MAJOR SPOILERS ABOUT THE SCREAM MOVIES 1-5
Scream is a Halloween slasher movie set in the 90s in Woodsboro, California. A teen is brutally murdered in the middle of the night by an unknown slasher. Everyone is trying to figure out who this mysterious killer is without getting killed themselves.
One of the characters trying to solve this murder is the town’s deputy, Dewey Riley (David Arquette). He is a very loveable character who wants to keep his town safe.
He manages to protect the main character Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), and his love interest Gale Weathers(Courtney Cox) from Scream all the way through Scream 5.
In the 25th anniversary movie, (Scream 5) Dewey’s days as a police officer are over, he’s depressed, a drunk, and living in a trailer. Him and Gale have had an on again-off again relationship, eventually getting married but divorcing after ten years because Gale moved to New York.
Sam Carpenter(Melissa Barrera)–the new protagonist of Scream 5–requests Dewey’s help in figuring out whos apart of yet another killing spree in Woodsboro.
Immediately he suspects the killer is Richie Kirsch(Jack Quaid), Sam’s boyfriend. He is proven correct postmortem.
He unfortunately dies saving Sam’s half sister, Tara’s(Jenna Ortega) life from a second impending attack, killed by Amber Freeman(Mikey Madison) after he is distracted by a phone call from Gale. He was about to catch her and get rid of her once and for all but the masked murderer manages to get to him first.
Audiences everywhere were disappointed and cried for Dewey since he was such a good character.
I believe that Dewey should have lived because it didn’t feel like his story was completed. He should have reconciled with Gale and at least have been able to see her and have a heart to heart with her before he died.
On top of all that, his sacrifice to save Tara meant nothing in the end because Tara turned out to also be one of the killers.
Once Gale and Sidney find out who killed Dewey, they get revenge and set Amber on fire before Tara kills her.
Dewey Riley is and will forever always be missed greatly, for his protection, humor, and overall personality.