Scream 7 Parent Guide

Parent Movie Review
by Kirsten Hawkes

Directed by Kevin Williamson. Starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May. Running time: 114 minutes. Theatrical release February 27, 2026. Updated February 26, 2026

About author

Kirsten Hawkes

Kirsten Hawkes has a BA in Political Science and English and has worked in international development and medical education and marketing. Kirsten enjoys reading, watching movies, and debating politics with her husband and sometimes unwilling children.

Scream 7
Rating & Content Info

Violence: This film is replete with violence, often brutal, bloody, and sadistic.  A girl is disemboweled while hanging from the ceiling and her organs tumble towards the floor. A teen is tied up at knifepoint. A person’s face is dragged across broken glass: her corpse is shown with a bloody face and glass embedded in their throat. A teenage girl in a harness is flown around as an attacker slashes her with a knife. A person falls on a blade and is then burned alive. A man is impaled with a beer tap and blood and beer are seen coming out of his mouth.  A metal bar is seen sticking through a person’s temples.  People are shot, with detailed views of injuries. Physical combat includes punching and kicking. People are strangled. Jump scares are frequent. There is mention of domestic assault.
Sexual Content: There is mention of sex and losing virginity.  A women recalls being sexually harassed.
Profanity: The script contains approximately five dozen profanities, including sexual expletives, scatological curses, crude anatomical expressions, minor profanities, and terms of deity.
Drugs/Alcohol: There is mention of marijuana edibles. People drink beer. A woman takes unidentified pills.

Page last updated February 26, 2026