While Paramount Pictures hasn't said it outright, Scream 7's marketing seems to suggest that it's going to be the final film in the long-running franchise. "Every phone call. Every killer… has led to this," a TV spot released back in January stated, while another, more recent trailer invited cinemagoers to experience "one last scream".
With that, I've been reflecting on the series as a whole, as well as my relationship to it – from being a pre-teen who used to mouth every line while cowering behind a cushion at sleepovers, to a hardened horror fan who was disappointed by the newer installments. And it's time I admit in writing that I think that Scream 3, the lowest-ranked outing at 45% on Rotten Tomatoes, is actually the best one after the 1996 original.
