Even though it’s a new week, horror fans and the internet at large are still recovering from the insane Scream VI trailer that was released last Thursday. The new footage teased the possible suspects, red herrings, and thrilling Ghostface-filled horror overtaking New York City. That’s what we’ve come to expect from a Scream movie by now. However, what long-time franchise fans didn’t expect to see was a darker and more brutal take on this meta slasher universe. Now, with Scream VI coming out in March, a new promo for the trailer makes everyone the killer while raising even more questions.
The new promo featured on the official Scream Instagram page has cast members Melissa Barrera (Sam), Jenna Ortega (Tara), Jasmin Savoy Brown (Mindy), and Mason Gooding (Chad). Counting down to the trailer. However, that’s not all as it also sees Barrera, Ortega, Brown, and Gooding alongside their fellow suspects Courteney Cox (Gale), Hayden Panettiere (Kirby), and Josh Segarra (David) doing the iconic Ghostface knife slash. It’s very reminiscent of Scream 2022’s character posters that had the entire cast holding Ghostface’s mask up as if they were the killer themselves.
While this is another fun marketing ploy from Paramount and the Scream team, this promo doesn’t just frame everybody as a suspect. It reinforces a fan-favorite character as a prime suspect. That would be Tara. Upon further inspection, everyone but Tara is holding the same silver knife. Her knife is mysteriously pitch black. As fans know by now nothing is done by accident in the Scream universe. Given that there’s one shot in the trailer that sees Tara apparently smiling menacingly at the camera, the character has a lot of explaining to do.
