Scream 7 (2026)

Manuel São Bento February 25, 2026

★ 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."

JPV852 February 27, 2026

★ 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 w…

GenerationofSwine March 3, 2026

★ 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 pr…

FinixFighter March 3, 2026

★ 5.5/10

Too splatter in my opinion. The suspense level is quite good but the ending has been quite disappointing to me. It could have been much better.

CinemaSerf March 6, 2026

★ 6/10

I had very low expectations for this, so maybe that’s why at times I was surprised to find it was quite good. Scary? Well no, not really, and of course “Ghostface” has all the nimble dexterity and immortality features of a baddie from a “Scooby Do” cartoon so you can guess that there are at least two of them operating in cahoots. Given that was all going to be pre-programmed from the start, I thought Kevin Williamson did just a little better than anticipated with this. The new target for our Munchian terror is “Tatum” (Isabel May), the teenage daughter of the now battle-hardened “Sidney” (Neve Campbell) and her police chief husband “Mark” (Joel McHale). “Sidney” gets a series of threatening video calls from “Stu Macher” (Matthew Lillard) promising vengeance on her and her family. Isn’t he meant to be dead? Well regardless, soon the body count is starting t…

RetroWill March 14, 2026

★ 5/10

As someone whose obsession with horror began with the 1996 original, reviewing a Scream film feels like critiquing a part of my own history. It is, and likely always will be, my favourite horror franchise. But love requires honesty, and the truth is that Scream 7 is a pale imitation of the sharp, subversive slasher that defined a generation. While Neve Campbell and Isabel May bring a grounded sincerity to the screen, the film around them feels fundamentally lost. The "meta" commentary, once the serie's greatest weapon, has become its Achille's heel, resulting in a narrative that feels more like a cynical digital experiment than a cinematic event. This is most apparent in the legacy cameos. While the "flatness" of these performances was clearly an intentional creative choice to sell the narrative, the result is a jarring lack of cinematic presence. It is a paradox where the actors deli…

Sierbahnn June 27, 2026

★ 6/10

It's interesting that this movie came out the same year as the Scary Movie. Both of them are tail ends of tired franchises, but whereas Scary Movie is rambling and incoherent, this movie at least tries to build on its formula, try a few new twists, and make something of it. The movie isn't great by any metric, but I think it might be good enough for what it wants to be. It's a callous cash grab of nostalgia, but it is well produced and well directed. The casting is of course all stars, because that's how nostalgiabait works. But the new additions pull their weight and while I don't think any of them will be able to lift the franchise after the old guard is completely vanquished, the movie is fine the way it is.