Last night I speculated that the "teenagers" in Scream were much older than the "teenagers" in Scre4m.

SCREAM (1996)
Neve Campbell (1973, age 23)
Skeet Ulrich (1970, age 26)
Drew Barrymore (1975, age 21)
Kevin Patrick Walls (unknown)
Matthew Lillard (1970, age 26)
Rose McGowan (1973, age 23)
Jamie Kennedy (1970, age 26)
---
Average age: 24

SCRE4M (2011)
Emma Roberts (1991, age 20)
Hayden Panettiere (1989, age 22)
Rory Culkin (1989, age 22)
Marielle Jaffe (1989, age 22)
Nico Tortorella (1988, age 23)
Erik Knudsen (1988, age 23)
Aimee Teegarden (1989, age 22)
Britt Robertson (1990, age 21)
---
Average age: 22

So I was wrong. I guess the lighting was just really harsh in the 90s.