1996: High school student Sidney Prescott and her Younger brother Ian Prescott and her friends, who, on the anniversary of her mother's murder, become the targets of a costumed serial killer known as Ghostface.
1997: Sidney, her brother Ian and tabloid reporter Gale Weathers survived the events of the first "Scream," but their nightmare isn't over. When two college students are murdered at a sneak preview of "Stab," a movie based on the events from the first film, it's clear a copycat killer is on the loose. Sydney and Gail, as well as fellow survivors Deputy Dewey, his sister Tatum Riley and Randy have to find out who is behind this new murder spree, before they all end up dead.
2000: The last instalment in the 'Scream' trilogy is set in Hollywood, where 'Stab 3' is being shot, with Gale Weathers and Dwight Riley on set as advisors to Jennifer Jolie. Unfortunately, a killer decides to off the cast in the order of the screenplay and only 'Sid' Prescott, now in hiding while having her best friends Tatum and Hallie McDaniel keeping her 17 year old brother Ian in harms way, until the killer tracks her down, can they solve the riddle.
2011: The plot involves Sidney Prescott and a now growned Ian returning to Woodsboro after ten years, as part of her book tour. As soon as they arrive, Ghostface once again begins killing students from Woodsboro High.
2022: The plot takes place twenty-five years after the original Woodsboro murders from Scream (1996), when yet another Ghostface appears and begins targeting a group of teenagers who are each somehow linked to the original killings and thus resurrecting secrets from the town's deadly past.
2023: Four survivors of the Ghostface murders leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start in New York City. However, they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when a new killer embarks on a bloody rampage. And thus Ian Prescott now in his early 40's returning to rescue them
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
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