Ngokukhishwa kwakamuva kwe-trailer entsha ye-Scream VI, ongayibuka lapha, sicabange ukuthi kufanele sibheke emuva ukuthi u-Ghostface wayinciphisa kanjani indlela yakhe ekubeni yinganekwane yohlobo olushaqisayo.

I-franchise ye-Scream ingenye yochungechunge lwefilimu eyethusayo eyisakhiwo sodumo neyimpumelelo ezikhathini zonke. Eqondiswa ungqondongqondo wodumo osabekayo, u-Wes Craven, amamuvi alandela iqembu lentsha elizithola licushwa umbulali owaziwa ngokuthi i-Ghostface. Kodwa le franchise esabekayo yaba khona kanjani?

Konke kwaqala ngo-1996 ngokukhishwa kwefilimu yokuqala ethi Scream. Ibhalwe ngu-Kevin Williamson futhi yaqondiswa u-Wes Craven, i-movie ibiyindaba entsha ohlotsheni olushaqisayo, inombhalo okhaliphile futhi oziqondise wona owahlekisa emihlanganweni yamafilimu alula. Ifilimu eyalingisa u-Neve Campbell, u-Courteney Cox, no-David Arquette, futhi ngokushesha yaba i-box office hit, yenza imali eyizigidi ezingu-173 zamaRandi emhlabeni jikelele, yaba ifilimu yokusika imali eningi kakhulu kuze kube yilapho ikhishwa. Halloween (2018).

Umbhali wesikrini UKevin Williamson baqhamuke nombono wefilimu ngesikhathi ngibuka isiqephu sika-1994 se-ABC News' Ukuvula iphuzu mayelana nombulali we-serial obizwa ngokuthi I-Gainesville Ripper. Ngesikhathi ehleli endlini ngaleso sikhathi, uWilliamson wathukuthela lapho ebona iwindi livuliwe ukuthi unesiqiniseko sokuthi uvalile. 

Ngemuva kokuthi ifilimu ifike e-Dimension, umsebenzi wokuthola umqondisi wawusezandleni. U-Wes Craven ugcine esayine njengomqondisi ngemuva kokuphasisa iphrojekthi.

"Wonke amagama ongawacabanga aqhamuka [ukuzoqondisa]," kusho uWilliamson The Ringer. “Igama likaWes lisheshe lavela. URobert Rodriguezigama lavela. U-Quentin Tarantinoigama lakho lavela."

Ekugcineni, kwaba umsizi kaCraven ngaleso sikhathi UJulie Plec, owayezoqhubeka nokudala ngokubambisana I-Vampire Diaries phakathi kwamanye amahithi we-TV, amsizile ukuthi abuyele ohlotsheni ngemva komenzi wefilimu I-Nightmare entsha yehlulekile ukucula ebhokisini.

“Ngaleso sikhathi ngangisebenza kwaWes, ngakho ngangidla naye isidlo sasemini nsuku zonke. Ngakho ngathi, 'Uyasikhumbula leso script esihle? Banobunzima bokuthola umqondisi futhi bafuna ngempela ukwenze,'” kukhumbula uPlec The Ringer. “Bengimane ngenza i-quote-unquote inkulumo encane engenacala. Wathi, 'Awu, kufanele bangenzele isithembiso engingeke ngenqabe ngaleso sikhathi.' Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ubedlala, kodwa ngabuyela [kumqondisi wentuthuko] Lisa [Harrison] futhi ngathi, 'Uthe menzele isithembiso angeke ale.' Nebala wenze njalo uDimension. Futhi wayithatha.”

Kodwa impumelelo ye Scream akagcinanga lapho. Ifilimu iphinde ibe isithandwa esibucayi, abaningi bencoma ukubhala kwayo okuhlakaniphile nokusebenzisa okuhlakaniphile kwezintambo ezisabekayo. Lokhu kwaholela ekwakhiweni kwengoma elandelanayo, ethi Scream 2, eyakhishwa ngo-1997. Le vidiyo yaba yimpumelelo njengefilimu yokuqala, yenza imali eyizigidi ezingu-172 zamaRandi emhlabeni wonke futhi yathola ukubuyekezwa okuhle kwabagxeki. Lokhu kube yimpumelelo enkulu kakhulu ngenxa yokuthi bekuyizinkinga ezibalulekile ngolwazi lwetulo olungena ku-inthanethi - okuhlanganisa nokudalulwa kwababulali - okubangele ukubhalwa kabusha kwemibhalo eminingi.

I-franchise iqhubekile nokukhula ngokukhululwa kwe Shayela i-3 e 2000, Shayela i-4 ku-2011, futhi Shayela i-5 ngo-2022. I-movie ngayinye yethula abalingisi abasha nama-twist amasha ochungechungeni, kuyilapho igcina ukuhlangana okufanayo kokuthusayo namahlaya okwenze imuvi yokuqala yaba nengoma enjalo.

I-Box Office Gross of the Scream Movies:

• Phambuka (1996) $ 173 Million USD
• Shayela i-2 $ 172.4 Million USD
• Shayela i-3 $ 161.8 Million USD
• Shayela i-4 $ 97.2 Million USD
• Shayela i-5 $ 140 Million USD

Wonke amafilimu amahlanu e-Scream enze imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-744.4 emhlabeni jikelele, futhi i-franchise isiphenduke into yamasiko, ekhuthaza uchungechunge lwe-TV, okuthengiswayo, kanye nomdlalo wevidiyo.

Amamuvi nawo asethandwa ngabalandeli abathusayo, abaningi bencoma i-franchise ngokubhala kwayo okuhlakaniphile, abalingiswa abakhumbulekayo, kanye nokusetshenziswa kokuqamba ama-horror tropes. Futhi ngempumelelo ye-franchise, kuyacaca ukuthi amafilimu e-Scream azoqhubeka nokuba yisisekelo ohlotsheni olushaqisayo eminyakeni ezayo.

Sekukonke, i-Scream franchise ingenye yochungechunge olunamandla nolunamandla olwesabisayo lwaso sonke isikhathi. Futhi uma ungumuntu othanda amafilimu athusayo, kufanele nakanjani uwahlole. Ngakho-ke thatha ama-popcorn futhi ulungele ukuklabalasa!