I said fuck all.
Scream 7 (Feb 27 2026) *SPOILERS*
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Accusing me of being a Katy Perry stan?
I have to laugh. And Kim can get in the bin as well.
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How about you all stop?
This is literally the third thread that'll be locked this week if you all can't learn to stop picking, poking, prodding, and taunting those around you - on both sides. If you truly consider yourselves to be people with sense, realize that there are things that you can control - your actions - and those that you cannot - those of others.
Pipe down or I'll lock both Scream threads. I've had enough.
This is literally the third thread that'll be locked this week if you all can't learn to stop picking, poking, prodding, and taunting those around you - on both sides. If you truly consider yourselves to be people with sense, realize that there are things that you can control - your actions - and those that you cannot - those of others.
Pipe down or I'll lock both Scream threads. I've had enough.
The mods have literally said what the expectations are for the thread. How hard is it to just post spoiler content for Scream 7 and just comment on that?
I just can't see what there is to be excited about. Sidney's story was finished.
Something I will address though I hate that the criticism around this whole movie and the backlash has been squashed down as "Melissa fans", like it was simply a case of an actress being fired. No. She was fired because she had an opinion, a voice, and the studio did not like it.
and it's not "performative" as I saw posted on X - it's being a fucking decent human being and having empathy.
But yes, back to milking this franchise
Something I will address though I hate that the criticism around this whole movie and the backlash has been squashed down as "Melissa fans", like it was simply a case of an actress being fired. No. She was fired because she had an opinion, a voice, and the studio did not like it.
and it's not "performative" as I saw posted on X - it's being a fucking decent human being and having empathy.
But yes, back to milking this franchise
That’s what I have said but Horror Fans—especially the ones whose first franchise in real time was Scream—are rabid with the opinion that Sidney is Scream. A lot of the horror groups I’m in had members spout a critique of the last one that can be boiled down to “how dare you have a Scream movie without THEE Scream Queen” etc etc.
You had people on socials getting their panties all wet just because Neve was announced back (and yes, most of these talked shit about 5 & 6 in the same comment, going so far as to hoping they’ve been retconned).
Horror Fans are no different to Pop Music fans honestly.
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Sydney is Scream for me, just like Jamie Lee is Halloween for me. Her story is not over for me, each story is over at the end of the film. There's no need for another film but it doesn't stop us wanting one. This is just what I like and I'm not sycophantic about it, I am just happy that she's back.
I mean, it kinda is. Her unknown half-brother who allegedly set the entire thing in motion was thwarted, then her niece tried to start shit again to become her but then was also thwarted. What else is there? Even her presence in 5 felt more like it was out of obligation (but, to be fair, happy she was there because the way she handled the Ghostface call was a series highlight. “I’m bored” *hangs up*)
I remember after Scream 3 there was a running joke of “who’s going to be the next killer after Sidney? Her neighbor’s father’s brother’s cousin’s mother?” due to it being convoluted who’s hunting her down (and the motives lol).
It's just a personal preference, I don't need a mathematic equation to decide for me. Laurie Strode's story was over but came back, that's the nature of horror films, if there been an arc, they create a new one. Scream is probably the only franchise to have been consistently great. The last one was good fun but it was the worse for me, it was even more Scooby Doo than Scream 3 (I love 3 though). There isn't an answer we all need to agree on, it's always going to be subjective.
Don’t start your shit, @Anjoel40 , just having a discussion over it—I genuinely don’t give a shit what you decide. My mistake thinking you were open to that.
That's was totally uncalled for. This is a discussion, not sure why you have reacted like that. My likes are bias, as are are everyone's. I am probably quite a but older than you, so my experience is very different. There are horror films, they don't need to be that deep. What is it that you expecting from this conversation.
I misunderstood your reply (especially what I bolded) as being a reactionary one rather than a statement on its own. My apologies.
Still, I’m just not gonna continue with this discussion so no need to reply.
I don't think her story was finished, this is a franchise after all but I didn't want them to revisit her story so soon. I've always said the main protagonist in 7 should've been Gale and that was before Melissa was fired. Sam and Sidney's story was tied up but they hadn't properly explored Gale's grief losing Dewey and didn't answer any of the questions they introduced about her in 6.
That's where I *wish* they had gone but I'm okay with them going back to Sidney if the movie is good. These films always go back to their roots at some point so if they can execute it then I'm fine with it.
She hung up on Ghostface, she was done. She was protecting her girls and made it out. Now they are just going to once again drag her past back up to go over old ground.
This. Amongst my many thoughts about Scream 7 as a whole, I just don't think we really needed Sidney back. Her final scene of 5 "I'll survive, I always do" was a perfect ending. And all her scenes were about ending this for good. Obviously, she was never going to be able to end it forever, but I liked that it at least felt she was ending it for her own involvement.
She hung up on Ghostface, she was done. She was protecting her girls and made it out. Now they are just going to once again drag her past back up to go over old ground.
Obviously you can always continue a character's story regardless of whatever has come before (even bringing characters back from the dead - which is a general point, I'm not talking about the returning Ghostface killers), but this feels like a "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" sort of deal. And Scream runs the risk of acting like it can't survive without Sidney in the same way Saw clearly feels it can't survive without John. The series was doing a good job of proving it could move away from her story and now here we are.