Scream 7: Shocking Alternate Ending You Almost Saw!

The Scream series has its own multiverse, featuring the well-known and beloved films and scripts on one side, and on the other, an alternate narrative. This includes ideas and plot twists that were discarded or left on the cutting room floor for various reasons.

For example, the ending of “Scream 2” was altered during filming to counter a script leak, which led to Debbie Salt (Laurie Metcalf) and Mickey Altieri (Timothy Olyphant) being revealed as the killers instead of Hallie McDaniel (Elise Neal) and Derek Feldman (Jerry O’Connell), while a (false) rumor circulated by the production hinted at a conspiracy involving many secondary characters. The third installment also had to pivot following the Columbine massacre, abandoning Kevin Williamson’s idea of a surviving Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard) leading an army of followers.

The writer-director of “Scream 7” had initially planned a trilogy (that never materialized) covering episodes 4 to 6: Jill Roberts (Emma Roberts) would have survived without anyone knowing she was the killer, except for one person who would blackmail her at college by killing those around her. The final installment would have focused on Gale (Courteney Cox) and her new lover, mirroring the plot of the very first film.

A parallel dimension scenario also emerged in “Scream 7” when Melissa Barrera was removed from the cast due to her public stance in favor of Palestine, followed closely by Jenna Ortega, who also cited scheduling conflicts as her reason for not returning. The production was forced to turn to Neve Campbell, who had been absent from the previous installment over salary issues, and revise the original plans set with the 2022 film by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.

What Was the Original Ending of Scream 7?

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly about the release of “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2,” Skeet Ulrich revealed that the fifth “Scream” was intended to start a trilogy that would end with the seventh, featuring his return as Billy Loomis to play a role in the narrative arc of Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera), his illegitimate daughter: “When it was decided that I would return in the 5th, it was for a three-film arc in which Billy would gradually turn his daughter into a killer,” he said last December. “Unfortunately, that didn’t happen as things came up.”

This isn’t really a surprise, given that Sam’s murderous impulses, inherited from her father, were evident in “Scream 5” and “Scream 6” (Richie Kirsch and his father suffered because of this). However, it is certainly regrettable, without knowing if she would have actually donned the mask, that this surprising ending, which would have given Melissa Barrera’s character a trajectory opposite to that of Sidney, could not materialize. Given the circumstances of the actress’s removal, it’s unlikely to happen another day.

How Does Scream 7 Actually End?

WARNING – This section contains spoilers as it discusses the outcome of “Scream 7”, in theaters since February 25. Please skip ahead if you haven’t seen it yet.

Sidney does not become a killer (unless in self-defense), and she isn’t confronted by the return of Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard), but by three murderers: Jessica (Anna Camp), her neighbor who idolizes her since the publication of her book “In the Heart of Darkness” (mentioned in Scream 4) which helped her escape her abusive relationship with her husband by killing him. Disappointed not to see the heroine involved in the New York massacre at the heart of the sixth film (Neve Campbell was absent due to salary issues), Jessica was interned.

But in the nearest psychiatric hospital to Sidney’s town, she devises her plan with Marco (Ethan Embry), an employee whose expertise in artificial intelligence from a past in cybersecurity at Google helps her simulate Stu’s return, and Karl (Kraig Dane), a patient interned for the murder of three women and obsessed with Tori Spelling (who played the heroine in the Stab films), whom she sends to do the dirty work before he is killed mid-story.

Jessica thus finds herself forced to don the mask herself to execute her plan: to kill Sidney, who she sees as too old to be a good “final girl,” in front of her daughter to create the trauma necessary for a true Scream Queen. But she had forgotten that the ability to fight back runs in the family.

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