Ghostface is back at it in “Scream 7.” (Paramount Pictures)
By Cj Brooke
Editor’s Note: The MainSheet is aware of ongoing boycotts surrounding Scream 7. Please check out Co-Editor-in-Chief, Isabella Cantillano-Sanchez’s story on the topic: https://mainsheetcapecod.com/opinion-why-i-will-not-support-scream-vii/
Scream 7 delivers a blood-soaked return to the iconic slasher franchise, picking up a few years after the New York City Ghostface murders. This time, the story centers on Sidney Prescott, played once again by Neve Campbell, who returns after sitting out the previous installment. Now living in a new town with her husband Mark Evans (Joel McHale) and their daughter Tatum (Isabel May), Sidney appears to have finally carved out a peaceful life—until a familiar voice comes back to haunt her.
While working in the office of her coffee shop, Sidney receives a chilling phone call from someone sounding eerily like Ghostface. Moments later, a FaceTime call reveals the unthinkable: Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard), long presumed dead for three decades, appears to be alive. The terror escalates when Ghostface brutally murders two teenagers in a high school auditorium, only for the masked killer to later be revealed as someone Sidney encountered earlier in the day—before being accidentally run over by Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox).
The seventh entry in the franchise brings back beloved characters while mixing in a new generation of faces, keeping the formula familiar yet fresh. This installment leans heavily into gore, offering some of the bloodiest sequences the series has produced. The jump scares are effective, the stakes feel high, and the brutality is dialed up to levels fans of the genre will appreciate.
If you enjoy slasher films that fully embrace gore and intensity, Scream 7 is a must-see theatrical experience. However, for those sensitive to graphic violence, this chapter is unquestionably one to skip.
