Photo: Paramount/Everett Collection Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending of Scream 7 . Ever since 1997’s Scream 2 opened with a movie theater playing a re-creation of the first film’s opening scene, the franchise has been riffing on itself — while also, in the best installments, offering some bigger-picture reflection on the horror genre or the culture at large. It’s not surprising, then, that Scream 7 ’s cold open brings us back to the Macher house from the climax of both the 1996 and 2022