Scream 7

"Burn it all down."

2026 1h 54m EN

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Synopsis

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When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.

“Burn it all down.”

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Cast

Neve Campbell
Sidney Evans
Courteney Cox
Gale Weathers
Isabel May
Tatum Evans
Jasmin Savoy Brown
Mindy Meeks-Martin
Mason Gooding
Chad Meeks-Martin
Roger L. Jackson
'The Voice' (voice)
Anna Camp
Jessica Bowden
Joel McHale
Mark Evans

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kevin Williamson
Writers: Guy Busick, Guy Busick, James Vanderbilt
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.8× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Scream Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kevin Williamson, shot by Tim Ives. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Marco Beltrami. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jim Page shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox and Isabel May carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Burn it all down.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kevin Williamson directs. Tim Ives behind the camera. Marco Beltrami scores. Jim Page cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 4.8× over at the box office.
2Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
3Part of the "Scream Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Kevin Williamson, shot by Tim Ives. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Marco Beltrami. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jim Page shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox and Isabel May carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Burn it all down.".
9IMDB entry: tt27047903 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 21 themes, including "mask", "indiana, usa", "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "halloween".
11Released under 25 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Tim Ives
Original score: Marco Beltrami
Editing: Jim Page
Production design: John Collins
Costume design: Leigh Leverett
Makeup / hair: Melizah Anguiano Wheat
VFX supervisor: Christian Wood
Sound: Erik Aadahl
Stunt coordinator: Jennifer Badger
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $45,000,000
Box office: $213,835,967
Return: 475% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Scream 7 (2026)

Part of

Scream Collection

An American slasher series set largely around the fictional small town of Woodsboro, California, in which various groups of teens become the target of a masked killer, soon to be known nationwide as “Ghostface".

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Manuel São Bento2026-02-25
★ 3/10
Full review: https://movieswetextedabout.com/scream-7-movie-review-the-disheartening-reality-of-a-sagas-first-true-failure/ Rating: D+ "Scream 7 reveals itself as a disappointing sequel in a saga that has never failed so evidently, demonstrating a glaring creative exhaustion. It’s an exercise in nostalgia that, by trying to criticize the dependency on the past through AI, ends up becoming a victim of its own lack of vision and originality. When the mask falls and the motives are revealed, what remains is only the image of a franchise that seems to be fighting against its own obsolescence without knowing how to truly reinvent itself. Without its ability to satirize the real world and shock through genuine creativity, this seventh chapter gets lost in its own references, forgetting that for a story to stay alive, it’s not enough to just replicate the echoes of what came before."
JPV8522026-02-27
★ 3/10
By far the worst in the series and shockingly lazy, though I guess some of the kills were at least okay. But everything else was trash, I get that Neve Campbell and Courtney Cox (both served as executive producers) were there for the paycheck, and that's fine but you can see it on screen. Also, the inclusion of Mindy and Chad was utterly pointless and they looked like they didn't want to be there (wondering if they were contractually obligated); they weren't all that great characters to begin with and added absolutely nothing to the movie. For her part Isabel May was fine as Sidney's daughter and Joel McHale had some okay I guess but, and this goes to the laziness, it was obvious they made basically no changes to the script when Patrick Dempsey (wisely) turned the role down. But perhaps the most shocking thing is how bad the script was. Sure, Kevin Williamson was never an amazing writer save for the 1996 original Scream, but I thought the dialogue was so bad and the ultimate reveal was so dumb, with one being patently obvious and the other just laughable especially with the reveal of the haphazard motives. Before this, it was a tie between Scream 3 and Scream 6 of the worst in the series, but this one puts both to shame. No amount of nostalgia could save this. I have absolutely zero desire to see it again and hope they just let the franchise die. 1.75/5
GenerationofSwine2026-03-03
★ 10/10
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're supposed to hate this because the left is boycotting it for.... reasons that make no real sense, but that's sort of the drill isn't it? If it ain't woke, review bomb it. And, to some extent the hate is a bit justified, it's not much better than Scream 3, but it's not as bad as Scream VI which, let's be honest, was yet another political lecture pretending to be entertainment. And that lack of politics in 7, that is probably the cause of the hate and the boycott. And it being about as good as Scream 3, well, when Scream 3 came out it SUCKED. But it's 2026, and in 2026 a movie like that is actually pretty pretty good in comparison to the absolute preachy lecturing gutter trash that has been nearly every movie for the past decade in a half. So what do you get? A pretty basic by the numbers horror movie with a twist you see coming like most every other pretty basic by the numbers horror movie. But you just get a horror movie, and it's just made to entertain. And in the era of politically partisan shreiking in absolutely everything, that is sort of a breath of fresh air.