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Why Sam Didn't Want Sidney's Help In Scream (SPOILER ALERT)


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Warning: This post contains spoilers for Scream.

 

Scream star Melissa Barrera explains why her character Sam didn't accept Sidney Prescott's help at first. In its fifth showing on the big screen, the Scream franchise has once again reinvented itself with the help of Ready or Not filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The new film, which debuted in theaters earlier this month, tackles toxic fandom and Hollywood's current obsession with revisiting beloved properties. That means that, naturally, Scream brings everything back to the original, whether it be by recreating certain plot points or featuring the onscreen returns of numerous characters.

 

At the same time, Scream sets up the next generation of Ghostface victims and survivors with a group of new characters led by Barrera's Sam. Positioned as the new Sidney, Sam is a former Woodsboro resident who gets pulled back to the tragedy-prone town when her sister Tara (Jenna Ortega) is brutally attacked by the new Ghostface. All of the current killings seem to be related to Sam's darkest secret, and as she is the primary target of Ghostface's new plot, Sidney (Neve Campbell) offers assistance in how to handle being the object of obsession for a serial killer. However, Sam turns down Sidney's offer at first, eager to instead run away from Woodsboro for the second time in her life.

 

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Barrera recently broke down Sam's thought process in an interview with THR. While getting advice and possibly even protection from Sidney Prescott herself might seem like an appealing prospect, Barrera said Sam's determination to leave Woodsboro is far stronger than her need to confront Ghostface. In fact, the actress pointed out that determination nearly wins out, though the masked killer gets in the way. Barrera said:

Staying in Woodsboro is just too painful for her. She was using drugs and alcohol and acting out as a way to escape a reality she could not handle. So the idea of having to deal with something that she’s been running away from would be taking steps back. At this point in her life, she has a job, she has a boyfriend and she feels like she’s finally made it out of the dark cloud. But then all of this starts to happen. She knows that it’s related to her and that she’s the reason it’s happening to Tara. So it’s scary, but she just wants out. She doesn’t have the fighting instinct in that way. She has a different fighter instinct because she’s tough, but she doesn’t have any inclination to stay around a figure that has haunted her for so long. There’s just no interest. She’s run away; that’s her MO. She’s a runner. If it weren’t for Ghostface who lured her back to the Macher house, she would’ve just gone away and put that in the past. But then there would be no amazing act three that we have in the movie, so they had to bring her back.


Luckily, Sidney isn't put off by Sam's rejection and, along with Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), sticks around for the act 3 showdown at Stu Macher's old house. That allows Scream a few triumphant moments between the surviving women of the franchise, which also includes a seriously resilient Tara. Sam's reasoning for ignoring Sidney's offer of help makes sense from her perspective even if, as a viewer, it's hard to accept. Anyone watching a Scream movie knows Ghostface isn't easy to run away from, and that Sam's decision to leave certainly won't be enough to distance her from the killer.

 

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