"A film of scattered ideas that may as well be no ideas at all, it began as a troubled production owing to two sets of directors exiting the project, the unjust firing of one series lead, the swift exit of another, and rewrites from scratch, leading to its awkward final form."
"Scream 7 is among the most lethargic slashers you're likely to see, both because its scene construction is devoid of drama, laughs, or thrills, and because its structure features little momentum guiding the characters and plot."
"It's also bog-standard for the genre, rather than any kind of deconstruction; at this point, there's not much separating Scream from its far less beloved, Williamson-penned imitator, I Know What You Did Last Summer."
Scream 7 emerged from a chaotic production involving multiple director changes, cast departures, and extensive rewrites. Despite Kevin Williamson taking the director's chair, the film struggles significantly. Co-written by Williamson, Guy Busick, and James Vanderbilt, the script feels underdeveloped and uninspired. The resulting film functions as an audio-visual burden, featuring lethargic pacing, poorly constructed scenes devoid of drama or thrills, and weak structural momentum. Rather than deconstructing the slasher genre as the franchise once did, Scream 7 becomes generic and formulaic, resembling Williamson's less-beloved I Know What You Did Last Summer more than the original Scream films.
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