Scream 7 (2026) Review

Film Details

Director: Kevin Williamson

Run Time: 1hr 54

Cast: Neve Campbell, Isabel May, Matthew Lillard, McKenna Grace, Courteney Cox, Celeste O’Connor

Synopsis

When a new Ghostface arises in the small town where Sydney has built her new life, her worst fears are realised when her daughter becomes the latest target

My Review

Scream 7 is a living embodiment of a ‘cash grab film’, it is both redundant of ideas and pretty damn poor in its execution, creating something closer to a soap opera than a Hollywood movie. The ingredients were there for a promising instalment, on paper, the stacked cast should have at least dragged up the lacklustre script but even they couldn’t save it. As I mentioned, it ultimately all boils down to an incredibly poor script, the first act is truly abysmal with dialogue that was painful to listen to! Whereas the middle act was far more enjoyable, feeling like a true Scream movie with it’s tense atmosphere and cinematography, but just as they were starting to reel me back in they conclude the film with the worst Ghostface reveal that the franchise has ever seen. It was clear this character was going to be involved pretty early on, but the audacity to reveal them as the mastermind behind the operation is frankly bewildering. 

Meanwhile, the sheer volume of stupid plot holes in the movie just ruined the immersion too. The towns on curfew but there is no police patrolling it? There were storefront windows smashed, alarms going off and no response units sent out? An untrained Ghostface pretty much going blow to blow with a police chief in a fight? I know people will say that’s the endearing nature of slasher horror, but from my own perspective, it has to make sense for me to properly enjoy it. Yes, Scream historically loves to poke fun of, and play into the genre tropes, but this was not executed in the same way we have seen in previous editions. Unfortunately what Paramount has done here is simply prove the franchise critics right, I do see some potential with Sydney’s daughter becoming the protagonist, but I struggle to see any direction that creates new and enjoyable ideas.

My Rating: 3.5 out of 10

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