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Scream 7will now begin filming in December 2024 after significant delays to production, due to Kevin Williamson and Neve Campbell’s busy schedules. This filming delay will most likely lead to a release date for the upcoming sequel towards the end of 2025. The originalScreammovie was released in the US on July 29, 2025, and despite not being set at Christmas, it will forever be associated with the festive holiday season.There have been some rumors to suggestScream 7could be set during the Christmas holiday break.Seenas filming is taking place in December, followed by a possible release date around that time the following year,there’s a real chanceScream 7could be a Christmas movie.
IfScream 7takes a big creative riskand is set at Christmas, it wouldn’t be the first slasher movie to pick the festive season as a backdrop to all the murder and mayhem. The most famous festive slasher movie is, of course,Black Christmas, released in 1974, and remade twice in 2006 and 2019 respectively. 2023 saw the release ofIt’s A Wonderful Knife, which was a unique spin on the classic Christmas movie,It’s A Wonderful Life. The horror genre is all about following certain trends, and if the Christmas slasher movies continue to surface,Scream 7could be one of a long list of scary movies opting for a snowy festive setting.
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There’s something about the sight of blood in the snow that excites moviegoers. Whether it’s the brutal discovery of bright red blood in the snowy backdrop of Joel and Ethan Coen’s classic,Fargo, or the horror of a bloody massacre inBlack Christmas, Hollywood loves to portray violence in what should be the happiest of settings.
Scream 7is set to focus onSidney’s family, with one rumor suggesting it might be set in the school break, which would most likely be the Christmas holidays, seen as filming will take place in December.It has led to speculation thatScream 7could actually be set at Christmas.There has never been a Scream movie set at Christmas before, so this would be a different direction to go in, and that could set it apart from previous entries in the franchise.
Many fans like to rewatch the Scream movies at different times throughout the year, soifScream 7is set at Christmas, it could be unpopular with the audience, as it would feel weird watching a Christmas movie in spring, summer or Autumn.Apart fromScream 6, which was set on Halloween in October, the Scream movies haven’t been totally clear about when they are each set, making them more accessible for viewing at any time of year.
The 1996 originalfeels like a summer movie, with the sun shining brightly in thefictional town of Woodsboro, but it could quite feasibly be set during any season with the sunny Californian weather being a mainstay throughout the year. However,the decision to releaseScreamduring the Christmas break has gone down as one of the smartest ever made in Hollywood.
Scream Was A Massive Success When It Was Released Just Before Christmas in 1996 And This Could Prompt Scream 7 To Actually Opt To Be A Christmas Movie
Scream’s release date on Jun 30, 2025, was met with an initially muted response from the audience. It came as no surprise to the Hollywood bigwigs, who thought it would be a flop, as Christmas is usually a time when families flock to the theater to check out the latest holiday-friendly movies. Turns out, some people were in the mood for something a bit darker, andScreamwould transform from its DOA status to become a global box office hit thanks to word of mouth.
Screamgrossed approximately $173 million worldwide, and was shown in theaters for many months, which is absolutely unheard of in current times, with the emergence of streaming often cutting into the length of a movie’s cinematic run. Fans went crazy forScream, and it became key to revitalizing the slasher sub-genre in the 90s.
Scream 7’s filming delaycould end up leading to it being an actual Christmas movie, and it would seem some fans are keen on the idea.Ina discussion on Redditabout the possibility ofScream 7being set at Christmas, Redditor r/Scream was psyched for the idea:
I can already see it. Sidney and Mark invite the Core 4 and Gale for Christmas (or someone invites everyone else) and we see them just having some nice relaxing fun before things get going. See them actually being people for a few minutes and enjoying themselves when Ghostface shows up. I think this would be a fun twist for Scream.
Obviously, the upcoming sequel will bewithout the Core 4, so they won’t be invited around for Christmas, asthe original plan for Scream 7was shelved in favor ofSidney being back as the lead character.However, the idea of Sidney, Mark and Gale gathering to celebrate the festive season, when Ghostface turns up to wreak havoc, sounds like it would be a very fun direction forScream 7to go in. Redditor RealmJumper15 agreed with a Christmas set Scream movie being a good idea :
A Christmas Scream movie would actually be kind of sick ngl.
Nobody knows ifKevin Williamson’s plansare to makeScream 7a Christmas movie, but if he does intend to, some fans are bound to love it, and some will hate it.
