History YMMV / ScreamVI

* HarsherInHindsight: In the movie, it is mentioned that Sam telling Tara about Billy [[Film/Scream2022 in the previous movie]] has shattered the relationship with her mother, Christina, completely which lead to her being disowned and Tara deciding to disown Christina in the process. In November 2023, Melissa Barrera would make a pro-Palestine post which lead to the studios firing her and Jenna Ortega asking to end her contract with them shortly afterwards.

** The opening of the movie seemingly forgoes the whodunnit formula by immediately unmasking Jason as the new Ghostface and continuing on from his viewpoint in which he stashes his costume away and keeps tabs on Sam and Tara. [[spoiler:It would have been interesting to have a PerspectiveFlip of the typical ''Scream'' movie that shows firsthand how the standard Ghostface team infiltrates the victims' social groups and plans out their phone calls and attacks. However, the movie returns to the usual formula by revealing that Jason and Greg are actually the {{Decoy Antagonist}}s who are unceremoniously killed off in the very ColdOpening]]

** The opening of the movie seemingly forgoes the whodunnit formula by immediately unmasking Jason as the new Ghostface and continuing on from his viewpoint in which he stashes his costume away and keeps tabs on Sam and Tara. [[spoiler:It would have been interesting to have a PerspectiveFlip of the typical ''Scream'' movie that shows firsthand how the standard Ghostface team infiltrates the victims' social groups and plans out their phone calls and attacks. However, the movie returns to the usual formula by revealing that Jason and Greg are actually the {{Decoy Antagonist}}s.]]

** The revelation of [[spoiler:the killers' true identities as Richie's family; it's a bit hard to believe that Richie's family remained completely unknown to anyone else in the film, especially an investigative reporter, who wrote a book about Richie, and an FBI agent who prides herself on studying the Ghostface killers. Richie's family would have been sought out and identified almost immediately by both journalists and savvy social media users especially if one was a police detective]].
*** [[spoiler: Detective Ken Bailey cranks this up significantly, with the NYPD apparently failing to run an actual background check into their own officer, something which should have immediately established that he's Richie's father and the last person suited to taking the case.]]
** [[spoiler: Quinn's faked death is a particularly glaring one. Somehow, her father was able to swap her corpse with that of another, completely unseen woman, and none of the other officers on the scene or any of the employees at the coroner's office realized that this dead woman was not the daughter of their publicly grieving colleague. The FridgeLogic around the circumstances makes it even worse -- while killers have faked their deaths, it was often in the last act when all the witnesses were intended to die, allowing them to return to their normal lives after (in theory). In contrast, Quinn faked it the night before and was deemed legally dead that day, making a return-to-life after near-impossible.]]

** [[spoiler: Mindy's survival]] serves as this for a sizable chunk of the audience as well - specifically because [[spoiler: Ethan, a killer who wants her dead, saves her for no apparent reason other than to lower audience suspicion of him. While it's theoretically possible that Ethan is using this to establish some sort of alibi to throw the other characters off, the motivation behind it seems unclear when he vanishes from the rest of the movie and isn't seen again until his reveal, eliminating any benefit to lowering their suspicions.]]

** Chad doesn't seem affected by his girlfriend Liv being killed in the previous movie or the fact he nearly died himself, being the same upbeat jock he was in ''5'', shrugging off his injuries, and even starting a romance with fellow Woodsboro native Tara. The one time he alludes to the tragedy, he doesn't invoke Liv by name—even though he does kind of indirectly admit [[TheLostLenore it still hurts though]].

** How much of an effect did [[TheLostLenore Liv's death]] a year prior have on Chad? While his romance with Tara despite evolving from ASharedSuffering is probably legit, his acting like it never happened lends itself to his seemingly not caring (see AngstWhatAngst below). That said, that it's briefly implied that [[TraumaButton her death is too painful for him to actually discuss]] would indicate that the effect it has had actually runs way deeper than preceived.

*** [[spoiler: Detective Wayne Bailey cranks this up significantly, with the NYPD apparently failing to run an actual background check into their own officer, something which should have immediately established that he's Richie's father and the last person suited to taking the case.]]

** Chad doesn't seem affected by his girlfriend Liv being killed in the previous movie or the fact he nearly died himself, being the same upbeat jock he was in ''5'', shrugging off his injuries, and even starting a romance with fellow Woodsboro native Tara. The one time he alludes to the tragedy, he doesn't invoke Liv by name—even though he does kind of indirectly admit it still hurts though.

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: One of the main criticisms of the killers following TheReveal is that their motive is just [[spoiler: a rip-off of 2's mastermind: family trying to avenge a fallen Ghostface.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: In the movie, it is mentioned that Sam telling Tara about Billy has shattered the relationship with her mother, Christina, completely which lead to her being disowned and Tara deciding to disown Christina in the process. In November 2023, Melissa Barrera would make a pro-Palestine post which lead to the studios firing her and Jenna Ortega asking to end her contract with them shortly afterwards.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the movie, it is mentioned that Sam telling Tara about Billy has shattered the relationship with her mother, Christina, completely which lead to her being disowned and Tara deciding to disown Christina in the process. In November 2023, Melissa Barrera would make a pro-Palestine post that lead to the studios firing her and Jenna Ortega asking to end her contract with them shortly afterwards.

** When Sam [[spoiler:leaves the mask behind at the end]], what is her intention behind it? [[spoiler:Leaving it to once again try to rid herself of that part of her life or as both a calling card and warning to future Ghostfaces that attempts to try this again won't end well for them]]? Since it's at the scene of [[spoiler:two Ghostfaces she killed ''while dressed as Ghostface for one of them'']], it could in a way be [[spoiler:embracing that part of herself while also not being a Ghostface like the others moving forward]] at the same time too.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the movie, it is mentioned that Sam telling Tara about Billy has shattered the relationship with her mother, Christina, completely which lead to her being disowned and Tara deciding disown Christina in the process. In November 2023, Melissa Barrera would make a pro-Palestine post that lead to the studios firing her and Jenna Ortega asking to end her contract with them shortly afterwards.