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Skeet Ulrich Says Original Plan for ‘Scream 7’ Was for Billy to Turn Sam into Ghostface Killer
One of the big reveals in Scream 5 was that Melissa Barrera’s Sam Carpenter is actually the daughter of original Scream killer Billy Loomis, with Skeet Ulrich appearing as ghostly visions in Sam’s head in both Scream 5 and Scream 6. It’s a legacy that Sam is wrestling with, and Ulrich reveals in a new chat that the original plan for Scream 7 was to continue down that path.
Skeet Ulrich tells Entertainment Weekly in a new chat, “When we talked about coming back for [Scream] 5, it was a three-picture arc for Billy Loomis to slowly turn his daughter into the killer. Obviously, those things didn’t pan out, given certain things that happened.”
Ulrich is referring to the controversial firing of Melissa Barrera by Spyglass in the wake of Scream 6, which led to Scream 7 being retooled without Sam or her sister, Jenna Ortega’s Tara.
Scream 7 will instead put the focus back on Sidney Prescott and the original legacy characters, so it’s unlikely that we’ll ever get the continuation of Sam Carpenter’s story. The final moments of Scream 6 see Sam holding the Ghostface mask in her hands and ultimately tossing it to the ground, though there’s a faint suggestion that she may be unable to leave that legacy behind.
The original version of Scream 7, according to Ulrich’s new comments, would’ve seen Billy continue to tempt Sam over to the dark side. It’s unclear if Ulrich is saying that she eventually gives in or he’s only suggesting that Billy would’ve continued trying to get her to complete that villainous arc, though it’s a legacy she very much rejects in both Scream 5 and Scream 6.
As for Scream 7, Ulrich doubles down on his comments last week about his involvement in the current version of the movie. He definitively tells EW that he’s not coming back in next year’s Kevin Williamson-directed movie, and that he “knows nothing” of what happens in it.
Scream 7 will be slashing into theaters on February 27, 2026.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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