Melissa Barrera

'Scream VI' star Melissa Barrera tells 'Late Night' that killer doll Chucky scared her the most out of all the horrors she watched as a kid.

And if killer dolls are your thing, [Universal Pictures' M3GAN](https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-movies/m3gan) can also be found on the streamer, in both its PG-13 and unrated forms. For the first time in Scream franchise history, the upcoming film will be set in New York City. Barrera responds, "I really apologize to all subway users in New York City.” "They had a whole soundstage and they built a subway with a station and the train would go in and out of the station inside a studio. And it was dirty too. The actress, who also starred in In the Heights, added that her family got to guess who Ghostface was in the latest film because she didn't reveal any secrets to them — as hard as they may have tried to get it out of her. "Every day, they tried," she said. And someone’s following in a car or running or something and the little doll just flips him off. "They try to like catch me off guard. Barrera brought her family along for the New York premiere of Scream VI earlier this week. But I kind of love that, weirdly." [Late Night with Seth Meyers](https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/topic/late-night-with-seth-meyers).

Melissa Barrera chose a little black dress for her talk-show appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Tuesday, to promote Scream 6.

[Courteney Cox](https://footwearnews.com/2023/fashion/red-carpet/courteney-cox-scream-6-premiere-red-carpet-blazer-pumps-1203425276/), Hayden Panettiere, Jenna Ortega and more were a monochromatic vision on the red carpet coupled with a roster of point-toe footwear statements. [celebrated with its cast](https://footwearnews.com/2023/fashion/red-carpet/demi-lovato-scream-6-premiere-red-carpet-chiara-boni-dress-1203425277/) full of Hollywood notables. For her interview, Barrera went with a black minidress crafted with an array of white beads and gems.

Scream VI will feature the return of Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega as Sam and Tara Carpenter.

The 2022 Scream movie was filmed at the height of Covid, with extremely strict protocols in place for the cast and crew. And in doing so, the Ghostface attacks feel surprisingly emotional. Indeed, Tara was attacked at home and in the hospital within the first half of the 2022 movie. After working in administrative theater for a year in New York, he started as the Weekend Editor at CinemaBlend. Luckily for fans, the wait for Scream is just about over. But that’s not going to be the case with Scream VI, which should further flesh out the two sisters’ relationship, and how their trauma from the last movie has impacted them. It looks like the close relationship shared between Sam and Tara in the last two Scream movies is real both on and off camera. Later in my same conversation with Melissa Barrera, she spoke about how the newest slasher changes up the dynamics between Sam and Tara. The movie [was such a huge success](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/scream-has-hit-a-box-office-milestone) that another sequel was ordered, with Scream VI catching us up with the two sets of surviving siblings from the last movie. While Jenna Ortega’s Tara made history as the first Scream character to survive the opening attack scene, her injuries prevented her from sharing too many scenes with Melissa Barrera’s Sam. [like Netflix’s You,](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/jenna-ortega-gets-honest-about-why-she-couldnt-return-to-netflixs-you-for-season-4) horror flick X, and [(of course) Netflix’s Wednesday series](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/jenna-ortega-gets-real-about-how-tough-it-is-to-play-wednesday-addams-when-fans-have-such-nostalgia-for-christina-riccis-character-and-other-versions). That’s why audiences were so psyched when the property returned to theaters in 2022, with a fifth sequel helmed by

'Scream VI' actress Melissa Barrera tells PEOPLE of costar Courteney Cox, 'She's one of the sweetest people in the business'

As for Campbell's decision to not reprise her role, she told PEOPLE in 2022 that it wasn't an easy one. "It was really nice to get to know her a little bit more intimately and personally," the Yellowjackets actress shares. "It was a really nice way of breaking down the wall that maybe comes from meeting a new cast of people," Gooding, 26, says. "She checks on me every month to ask how things are going in my personal life, seeing if I need any advice." She's more lovable and funnier and more generous. "She's Courteney Cox and sometimes, you know how they say never meet your heroes?