Released in 2000, Scream 3 (theatrical name "Scr3am") is the final installment in the successful Scream trilogy of satirical horror films directed by Wes Craven. The film stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox, each reprising their roles from the first two films. This part is the only one within the Scream trilogy not to be written by Kevin Williamson.

Having experienced the trauma of the first two pictures, Campbell's Sydney Prescott now lives in a secluded area of California where she works as a rape crisis counselor from her home. Her whereabouts are unknown even to her surviving friends (save for Dewey, played by Arquette). Gale Weathers (Cox) has become a hugely successful news reporter (of a sensationalist style) thanks to the books she wrote revolving around the murders of the first two films (and subsequent films based on the books).

The film begins when Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber), the man long-ago suspected of killing Sydney's mother, is slaughtered (along with his girlfriend). Suspected of being related to the original killings, Los Angeles police (including Mark Kincaid, played by Patrick Dempsey) want to contact Sydney to question her. It seems a photograph of Maureen Prescott, Sydney's mother, was left at the murder scene.

Meanwhile Gale Weathers visits the set of the latest film in the "Stab" series, "Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro." There she discovers a set that looks identical to the scene of the horrific 'real' events that plagued her in the first "Scream". She also meets the various performers portraying the real people she knew or knows: Angelina Tyler (Emily Mortimer) as "Sydney"; Sarah Darling (Jenny McCarthy) as "Candy"; and Tom Prinze (Matt Keeslar ) as "Dewey".

Cast

• Sydney – Neve Campbell
• Dewey – David Arquette
• Gale Weathers – Courteney Cox Arquette
• Patrick Dempsey
• Jenny McCarthy
• Emily Mortimer
• Parker Posey
• Deon Richmond
• Cotton Weary – Liev Schreiber
• Lance Henriksen
• Patrick Warburton