After first popping up in this year’s “Scream,” Melissa Barrera returns to the franchise for the sixth installment which has already been filmed and is due out early next year.
Speaking with Collider recently, the actress revealed that one key difference between the previous entry and the new one is that there’s going to be a lot more blood and gore effects on screen this time out.
The franchise has its memorable kills, but isn’t really known for being particularly gruesome in its death and is relatively tame compared to various other franchises – that won’t be the case here:
“There was a saying on set because directors Matt [Bettinelli-Olpin] and Tyler [Gillett] were always asking for more blood and more sweat. They always just wanted more. ‘More blood spritz’ was the saying because they would just always want more.
With the last ‘Scream,’ they were tip-toeing and trying to be very respectful of what the franchise had been, up until that point, and keeping their inner gory dreams at bay. But with this one, they were like, ‘We’re going all out.’ It’s potentially a hundred times gorier.”
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett return to helm the film, which sees Barrera’s Sam back alongside Jenna Ortega (Tara), Jasmin Savoy Brown (Mindy), and Mason Gooding (Chad) as the quartet leave Woodsboro behind and attempt to start a fresh chapter in New York City.
Paramount Pictures has set a March 10th 2023 release date for the film.
