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    Original Scream Star Has a Surprising Complaint About Recent Movies’ Violence

    Can the Scream franchise ever go too far? Across six movies, the IP has a mix of chills, thrills, and gore with a bit of a wink and a nod, as it also serves as a satire of the horror genre. The franchise has never skimped on the violence, but Matthew Lillard, who portrayed Stu Macher in the film that started it all, believes that the franchise got a bit too violent with Scream VI, and he points to one scene in particular that drove home that fact for him.




    During a chat with GamesRadar+, Lillard spoke about the franchise, speaking about how he feels that Scream VII is in good hands with franchise creator Kevin Williamson. Lillard goes on to praise what was done by the new creative team on 2022’s Scream by saying, “I love what [Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin] were doing before. Nothing against them. In fact, I thought they were taking a really exciting way.” That is when he followed up that statement by saying that he believed their next stab at the franchise, Scream VI, got a bit too violent.

    “I thought the movie got too violent. I think 6 was, like…I don’t think Ghostface ever needs a shotgun. I think that the movies are – everything is trying to repeat what we did in the first movie in a lot of ways. Like, a maniacal monologue at the end. It’s really hard to do. I hope that Kevin takes it in a brand new, brave, and exciting direction so that we can sort of find different colors and different joys.”


    The scene Lillard is referencing depicts Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera) and Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega) being chased into a bodega as Ghostface pursues them. The bodega owner has a shotgun that Ghostface is able to obtain and begins firing at his would-be targets. The moment is a tad out of character from what we have seen in the other Scream films, as Ghostface typically likes to slice and dice with his signature knife, but it’s a wonderfully tense sequence and one of the best moments in Scream VI.


    The Scream Franchise Has Always Been Violent


    Lillard’s claims about the violence in the sixth film are interesting because the very movie he was in was very violent. The climax alone has the actor and his co-star Skeet Ulrich, who portrays Billy Loomis, stabbing each other over and over again to set up their master plan to frame Sidney’s (Neve Campbell) dad for the murders. Scream 2 features Jada Pinkett Smith’s Maureen being stabbed over and over again in a crowded movie theater as the crowd watches and cheers it on until they realize it isn’t a stunt and it is a very real murder taking place right in front of them. TheShockNews goes on regarding the violence in the Scream franchise, but maybe it’s different if Ghostface is getting stab-happy rather than firing a shotgun.

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    The actor is right about one thing, the franchise is back in the hands of Williamson, who is directing Scream VII, which also sees the much-anticipated return of Campbell, who sat out on Scream VI over a salary dispute with Spyglass Media. According to Campbell, the seventh installment will be following Sidney, going on to say, “They did pitch the concept to me, and that’s the reason that I jumped on board.” While no official deals have been made for Courteney Cox and Patrick Dempsey, they are both said to be a part of the cast, although their participation hasn’t been officially announced just yet.

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