Scream 7 Director Reveals Alternate Ending Shot

Scream 7 opened to a franchise-best opening weekend, grossing over $97 million worldwide, and director Kevin Williamson told Esquire that filmmakers filmed an alternate ending that would have resurrected original killer Stu Macher. Test audiences preferred the character remain dead, so the final cut keeps an AI-driven twist using synthetic voices of past victims and killers; Williamson said this decision leaves the door open for returns.