Summary
Whileseeing Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) again was my biggest wishforScream 7, the next entry in thehorrorfranchise surprised me by casting several more legacy characters. NowDavid Arquette is bringing back Dewey Riley, Matthew Lillard is reprising his silly Stu Macher character, and, thankfully,Courteney Cox’s sarcastic and smart reporter Gale Weatherswill join the slasher story, too. Several more cast members have been announced in the past few months, includingLive with Kelly and Markco-host Mark Consuelos.
SinceScream 7has been filming since the start of 2025, it might seem like the casting announcements would slow down soon. However, even more actors are either playing Ghostface or figuring out how to escape them. As reported byBloody Disgusting,Jimmy Tatro and Michelle Randolph were cast inScream 7. SinceScream 7has such a large cast, I thinkone idea about Ghostface could become reality.
I Wonder If Scream 7’s Large Cast Means Three Or Four Ghostfaces
For a while,Screamfans have wonderedifScream 7could feature a Ghostface cultor if there could be several Ghostface killers. I thought perhaps there could be one or two Ghosfaces, but now that there have been so many cast announcements,I’m certainthere will be more than two Ghostface killers.
I don’t think any of the returning legacy cast members are Ghostface, and I’m eliminating them from the list of suspects. However,several new cast members could be playing Ghostface, fromEthan Embry’s new characterto Anna Camp toyounger cast members such as Mckenna Grace. Although I do think thatScream 7could have a high kill count, sinceMason Gooding said it’s “gory,“I’m not sure that every new actor joining the movie is a victim. If four new characters worked as a Ghostface team, that would still leave plenty of victims.
Since Sidney and the other characters always know each Ghostface, and in some cases, are close to them, I’m sure it would work to have more than one Ghostface this time around. MaybeSidney, who is living in a new small town, trusts her neighbors, friends, and coworkers, thenrealizes several people in her life have been stalking her this entire time, and it’s almost too late. Or maybe she learns that there are people at her kids' school who she doesn’t actually know like she assumed she did.
I would love to seea mix of younger and newer characters working together as Ghostface. Although this has been done before, most recently inScream 6when Detective Wayne Bailey (Dermot Mulroney) and his children Ethan Landry (Jack Champion) and Quinn Bailey (Liana Liberato) are Ghostfaces, it would still feel unique. I also wonder ifnew Ghostfaces could team up with one past Ghostface who is still alive. Since so many dead characters are returning, it seems possible thatScream 7will reveal that one of them has been alive this whole time. Sincefans wonder ifScream 7is too messy now, audiences are looking for novelty, and this would be cool to see.
Scream 3is the only movie in the slasher franchise with one Ghostface killer, and that’sRoman Bridger (Scott Foley), who is reprising his role inScream 7.Roman is upset because Maureen Prescott was his mother and Sidney Prescott is his half-sibling, and he’s envious because of Sidney’s happy family and successful life. SinceRoman hides in plain sight as the director ofStab 3: Return to Woodsboro, I was surprised that he was Ghostface, and I think it was a great reveal. I also like that Roman works in Hollywood and seems to have nothing to do with Sidney’s hometown of Woodsboro, California. But, of course, he is more connected to her than audiences realized.
Roman’s reappearance has made fans wonder abouttheScream 7Ghostface’s motive. Could the new Ghostface, or several Ghostfaces, have something to do with the firstScreammovie? While it seems unlikely that Roman would be the new Ghostface since he died, fans are eager to find out more.
