Being a total Scream fan is about 90 percent of my personality. Everything about the 1996 slasher is perfection, and I can talk to you about it for hours if you let me. I didn't know anyone else felt like me until TikTok, and now my FYP is basically just fans theorizing new movies, horny Ghostface cosplay, and tangentially related #booktok recs (thank you, Molly Doyle). That's also where I saw a sneak peek of Scream the Game.
Adding a Scream board game to my life was an obvious necessity. Now I can trap my houseguests into talking about the movie without just forcing them to watch the entire franchise with me (though I would be happy if we did). Funko's release is aptly timed, with the fifth and sixth installments released in 2022 and March of this year, and the seventh in the works.
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Photograph: Funko GamesThe game is fast-paced, with about 20 minutes of total gameplay. You're trying to be quick, so I often jumped at the phone calls that came through the app (more on that below), because I was so focused on finishing. That makes it feel a little more like you're actually in a Scream movie. You'll need at least three players—which I usually dislike, since most of the time it's just my husband and I looking for something to relieve our boredom. But this just isn't as fun with two people.
