SCREAM with Ryan C. Showers

Happy release week of "Scream VI," Screamers! One of the most valuable aspects of "Scream" as an elite horror franchise is the complex, ever-evolving relationship between its two insurmountable heroines over the first five films, Sidney Prescott and Gale Weathers. They started out as enemies; punches were thrown before they began to hug one another to say hello. But massacre after massacre allowed...

May the best Screamer win! In the March Patreon-exclusive episode, Ryan releases a recording of his most recent SCREAM with RCS Patreon Zoom Hangout, where the topic was "Predict 'Scream VI.'" Join Ryan as he moderates predictions from dozens of Patreons about the release of the sixth film in the franchise next week. Then, after you see the film, come back and listen to this recording again and se...

Welcome to the battle of the non-trio survivors in the original "Scream" trilogy. Randy Meeks and Cotton Weary are two of the most important characters in the original run of the "Scream" franchise. Cotton is indelibly intertwined with the story arc of the first three films and Maureen Prescott. Randy is the fan favorite, the person the horror fan watching Scream was supposed to see themselves in....

It's TV TIME at SCREAM with Ryan C. Showers. This week, Ryan covers television ranging from the classic "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to the modern horror hits "Wednesday," "Shining Vale," and "Chucky." Ryan even covers the way "Scream VI" is being covered in its TV spots. The first half of the episode will be available to the public, while the second half is a Patreon exclusive: Ryan and a panel of...

Happy Valentine's Day! The "Scream" film series may be a meta-slasher-who-done-it about Sidney Prescott and how her mother's past comes back to haunt her. But alongside the genre-blending cleverness and final girl narrative, there is a parallel storyline across the franchise that is a love story between journalist and author, Gale Weathers, and the deputy-turned-Sheriff, Dewey Riley. And it is a l...

Long before Jamie Lee Curtis graced "Halloween" in 2018, reviving her role as Laurie Strode and being blended into a new narrative with a younger cast, "Scream" did the exact same thing eight years earlier. Sidney, Gale, and Dewey return to lead a new cast ensemble as the "legacy" original cast members. Functionally, this allows "Scream 4" to push forward a brilliant commentary on the remake cultu...

Episode 090 marks the first Patreon film review of SCEAM with Ryan C. Showers of Scream-adjacent/related films. There will likely be nine of these film reviews as bonus episodes per year. The first film to be reviewed by Ryan and Patreons Jeremy Shay and Alley is Wes Craven's 2005 thriller, "Red Eye" starring Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. In addition to Craven directing, "Red Eye" was brought...

An official full-length trailer for "Scream VI" was released last week. Every Scream fan has anticipated being reunited with Gale Weathers and Kirby Reed after they were not featured in the December teaser trailer with the new young survivors from "Scream" (2022). In this episode, Ryan features 11 Patreon supporters in a "Reaction Episode" to the long-awaited trailer. The first half of the episode...

The main topic of the show is Jennifer Jolie in "Scream 3." Jennifer is arguably one of the most beloved characters in the franchise, who was brought to life with comedic brilliance and a unique artistic vision by independent film legend, Parker Posey. Patreon member Charles Rios is Ryan's Patreon guest today to showcase Jennifer Jolie and Parker Posey. In addition, Ryan makes a few big announceme...

Just as there was exclusive coverage of Sidney, Gale, and Dewey in each film, SCREAM with Ryan C. Showers now has an episode dedicated to our new heroines: Sam and Tara Carpenter in their first outing, "Scream" (2022). Join Ryan and SwRCS Patreon and Trivia Man, Thomas Neary, for a deep dive into the character arcs of Sam and Tara, as well as a discussion for their arc as sisters and family amends...

Ten years had passed since we last saw Sidney Precott, Gale Weathers, and Dewey Riley united at the end of "Scream 4." For better or worse, they have changed a great deal. Additionally, in the fifth film, they function differently than ever before, taking a break from driving the story and rather supporting a new plot in the franchise. In "Scream," they take on the roles of the legacy characters i...

In the final episode of SCREAM with Ryan C. Showers in the year of 2022, Ryan has a jammed packed show. First, Ryan covers additional thoughts about the "Scream VI" Teaser Trailer with Joey Vallese. Ryan and Joey additionally muse about Courteney Cox's work as Gale Weathers and her role as a Scream Queen in the horror genre. In the second half of the episode, which is available exclusively for Pat...

The teaser trailer for "Scream VI" (official title) was released Wednesday, December 14, after months of anticipation and speculation. Unlike the trailer for "Scream" (2022), this was brief, vague, and only contained a handful of cast members in one sequence. The new Woodsboro survivors (Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Mason Gooding Jr., and Jasmin Savoy Brown) are stalked on a New York City subway...

"I'm a fighter." Join Ryan and podcast contributor Amar Karim to discuss Sidney's character development and Neve Campbell's performance in "Scream 2," continuing to celebrate 25 years since the film's release date. To open the episode, Ryan welcomes listeners into the episode with Josh and Justine from the Scream Queens Podcast. Ryan concludes this episode with a brief discussion with Tony Filager...

"Scream 2" was written, filmed, edited, and released on December 12, 1997, less than a year after the first film hit the theaters and changed the culture. In this episode, Ryna is joined by Jeremy Shay and Thomas Neary to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Wes Craven's masterpiece, "Scream 2." They discuss what "Scream 2" means to them, what makes it such a great entry in the franchise, and partici...

Back before they occupied two thirds of what we now consider the "Scream" survivor trio, Gale and Dewey played supporting roles to Sidney's storyline in the original film. With half of the screen time, focus, and character weight they receive in the sequels, Courteney Cox and David Arquette establish the legendary characters, the beginning of the characters' romance, and each of their internal ins...

 "We come to this place for magic." Join Ryan this week for a fun time with a parody of Nicole Kidman's iconic AMC theaters advertisement, a warm-up panel of Scream Stories and Speed Round questions with Patreons, and an in-depth conversation about the place "Scream 4" will assume in the franchise in the bigger picture. Patreon Blake Batey presents a way to understand "Scream 4" as a bridge betwee...

In a continuation of the Top 5 Performances miniseries for SCREAM with Ryan C. Showers, this episode will evaluate the acting and performances given in "Scream 2." Join Ryan and Ryan Young for the second "Ryan2" segment as they rank, compare, and contrast the top five best performances in the second  film. In the second half of the episode, Ryan is reunited with Youtube star and host of "The Cherr...

"Scream" has always been a franchise of final girls. Sidney Prescott and Gale Weathers are two of the most consistent, quality characters in any horror franchise of all time. They are legendary for not having one, uninterrupted, consecutive character arc without their storyline ever. Most "Scream" fans assume they are the final girls of all final girls. In today's episode, the Showersheads put the...

"Not in my movie!" Those are the iconic final words of Sidney Prescott in the original "Scream" film, declaring that she will not let the actions and terror inflicted by her boyfriend will define her life. Over the course of the first chapter in the horror franchise, the audience is introduced a young woman who is trying to make sense of her trauma a year after her mother was murdered. Soon after...

"Halloween" has served as the blueprint for "Scream" in many ways. However, the most similar aspect of these two film series rarely gets its due. "Scream 3," which was designed to close out the storyline of original trilogy bares a striking resemblance to "Halloween H20," which in many ways forms the end of a Laurie Strode trilogy after the films in 1978 and 1981. Both films feature a prominent su...

It's the end of an era. Last week, "Halloween Ends" was released theatrically and streaming on Peacock. Jamie Lee Curtis's portrayal as the original final girl, Laurie Strode, has come to a close and yet the final entry to David Gordon Green and Blumhouse's new "Halloween" trilogy has been met with polarizing reactions due to daring narrative choices in regards to Michael Myers. Join Ryan for an e...

In the podcast's 75 th episode, Ryan and his contributors and guests celebrate the 25 th anniversary of "I Know What You Did Last Summer." As part of the 1990s Slasher, Kevin Williamson, Sarah Michelle Gellar family, the gang examines their thoughts about the film over the years and how it holds up today. Each person shares their "I Know What You Did Last Summer" story and partakes in a special sp...

In this Patreon exclusive episode, Ryan is joined by Adam Price and Jose Olvera to discuss the love-or-hate "Scream" television series that premiered on MTV in 2015 and ran for three seasons. Adam and Jose are both passionate fans of the TV series. This episode aims to give the TV series a fair shake, despite the several controversies that surround the approach the show took, namely dropping Ghost...

"No one takes the true fan seriously, not really." One of the most refreshing aspects of "Scream" (2022) is the motive of the characters who wore the Ghostface costume and carried out the third murder spree in Woodsboro, California. This episode of SCREAM with Ryan C. Showers dives in deep into the characters of Amber Freeman and Richie Kirsch, and the performances by Mikey Madison and Jack Quaid....