Of all the kills in theScreamfranchise, it is one that most fans forget that proved to be the goriest. Starting with theoriginalScreamin 1996, the franchise subverted the tropes of slasher movies and changed the genre forever. Of course, it still delivers on horror expectations, like bloody kills.
The Ghostface killersmay get creative at times, using anything from a garage door to a shotgun to take out their victims. While these masked killers have tallied some impressive kill counts intheScreammovies, the franchise isn’t really known for gore. However, one kill from aScreamsequel shows how bloody Ghostface can get.
Olivia’s Death In Scream 4 Is The Franchise’s Goriest Moment
The Forgotten Character Meets A Particularly Gruesome End
Olivia (Marielle Jaffe) is not a particularly memorable character inScream 4and exits the movie earlier as one of the first major kills. However, it is the way in which she goes that is memorable and offers some of the most shocking moments inthe entireScreamfranchise, simply for how gory her death is.
Olivia is the next-door neighbor to Jill (Emma Roberts) and one of her closest friends. As Jill and Kirby (Hayden Panettiere) hang out at Jill’s house, they get a call from Ghostface, who threatens them and claims to be hiding in the closet. However, they realize too late that the killer meant Olivia’s closet.
It is a shocking moment for a franchise that is rarely so graphic.
The killer bursts out of the closet and begins viciously stabbing Olivia, with her friends too far to save her.When Sidney (Neve Campbell) finally arrives to help Olivia, the poor teen lies dead on her bed with her entrails hanging out. It’s a rather shocking moment for a franchise that is rarely so graphic.
Scream 4was thefirstScreammovie in over a decade, and Olivia’s death partially feels like it is trying to take things to another level. It could also be a bit of the meta-commentary the franchise is known for, asScream 4makes reference totheSawmoviesand other gore-filled horror movies that were popular at the time.
Scream Isn’t Known For Brutality, But A Few Other Scenes Stand Out
Scream Can Be Bloody When It Wants To Be
TheScreammovies have made for one of the most beloved horror movie franchises, but its reputation was not earned through gore. These movies are certainly violent, but are mostly confined to characters getting slashed and stabbed by Ghostface. However, there have been some rare moments that compete with Olivia’s brutal death.
The death that started it all still remains a vicious one, as Casey (Drew Barrymore) is viciously stabbed by Ghostface as she tries to flee. It is also an emotional kill, asher parents hear her dying over the phone, only to find her gutted and hanging from a tree in their front lawn. It is a horrifying way to start the franchise.
Scream VI(2023)
Detective Bailey, Quinn Bailey, Ethan Bailey & Jason Carvey
Despite Ghostface being the one to deliver the brutality in most cases, one of the franchise’s killers met a particularly nasty end.Richie (Jack Quad) gets a taste of his own medicine as his girlfriend and target, Sam (Melissa Berrera), turns the tables on him, stabbing him over a dozen times in a bloody mess.
Scream VIis the franchise’s bloodiest entrythus far, and there’s one kill that really stands out in its brutality. Anika (Devyn Nekoda) had already been stabbed as she tried to join the others in escaping the apartment via a ladder. However,Ghostface comes and shakes the ladder, sending her falling to the ground, smashing her head off a dumpster.
It remains to be seen ifthe upcomingScream 7will attempt to add to the gore of theScreamfranchise, but there has yet to be a moment as brutal as Olivia’s bloody death.
