This article contains Scream 7 spoilers
It may have made a ton of money at the box office, but the seventh Scream movie was pummeled by critics, and even its Rotten Tomatoes audience score still lingers at around 70%.
One of the main complaints from critics and fans alike about the latest entry in the franchise was that the killer reveal was very weak. Having initially set up the return of Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard) who had apparently died in the original movie, Scream 7 eventually explained his sudden reemergence and taunting appearances as the result of AI videos created by two killers who had teamed up to get their revenge on Sidney Prescott: Jessica Bowden (Anna Camp) a neighbor who had idolized Sydney after reading her autobiography, and a tech-savvy man called Marco (Ethan Embry) who Jessica had met at a mental insitution and who was seemingly just along for the ride.
Anyone who was disappointed by the Jessica and Marco twist and suspected that the real Stu may have originally been part of the film’s ending may find some comfort in the knowledge that it did very nearly happen. During a recent panel at FAN EXPO in Denver (via ScreenRant), Lillard confirmed that he and director Kevin Williamson actually filmed a post-credits scene for Scream 7 that would have revealed Stu Macher was very much alive.
