"Requel"-ing Wes Craven: Radio Silence on Scream (2022)

There may be no horror franchise that opens with as simple and satisfying a tradition as Scream. As the production company's logo appears on screen, we begin hearing the ringing of a landline phone--if you've seen only one of Scream's now five installments, you immediately know whose voice will be on the other line. Reeling in a character with a false sense of comfort before swiftly posing a question everyone in the audience would affirmatively respond to ("do you like scary movies?"), the soon-...