When the first trailer for Scream 6 was unveiled, many longtime fans of the franchise had opinions on one particular moment. It wasn't Gail's tense phone call with the villain or Hayden Panettiere's anticipated return as Scream 4's Kirby; it was the fact that one scene sees the newest Ghostface use a shotgun against their victi♛ms. 

In light of the backlash, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett tell SFX that they deliberately set out to "raise eyebrows" by having the knife-wielding killer use a very different kind of weap🐼on – and tease a more competent, more terrifying kind of antagonist.

. "When we heard 'Ghostface in New York, and he has a shotgun' it was like: 'What?!' The two feelings of 'What are we doing?' and 'We have to do it!' are often intrinsically tied and that was a perfect example of that."

Though we've seen most Ghostfaces use guns in the series before, from Billy Loomis and Stu Ma🐼cher to Jill Roberts, they've always been unmasked by that point, which is why Scream 6's Ghostface, stealing a shotgun off of a convenience store owner in full costume and using it against him stands out so much in the teaser. For t🌄he filmmakers, this key difference simply highlights how our heroes aren't dealing with an amateur copycat this time around.

"There are a ton of fun, wonderful, classic Ghostface moments, but it's not the pratfalling Ghostface," Gillett adds. "For this to be scary and to achieve a level of visceral tension, we wanted to put the character more in the real world. If Ghostface🍸 is trying to get through a door, it's going to happen! There's no giving up. When he'🦂s in pursuit, the pursuit doesn't end until he's achieved his goal."

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While Ne🌄ve Campbell won't be reprising her role as Siℱdney Prescott in the follow-up, Scream 6 brings back Melissa Barrera's Sam, Jenna Ortega's Tara, Jasmin Savoy Brown's Mindy, Mason Gooding's Chad, and Courten✱ey Cox's Gail from its predecessor. The returning players will be joined on screen by newbies Liann Liberato as Quinn, Tony Revolori as Jason, Devyn Nekoda as Anika, Josh Segarra as Danny, Dermot Mulroney as Detective Bailey, and Samara Weaving as Laura.

Scream 6 releases in UK on March 8, and US cinemas on March 10. Read up on the movie in , available on newsstands now! For even more from SFX, sign up to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:newsletter, sending all thꦬe latest exclusives straight to your inbox.