RAPID CITY, S.D. – Hollywood actor and producer David Arquette is bringing a special 30th anniversary celebration of the iconic horror film “Scream” to Rapid City for an interactive event with local fans.

The event, titled “Behind the Scream,” is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. at The Monument in Rapid City. Presented by Standing Ovations Live and Sioux Falls-based Pepper Entertainment, the evening will feature a screening of the 1996 classic followed by an onstage question-and-answer session with Arquette.

In an interview with Brandon Jones of HomeSlice, Arquette expressed enthusiasm for visiting the Rapid City area for the first time.

“I really am excited about coming,” Arquette said. “I have never been to that part of the state. And, yeah, it’s been 30 years. It’s an amazing film to be a part of. I love playing the character of Dewey and being able to meet the fans and talk about the movie and tell them some behind the scenes stories and answer their questions”.

Arquette explained that the evening is designed to offer filmgoers in Rapid City a unique look behind the camera, complete with personal anecdotes about working alongside legendary horror director Wes Craven.

“You come in and watch the movie with a bunch of fans that also love the film and then answer questions and tell stories,” Arquette said. “There’s a lot of laughter. There’s a lot of fun. It’s a really light, fun, exciting night. And, yeah, if you ever have any questions about certain things you watch when you’re watching it and you like wonder what happened there, you know, I can, you know, tell you what I remember of it. And there’s always great stories about Wes Craven because he was such an incredible director and did such a wonderful job in it”.

Reflecting on the passage of three decades since the original movie debuted, Arquette noted how surreal it feels to revisit the performance that helped shape his career.

“I haven’t watched it in a long time,” Arquette said. “So being able to see it again is going to be great. And it brings up a lot. You know what, when I watch it, I feel like I’m looking at a different person. My life has changed so much since then. It has also, I had the opportunity of playing that character for 25 years, which you never really get that chance”.

Arquette comes from a deep acting lineage as a fourth-generation performer whose family history in entertainment extends back to vaudeville theater in Toledo, Ohio. Born in Winchester, Virginia, and raised in Los Angeles from age 5, he followed in the footsteps of his father, Lewis Arquette, and grandfather. His siblings – Patricia, Rosanna, Richmond, and Alexis – also established careers in the business.

During the interview, Arquette discussed how his father’s background in comedy shaped his own improvisational acting style.

“Some of it, like I use a lot of improvisation in my acting, like, find these little moments that aren’t in the script,” Arquette said. “And there’s some of those that I’ll talk about in when we watch Scream. But, yeah, that that’s just a technique that my father was really great at and a part of. He was in a movie called Waiting for Guffman and worked with Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy and all these kind of improvisational actors”.

He also shared lighthearted observations about his family’s varied Hollywood credits, pointing out his brother Richmond’s memorable turn in the 1995 thriller “Seven”.

“My brother Richmond, who’s got my favorite Arquette credit, and he’s the guy who delivered the box in Seven,” Arquette said. “What’s in the box? It’s just my favorite credit because he’s the guy who delivered the box”.

With a new generation of Arquettes entering show business – including his daughter Coco – Arquette offered reflection on the persistent challenges of working in Hollywood.

“It’s a difficult business as far as it’s pretty much almost constant rejection until you get a job,” Arquette said. “You work really hard on something and maybe it never even comes out. Or you work really hard on something, you think it’s going to be great and they cut it together and it’s not what you expected at all. Or you get cut out. Like there’s all kinds of things that happen in this business. You just kind of have to keep hustling and keep doing, not let anything get you down and just kind of have a really thick skin about it and believe in yourself and keep going out there”.

In addition to playing Officer Dewey Riley across multiple “Scream” installments, Arquette’s 30-year filmography includes titles such as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Airheads,” “Never Been Kissed,” “Ready to Rumble,” and “The Good Half”. He has also produced television projects such as “Cougar Town” and invested in the nonfiction studio XTR, which produced the feature documentary “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” detailing his journey in professional wrestling.

Tickets for the Rapid City event at The Monument are available online through behindthescreamtour.com.