Of all the new characters introduced in Scream (2022), Chad Meeks-Martin (Mason Gooding) is one of the most important. He and his sister Mindy Meeks-Martin (Jasmin Savoy-Brown) are the nephew and niece of Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy), the horror movie guru who explained all the rules of the genre in the first movie. Chad's regular high school life in Woodsboro, California becomes chaotic and dangerous when Ghostface attacks Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega). Chad is determined to find the killer, along with his friend group.