Scream 7 Review
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Scream 7 sees Ghostface return as Sydney Prescott confronts her past, with the film balancing nostalgia and new elements. The review questions if it relies too much on the original or stands on its own.
Ghostface is back on the hunt for Sydney Prescott as franchise creator Kevin Williamson finally gets to direct an entry into the iconic meta-slasher series, Scream. Scream 7 finds Neve Campbell as Sydney dealing with the bloody trauma of her past and a daughter who isn't sure how to feel about it all. But does the film lean too hard into the nostalgia for the 30 year old original? Or can Scream 7 play the hits well enough to stand on its own? IGN's Tom Jorgensen digs into all of that, plus how Courtney Cox and the rest of the trope-fueled cast get a pass thanks to the original Scream from 1996 and what, if anything, Scream 7 learned from Jamie Lee Curtis and Halloween.