Scream 7 Review – 'A handful of ace scenes' MoviesReviews At the start of the 2022 ‘requel’ Scream, Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega) names The Babadook as her favourite scary movie. “It’s an amazing meditation on motherhood and grief,” she says. “Elevated horror… with complex emotional and dramatic underpinnings.” Killer Ghostface dismisses such concerns as “fancy pants”: the in-universe ‘Stab’ movies, based on the Woodsboro killings, favour gory deaths and high-energy meta-twists. Scream 7, directed by original scribe Kevin Williamson (who also wrote the second and fourth movies), at times comes dangerously close to forgetting just what it is that the fans of the ‘Stab’/Scream franchise want. Largely taking place in the Woodsboro-alike town of Pine Grove, Indiana, it focuses on the fractious relationship between original Final Girl Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) — now Sidney Evans, having married cop Mark (Joel McHale) — and her daughter Tatum (Isabel May). Trauma weighs heavy in this, yes, meditation on motherhood and grief, and it’s reflected in the autumnal setting, muted palette and deserted night streets.
Published: February 26, 2026 4:18 pm
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