Grimace Killer's reappearance in "Scream 5" is scheduled for January 14 next year

As the latest film in the series of Hollywood classic horror films "Scream", "Scream 5" has attracted much attention since the beginning of filming. Recently, the film exposed a brand new poster. On the poster, the full series of nightmares, the Grimace Killer, reappears in the jianghu, and after many years, his appearance is still chilling.

Beijing 1905 Film Network reported that the entire poster had no superfluous design elements, only a grimace, a dagger and the title of the film. "Scream 5" is a return work, in the film, many original actors will join the new work, especially the return of the heroine Neve Campbell, which makes everyone look forward to it.

In addition, due to the return of many original film lineups, coupled with the release of the English title without numbers, so many media have speculated that the film will have a lot of Easter eggs and tributes related to the original version.

Scream 5 movie poster. (Image source: Paramount Movies official Weibo)

The first Scream was reportedly directed by Wes Craven, written by Kevin Williamson, and starring Neve Campbell, Cortney Cox, and others. The film is about a young woman in a small town who becomes the target of a killer who wears a mask inspired by Edward Munch's painting Scream, known as the "Grimace".

Three sequels to Scream were released in 1997, 2000 and 2011, and the films grossed $608 million worldwide. It is worth mentioning that the first four films in the Scream series were directed by Wes Craven, in addition to which he has also directed a number of horror films, which are familiar to audiences who love horror movies. Sadly, he left this world on August 30, 2015, at the age of 76.

The new version will be directed by Matt Betinelli-Olpin and Taylor Gillett, who in 2019 released the horror film Ready, which grossed $57.6 million worldwide at a production cost of $6 million, making it a dark horse at the box office produced by Fox.

Currently, the film is scheduled to be released in North America on January 14, 2022. (End)