Arguably the most famous fresh-faced teen in "Scream" (2022), Dylan Minnette's Wes Hicks - named after the late Wes Craven - met an untimely end barely an hour into the latest sequel. As the well-meaning son of Sheriff (née Deputy) Judy Hicks, Wes was a close friend to Tara and her sister, Sam, placing him high on the suspect list.
But in a move taken straight out of Craven's playbook, new directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett killed Hicks off along with his mother in a tense, grisly set piece. Wes wasn't long for this world but he did make for a very convincing red herring