Dimension Films has released new stills to go along with the second trailer for Wes Craven’s highly anticipated Scream 4. Written by franchise creator Kevin Williamson, the sequel is the start of a new trilogy that aims to frighten audiences while once again poking fun at modern day horror cliches.

Peep the trailer:

I gotta say this looks like a return to form for the franchise, however I see two things working against it: Hayden Panettiere’s hidious butch-lesbian hairdo and the fact that the Ghostface killer looks kinda silly now in the wake of the Scary Movie:

Old-schoolers Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Araquette (why???) return to the mix to reprise their respective roles as Sidney Prescott, Gale Weathers-Riley, and Sheriff Dewey Riley.

New blood includes Emma Roberts, Anna Paquin (“True Blood”), Hayden Panettiere (”Heroes”), Kristen Bell, Alison Brie (”Mad Men”), Rory Culkin (Signs), Marley Shelton (Grindhouse), Adam Brody (Jennifer’s Body), and Anthony Anderson (Transformers).

Scream 4 arrives in theaters on April 15. The series has earned over $500 million in worldwide coin.

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