[Warning: Spoilers ahead for important plot details from Scream 7!]
For the very first ten minutes, the film delivered exactly what I hoped for: an opening scene packed with suspense that immediately set a dark and intense tone. It felt like the movie was promising something big just like its previous movies.
As soon as the story moved forward, about twenty minutes in, that excitement started to slow down. The pacing dragged through. Though there was still a steady buildup of suspense that kept me watching. I stayed on edge waiting for something major to happen. Around the thirty minute mark the movie dropped a shocking twist–Stu Macher, one of the original Ghostface killers, might actually be alive. That moment caught my attention and pulled me back in.
Unfortunately, not everything hit the same way. By the time the third kill happened around thirty-six minutes, it felt underwhelming, slow, and lacked the intensity the franchise is famous for. Still, at forty-three minutes, Ghostface returned with a tense chase scene that brought back some of that classic fear. Just minutes later, though, the killer was unmasked and surprisingly, it was no one we knew. It felt early, especially with so much time left in the movie.
An hour in, the pacing still hadn’t improved much. The suspense felt thin, and it was confusing why the movie revealed so much so soon. Then came another twist. The boyfriend of Sidney Prescott’s daughter who had been a main suspect turned out to be Ghostface, pretending to be Stu the whole time. And as if that wasn’t enough, even more Ghostface killers appeared, turning the story into something chaotic.
By the final stretch around an hour and a half in, the kills continued to feel weak and forgettable. For such a major franchise, it was very disappointing. The villains being tied to past characters felt messy, and the introduction of AI as a plot device to “bring back” the dead only made things more confusing and poorly written. The motives for these Ghostface killers didn’t feel strong or believable. Honestly, they might be the weakest in the entire series.
When the final showdown came, it felt over-the-top, like the movie was trying too hard to make up for everything that didn’t work. I couldn’t help but feel let down. What started as a promising, and suspenseful experience ended up feeling slow, messy, and forgettable.
Scream 7 was released in theaters on February 27, 2026, and was available on digital/on-demand on March 31, 2026. A wide streaming release is expected on Paramount+ in late April 2026.
