NEW YORK -- Neve Campbell is all screamed out.

Scream 3, which opened this past weekend with box-office earnings of $34.7 million US, brings the Woodsboro murders full circle but not before more heads roll and countless buckets of blood flow.

The Toronto-born Campbell, who played Sidney Prescott in all three films, has mixed feelings about saying goodbye to a character.

"I'm sad because I had such fun making these movies. But it's also a relief. I want to move on in my career. There wasn't too much more I could do with that character."

Both Kevin Williamson, who created the Scream franchise, and Wes Craven, who directed all three instalments, insist there is no chance Scream will mutate into a Friday the 13th with its parade of sequels.

"Kevin and Wes feel we would become what we were making fun of in Scream if we let the series continue just because these movies have made so much money," says Campbell.

Campbell juggled the making of Scream 3 with her now-cancelled Party of Five series and a role in Drowning Mona that opens March 3.

"I really wanted to do Drowning Mona, especially when I learned that Jamie Lee Curtis would be one of my co-stars. When the original Scream became such a hit there were all these stories about how I had usurped Jamie Lee's crown as the scream queen of slasher movies.

"The first day we met on set she came storming over to me gritting her teeth. She stared me down and demanded I give her back her crown. She has such fond memories about her Halloween movies, it gave me a better outlook on what Scream has done for me."

In 1998, Curtis revived her Halloween character for a sequel called Halloween H20.

"Maybe when I'm 50 I'll do a Scream comeback movie. I think Sydney would have to be in an asylum. She breaks out and then becomes a killer herself."


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