James Vanderbilt went on to quote filmmaker Tyler Gillett, who co-directed both 2022's "Scream" quasi-reboot as well as "Scream 6," on the hidden motif behind all the films in the series. "Tyler Gillett, one of the directors, talks about that they're meant to be secret feel-good movies at the end of the day," Vanderbilt explained.
According to Vanderbilt, in order to keep that tone consistent, Chad (Mason Gooding) couldn't die. "And we kind of felt like, you want to get off the roller coaster and you want to be smiling, not bummed and him not surviving at the end of the movie felt like a real ... Chad has cheated death once again. He was supposed to die in '5' and he didn't. And he made it through this. God bless him."
Some fans watching "Scream 6" might find that it stretches credibility for Chad to have survived the attack, but according to co-writer Guy Busick, the scene was actually adjusted to make it more survivable. "I believe, just a little bit of trivia, that some of the stabs were cut in post because there were several more stabs," Busick said. "But it was just too... It's already stretching credibility a bit. But all the stabs ... you would have really called foul, I think."
"Scream 6" is now available digitally, and arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on July 10.
