Scream 3’s Major Death Retcon Explained (How It Changes Sidney’s Story)

Scream 3 revealed some shocking secrets that directly impacted Sidney’s story, especially as it retconned one of the most important deaths in the franchise. Wes Craven revitalized the slasher genre in the 1990s with Scream, which had a level of self-awareness not seen before in the horror genre. Scream introduced the audience to Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), the Final Girl of the saga, who, along with her friends, was terrorized by a masked serial killer referred to as Ghostface. The success of Scream made way for various sequels, of which Scream 3 is often regarded as the weakest.