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion sexual abuse/assault, r*pe, suicide

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• Cassandra Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra

• Gilbert, Sophie. “Promising Young Woman Sets a Ravishing Trap.” The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2020, www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/12/emerald-fennell-promising-young-woman-subverting-femininity/617467/. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.

• Gilchrist, Tracy E. “Laverne Cox on How Promising Young Woman Examines the ‘Nice Guy’ Trope.” The Advocate, 5 Jan. 2021, www.advocate.com/film/2021/1/05/laverne-cox-how-promising-young-woman-examines-nice-guy-trope

• Promising Young Woman Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promising_Young_Woman

• Promising Young Woman IMBd: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292/

• Stephen Nothum [authorstephennothum]. Tik Tok.

A familiar movie title with a whole new cast of characters! While this Christmas Eve isn’t necessarily filled with holiday cheer, there’s plenty of slaying to go around in 2006’s Black Christmas.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion sexual abuse/assault, r*pe, true crime

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• Black Christmas 2006 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(2006_film)

• Black Christmas IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454082/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

Freshman year of college comes with many horrors: boys, tests, six demons inhabiting your body only fixed via exorcism…the usual. Read up on the court notes and consider your verdict carefully as we try to crack the case of The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of loss of bodily autonomy, religious trauma, true crime

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• Anneliese Michel Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel

• Exorcism of Emily Rose IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404032/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv

• Exorcism of Emily Rose Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcism_of_Emily_Rose