Scream 3
Scream 3 is a 2000 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Ehren Kruger. It stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette, Parker Posey, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Lance Henriksen, Matt Keeslar, Jenny McCarthy, Emily Mortimer, Deon Richmond, and Patrick Warburton. It is a sequel to Scream 2 (1997) and the third installment in the Scream film series. The film's story follows Sidney Prescott (Campbell), who has gone into self-imposed isolation following the events of the previous two films but is drawn to Hollywood after a new Ghostface begins killing the cast of the film within a film Stab 3. Scream 3 combines the violence of the slasher genre with comedy and "whodunit" mystery, while satirizing the cliché of film trilogies. Unlike the previous Scream films, there was an increased emphasis on comedic elements in this installment; the violence and horror were reduced in response to increased public scrutiny about violence in media, following the Columbine High School massacre.
Plot
Cotton Weary, now a successful talk show host, is contacted by Ghostface, who demands to know the whereabouts of Sidney Prescott. When Cotton refuses to cooperate, Ghostface murders him and his girlfriend Christine. Detective Mark Kincaid contacts Gale Weathers to discuss Cotton's murder, prompting her to travel to Hollywood. She finds Dewey Riley working as an adviser on the set of Stab 3: Return To Woodsboro, the third film in the series based on the Ghostface murders.
Cast
- Beth Toussaint
- Carrie Fisher
- Courteney Cox
- David Arquette
- Deon Richmond
- Emily Mortimer
- Ethan Erickson
- Heather Matarazzo
- Jamie Kennedy
- Jason Mewes
- Jenny McCarthy
- Josh Pais
- Kelly Rutherford
- Kevin Smith
- Lance Henriksen
- Liev Schreiber
- Matt Keeslar
- Matthew Lillard
- Neve Camdela
- Parker Posey
- Patrick Dempsey
- Patrick Warburton
- Peter Deming
- Richmond Arquette
- Roger Corman
- Roger L. Jackson
- Scott Foley
- Skeet Ulrich
- Wes Craven