Reviews are finally in for Kevin Williamson’s “Scream 7,” which begins Thursday previews this afternoon — and the response is exactly what I hinted at yesterday. The film is strictly by-the-books, with stiff, wooden filmmaking.
With 30 reviews counted, the movie sits at 43% on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest score of the franchise to date, matching “Scream 3.”Meanwhile, that 38 on Metacritic is a franchise worst, besting “Scream 4” at 52.
No worries for Paramount: even if “Scream 7” is earning the worst reviews in the franchise, it’s still tracking for a franchise-best $50M opening weekend. Meanwhile, Williamson shared at the film’s premiere that he and Neve Campbell are already working on “Scream 8.”
It’s no wonder 20th Century decided to dump the movie during the last week of August—a place where movies are set up to die quietly before the fall movie season begins.