Scream 7 Trailer Unleashes Ruthless Chase Scenes, a Feral Ghostface, and Sidney's Return
Sidney Prescott is back in the crosshairs—and this time, so is her family. Just ahead of Halloween, Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group have dropped the first trailer for Scream 7, the franchise’s next chapter and the first Sidney-centric story since Scream 4. The spot wastes no time setting the stakes as a new Ghostface has surfaced in a new quiet town where Sidney (Neve Campbell) has tried to build a life, and her daughter—played by Isabel May—is the one being hunted. What follows is a flurry of razor-sharp jump scares, ringing phones, breath-held silences, and a promise that this Ghostface isn’t afraid to get messy.
Scream 7 © 2025 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.The trailer leans hard into the series’ original heartbeat, teasing Sidney’s battle between the life she wants and the legacy she can’t shake. That mother-daughter axis also looks like it offers the film a fresh emotional pulse, positioning May as a modern counterpart to Sidney’s long fight for survival. And of course, it’s still a Scream movie, so the rules are still in play—only now they cut through questions of parenthood, protection, and the ways trauma reshapes a family.
Franchise pillars return to keep the metatext accessible too. Courteney Cox is back as Gale Weathers, joined by Scream VI standouts Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding—Mindy and Chad Meeks-Martin—whose genre fluency and gallows humor helped reboot-era entries land with new fans. The ensemble deepens with a slate of fresh faces and familiar character actors: Anna Camp, Joel McHale, Mckenna Grace, Michelle Randolph, Jimmy Tatro, Asa Germann, Celeste O’Connor, Sam Rechner, Ethan Embry, Tim Simons, and Mark Consuelos. The mix also suggests a broad suspect pool and the kind of tonal elasticity (satirical one second, savage the next) that Scream thrives on.
Visually, the teaser acknowledges what fans want with several epic chase sequences and tighter, nastier encounters. We see cramped rooms, grimy, close-quarters scrambles, and practical splattery hits that feel personal instead of clean or staged. The mask and robe remain the same, but the presence behind them isn’t. This Ghostface moves like he’s hunting, not playing, and the blade work appears to be more feral than theatrical.
That shift in tone lines up with who’s steering the film. Kevin Williamson, who created these characters and set the franchise’s voice, is directing from a screenplay by Williamson and Guy Busick, based on a story by Busick and James Vanderbilt. It’s the original DNA in direct conversation with the newer architects who helped sharpen the last run of sequels. And as of now, the result looks like classic Scream cynicism and self-awareness, wired into the faster, meaner pacing of the recent entries.
If the trailer is any indication, Scream 7 is aiming for a full-circle reckoning: Sidney forced to confront what she’s been running from in order to protect what she has now, a new generation learning the rules while quietly rewriting them, and a Ghostface more than willing to spill blood to prove a point.
Scream 7 opens only in theaters on February 27, 2026.
