It sounds likeKevin Williamsonis really bringing the heat as the director ofScream 7. According to franchise star,Mason Gooding, who recently chatted withVarietyat the Los Angeles premiere ofHeart Eyesearlier this week, audiences can expect the killer(s) known as Ghostface to be “the most brutal he’s been” in the upcoming movie. Brutality and gore are totally up the writer-turned-director’s alley, as he’s not only theScreamfranchise’s proud papa, having also penned the first, second and fourth installments, but he’s additionally the scribe behind other genre classics likeI Know What You Did Last SummerandThe Faculty. Oh yeah, and he also based the tale of Sidney Prescott’s (Neve Campbell) tussle with Ghostface on ahorrific real-life serial killer.
Still,Scream 7will be the first time that Williamson takes on a directorial role in the franchise, after the departure of previous helmers,Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, who directed the fifth and sixth films, and, of course, the late, greatWes Craven, who was responsible for the first four. Gooding says that there will be plenty of homages made to the movies that allowed the franchise to span nearly 30 years, teasing,
“It feels like an amplification of what’s came before, and there’s no better indication of that than Kevin Williamson, who wrote the original, coming back now to direct.”
‘Scream 7’ Will Be “Gross, But In a Good Way”
In addition to cheering Williamson on and hyping fans up on the movie that willsomehowbringMatthew Lillard and Scott Foley back to the fold, Gooding also paints a rather grotesque picture of the gore that will overflow inScream 7.
“I think that Ghostface is absolutely the most brutal he’s been. I don’t want to spoil anything, butthere’s some stuff that they do to the human bodythat I feel like Kevin is breaking new ground with.”
Cool, so it sounds like we might need to pull aTerrifierandprovide barf bagsfor theater-goers. And then there’s the prosthetic side of things, which Gooding admits is so freaky close to the real thing (although we don’t know what said real thing is just yet) that it made him sick to his stomach, adding,
“There was a prosthetic that sat in the makeup trailer that actually turned my stomach over. You’ll know what I’m talking about when you see it, but it’s incredible stuff. They really have an incredible effects team over there and they’re working overtime.”
Scream7 slices and dices its way into cinemas on June 01, 2025.
