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The Scream film franchise is slashing its way into a seventh installment, and according to actor Mason Gooding, this one just may be the scariest yet.
"It feels like an amplification of what's came before," Gooding, 28, told Variety on Tuesday, February 4.
The actor, who portrayed the character Chad Meeks-Martin in 2022's Scream and the following year's Scream VI, said he sees the return of the original film's screenwriter, Kevin Williamson, as "no better indication" of the chills to come when it hits theaters across the country on February 27, 2026.
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"I think that Ghostface is absolutely the most brutal he's been," Gooding, who is Cuba Gooding Jr.'s son, revealed of the slasher movie's iconic cloaked villain. "I don't want to spoil anything, but there's some stuff that they do to the human body that I feel like Kevin is breaking new ground with."
Williamson, 59, wrote the first Scream movie, which made its United States debut in December 1996.
According to Gooding, who is reprising his role as Meeks-Martin in Scream VII, fans should brace themselves, based on what he's observed on set.
"There was a prosthetic that sat in the makeup trailer that actually turned my stomach over," he revealed, hinting, "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."
In addition to Gooding, producers are bringing back Neve Cambell, who has appeared in all the films in the franchise except 2023's Scream VI. Courteney Cox and Jasmin Savoy Brown are reportedly rejoining the cast, and Actor Matthew Lillard also has been confirmed to return despite his character, Stu Macher, one of the original Ghostfaces, getting killed off at the end of the first Scream movie.
Several other stars are slated to make their Scream debuts, including Mark Consuelos, Joel McHale, and Anna Camp.
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