David Arquette, director of the upcoming horror feature, The Tripper and actor who played Dewey in the Scream Trilogy stopped by into the Dead Pit to answer some questions about his past and recent films.......I hope you all enjoy this interview brought to us by Scott Goldberg.

(Q): A lot of fans of the horror genre remember you from the Scream trilogy. What was the usual day like for you, from call time to wrap? Can you give us a run down of what your usual day was like?

(A): We filmed the first Scream in Santa Rosa California. It is a beautiful place just south of Napa but still in wine country. We all got along really well and had a blast doing this film. We would go to this amazing resturant and laugh and drink wine and it really had a family feel. There was a lot of antics going on. Different people hooking up with each other ,hanging out all night, cross dressing. I once put on Gails costume and flashed the crew and Courteney once returned the favor by putting on a moustache and dressing as Dewey. We filmed a majority of the film on a creepy house on the hill and we filmed from sun down to sun up so the whole thing is a blur. I just remeber waiting for Courteney to come back from L.A. and as soon as she would get to her room I would ring her phone as if I was stalking her.

(Q): In Scream, in one of the sequences later in the film you walk through the house as the Halloween theme plays on the television screen, which was a nod to horror films of the past. What is your favorite horror film and what in particular about the genre do you like?

(A): I loved Halloween and remember seeing that with my friends in the theatre way back but The Shining was a masterpiece in my eyes. The preformance by Jack was mind boggling and REDRUM killed me not to mention Scat Man Crothers... I mean come on... Creepy twins, a naked old lady, that film had it all.
What I love about the genre is the ability to explore sex, drugs, rock n roll and violence in a way you can't in any other form of film making. The freedom that give a director opens the door to so many wild possibilities. Also the fan base is incredible, they love these films and get them and enjoy the time they spend watching them.

(Q): It seems that most of the horror films that are coming out nowadays are awful remakes and PG-13 horror films. What do you think is missing from horror films of today?

(A): They are either PG-13 movies the studios think will draw in a bigger audience but lose the core audience in the process or they are gruesome torture films that are just hate filled mistakes. Don't get me wrong I loved Devils Rejects and enjoyed Hostel but some of the torture things coming down the pike are just too easy. I enjoy finding the humor in these films and it's hard to do that in S&M filcks.

(Q): You wrote, directed and starred in the upcoming horror film, The Tripper. Can you tell us more about the film?

(A): It's a play on the whole political landscape of liberals and conservitives. A group of hippies go to an outdoor music festival in the redwood forest and once they get there and start doing massive amounts of drugs a madman obsessed with Ronald Reagan shows up to hack them all up. I really tried to make a film that was gory, scary and funny all at the same time and I think the majority of people that see it have a blast. Now you will always get some conservitive jerk that just wants to see some hot girl get her teeth pulled out and this might not be for them. Thank goodness there is Saw 3 (and I mean that) I look forward to seeing that too. I just feel there is room for all kinds of horror films. I can't wait to see Rob Zombies version of Halloween, that is an awesome idea.

(Q): You, David Arquette, are hired to write and star in Scream 4 with Wes Craven directing again… How would you go about bringing new life into the series?

(A): I first off wouldn't want to write Scream 4, I think that Kevin Williamson is the only person for that job. I feel not having his involvment on Scream 3 hurt it tremendously. I would have some suggestions though... Go back to the roots. What made the first Scream so fresh, maybe even explain away the mistakes that were made in Scream 3 by setting up that it was a movie that all the actual characters starred in, thus making the falseness of that film makes some kind of strange sense. Then I would get it back into the hometown of Woodsbourgh and take the killing back into the school system where it belongs... Only on film. Then explore the new wave of horror films and why people are so obsessed with torture and how the internet plays such a big role in it all. I think you could face some of the dark questions about Columbine type behavior and not run away from it. Why are we raising people that want to kill and with Kevin writing try to find some humor in it all. Also have Neve help save the new girl the killer is obsessed with and hopefully expand on Gail and Deweys' relationship and show some sort of growth there.

(Q): Thank for the interview David. We wish you nothing but the best of luck on your current and future project.

(A): Thanks and I hope your readers get a chance to check out: myspace.com/thetrippermovie Thanks again, DA

- There you have it folks. From the man himself. I'd like to thank David Arquette for taking the time to answer some questions for DeadPit.com. Scott Goldberg