Group(s) refers to the relationship(s) between individuals as main or minor characters, typically surrounded or based around the primary protagonist. In the Scream franchise, there have been 6 groups (in the films), as well as 2 (3, if counting the Popular Crowd) in the TV series, with a total of 8 groups. If counting the Honorable Groups, which includes the Legacy Trio (Sidney, Gale, and Dewey) from the first four films, as well as the new Core Four in the fifth and sixth films, that brings it up to a total of 10 groups.
The following characters from groups that are alive (whether or not former members) are marked in Green and deceased are marked in Red, with their names shortened. For a full list of all of the characters, see Character Yearbook.
Appearances
Films
| Groups | Members | Information |
The Gang |
Formerly |
The Gang were a group of students in the city of Woodsboro, California who attended Woodsboro High School in Scream (1996). The group was the focus of the 1996 Woodsboro Murders, due to Sidney being one of its members. |
The Original Trio[1] |
The Original Trio[2] were the first honorable group of Ghostface survivors and main targets of the first four films' massacres. After surviving the First Woodsboro Murders, the three later joined together as an informal team, becoming near and dear to each other. Their paths crossed at each new Ghostface massacre thereafter, making them an unstoppable team. Possessing different qualities and thanks to their unity, they were able to survive several murder sprees together, becoming iconic figures in the history of Woodsboro. | |
University Group |
Formerly
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University Group was a group of university students studying at Windsor College in Ohio during Scream 2. The group was the focus of the 1997 Windsor College Murders, due to a vendetta against Sidney, Randy and all the survivors of 1996. |
Stab 3 Cast |
Formerly
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The cast and crew (including a director and a producer) of Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro during Scream 3. The group was the focus of the 2000 Hollywood Murders occurring while trying to make a fictional film within a film based on the Stab films in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in order to lure Sidney out of hiding. |
Jill's Group |
Formerly |
Jill's group were a group of teenagers and high school students in the city of Woodsboro, California who were attending Woodsboro High School in Scream 4. The group was the focus of the 2011 Woodsboro Murders on the 16th anniversary week after the original Woodsboro Murders. |
Tara's Group |
Formerly
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Tara's group was a group of teenagers and high school students in the city of Woodsboro, California attending Woodsboro High School in Scream (2022). The group was the focus of the 2022 Woodsboro Murders, due to their ties or connections to past Ghostface victims. |
Core Four[1] |
The Core Four is the second official honorable group, succeeding the Legacy Trio, of the new Ghostface targets and main survivors, consisting of two duos of siblings (the Carpenter half-sisters and Meeks-Martin fraternal twins) of the fifth and sixth films' massacres. | |
Blackmore Group |
Formerly |
Blackmore Group was a group of university students studying at Blackmore University in New York City, New York in Scream VI. The group was the focus of the 2023 New York Murders due to a personal vendetta against Samantha, as well as her half-sister, Tara, and twins, Chad and Mindy, as the survivors of 2022. |
Tatum's Group |
Tatum's Group was a group of teenagers and high school students in the city of Pine Grove who were attending Pine Grove High School in Scream 7. The group was the focus of the The 2026 Pine Grove Murders for being friends with Sidney Prescott's daughter, Tatum Evans. |
TV Series
Unofficial (Pre-Season 1- In the Trenches)
| Groups | Members | Information |
The Popular Crowd |
The Popular Crowd were a group of teenagers and high school (junior) students in the city of Lakewood (Louisiana) who attended George Washington High School in Season 1 of the TV series (2015). The group was the focus of the 2015 Lakewood Murders, due to Emma being one of its members and tied to the past due to her mom's survival of the 1994 murders 21 years prior. After the murders, Emma left Lakewood and her 4 friends (5th being her boyfriend and a faux-member) stayed behind as they continued their junior year. |
Official (Season 2-Resurrection)
| Groups | Members | Information |
Lakewood Six/Five |
Formerly
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The Lakewood Six (currently Five) are a group of high school junior (later senior) students in the city of Lakewood (Louisiana) who attended George Washington High School in Season 2 of the TV series (2016). The group was the focus of the re-continued 2016 Lakewood Murders following the one last year, committee by Emma's secret older half sister, Piper Shaw;which were re-initiated 3 months after the last murders in 2015 due to a vendetta against Emma and her 4 friends, with one being killed (Jake) and replaced by another (Gustavo), revealed to be a member of the club and Emma's faux boyfriend, Kieran, also secretly Emma's half sister's accomplice in 2015 as well as lover. Emma and her four friends were the only survivors; who afterwards and later during the beginning of their senior year, would also survive an unrelated murder spree in Shallow Grove Island in Halloween 2016. Despite not dying during the latter events and being a member's (Audrey) partner, Gina McLane doesn't join the group. |
The Deadfast Club |
Formerly
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The Deadfast Club were a group of teenagers and high school senior students in the city of Atlanta, Georgia who were attending Weaver High School in Scream: Resurrection (2019: also Season 3 of the TV series). The group was the focus of the 2018 Atlanta Murders, due to Marcus being one of its members and a vendetta against him for revenge (due to his late twins accidental death as kids in Halloween 2010 and stealing his name/identity) and his friends for their hypocrisy, in part spearheaded by Marcus's older half-brother, Jamal Elliot. After the murders, both Marcus and Liv moved to college in San Diego while Kym enrolled to Georgia Tech (honorable fourth member being Hawkins, despite him having never been attacked, due to being a deceased member's partner). |
Trivia
- In each main group of films (excluding the third), there's always an even number of women to men (2: 3 in the first and second film, and 4:2 to in the fifth and sixth films).
- This excludes the third film, seeing as there are more men (if counting Cotton's cameo, the director, producer, and Dewey as the technical advisor) than women (if including just the film cast, minus Cotton, is an inverse to the first two films: 3 women to 2 men). In total, there are 3 women and 5 men, equaling 8.
- Even with 9, it is the only group in the entire franchise, thus far, to have a bigger group count, due to it being a Hollywood film cast and crew.
- The fourth film is excluded seeing as it is the only group in the films that has an equal ratio of female to male members (3:3).
- This excludes the third film, seeing as there are more men (if counting Cotton's cameo, the director, producer, and Dewey as the technical advisor) than women (if including just the film cast, minus Cotton, is an inverse to the first two films: 3 women to 2 men). In total, there are 3 women and 5 men, equaling 8.
- In the official groups of the TV series, like the films, there are different and equal ratios similar to the films.
- The current Lakewood Five has an inverse, yet similar ratio to the first two films, seeing as there 3 females to 2 male characters, with more female characters than in the first two films.
- The Lakewood Six, prior to Kieran's reveal, from Season 1, has the same ratio of female to male characters from the fourth film and third season (3:3).
- If one were to count Gina McLane into the group following her survival at Shallow Grove Island in Halloween 2016, the group would officially be again the Lakewood Six, albeit with more females than males, and with the same ratio as the fifth and sixth films (4:2).
- The Deadfast Club is tied with Jill's group from the fourth film as having an equal ratio between men and women (3:3)
- Following the reveal of Beth and the death of two of its members, the remaining ratio of survivors from the disbanded group is the same as the Legacy Trio (2 females: 1 male).
- If counting Hawkins as an unofficial member, despite not being attacked but was associated with one of the victims, than the group would equal the same ratio as the four original members of the Lakewood Six, and the Core Four, albeit with a different ratio, being an equal 2:2 .
- Following the reveal of Beth and the death of two of its members, the remaining ratio of survivors from the disbanded group is the same as the Legacy Trio (2 females: 1 male).
- The Popular Crowd is the only group of the franchise to have 7 members, and the second biggest group with an odd number, following the cast and crew of Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro.
- The current Lakewood Five has an inverse, yet similar ratio to the first two films, seeing as there 3 females to 2 male characters, with more female characters than in the first two films.
- Each group in the franchise has targeted the leading protagonist and their friends, as well as the killers being their half-siblings (minus the first, second, fourth, fifth, or sixth films as well as Season 2).
- Sidney Prescott (like the latter three, she didn't know of her half-brother, Roman Bridger's existence, and who was tormented in the first two films by her boyfriend and his vengeful mother as killers; doesn't credit him in the fifth film, due to it being Sam's father, Billy that started her terror)
- Emma Duval (reverse of Sidney, seeing as she was tormented and wasn't aware that her half-sister, Piper Shaw, was dating her boyfriend, Kieran Wilcox, who was Piper's accomplice and who tormented her later)
- Marcus Elliot (similar to Sidney in that the killer was a half-brother, and a friend; reverse seeing as he is the first male protagonist akin to Sidney, Emma, and Samantha; unlike former two, he does know his half-brother, like the latter and unlike latter, his relationship with him wasn't amendable and led to the events to unfold)
- Samantha Carpenter (first in that she is the illegitimate child that isn't an antagonist, nor was neglected, and is thus a reverse to the former 2, minus Marcus, in that she also knows her half-sister and like the tense relationship of the former, she and Tara are close yet distant, but unlike Marcus to Jamal, doesn't end up with the other dying due to events which unfold).