Ghostface returns to Woodsboro for the requel! Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, Scream (also known as Scream 5) is the slasher film written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick. The film is the fifth instalment in the Scream film series and is a direct sequel to Scream 4 (2011). Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.