Scream 4 (stylized as
SCRE4M) is a 2011 American
teen slasher film and the fourth and final installment in the
Scream series. Directed by
Wes Craven and written by
Kevin Williamson, writer of
Scream and
Scream 2, the film stars an
ensemble cast which includes
Neve Campbell,
Courteney Cox,
David Arquette,
Emma Roberts and
Hayden Panettiere. The plot involves
Sidney Prescott returning to Woodsboro 10 years later after the events of Scream 3, as part of her book tour. As soon as she arrives,
Ghostface once again begins killing students from Woodsboro High, including friends of her younger cousin. Prescott,
Gale Weathers-Riley, and
Dewey Riley once again team up to stop the murders, but not before having to learn from a new generation the "new rules" of surviving horror films.