{"id":515290,"date":"2026-03-05T05:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515290\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T05:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:08:12","slug":"despite-controversy-and-poor-critical-reception-scream-is-a-review-proof-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515290\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite controversy and poor critical reception, Scream is &#8216;a review-proof franchise&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/arts\/commotion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Commotion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today on Commotion, film critic Teri Hart shares her thoughts on the franchise\u2019s latest entry Scream 7, which led to a historic box office opening for Paramount.<\/p>\n<p>In the seventh installment of the film franchise, Neve Campbell steps in for Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera<\/p>\n<p>CBC Arts  \u00b7 Posted: Mar 04, 2026 4:33 PM EST | Last Updated: 8 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A woman in a striped top and a man dressed as a police officer stand in a room.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772687292_346_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>A still from the 2026 film Scream 7. (Jessica Miglio)<\/p>\n<p>In Scream 7, Neve Campbell returns to form as the ultimate final girl Sidney Prescott.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that the film has been mired in controversy, and met with terrible reviews, this latest face-off with the Ghostface killer has led to a historic box office opening for Paramount.<\/p>\n<p>Today on Commotion, film critic Teri Hart joins host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to unpack the drama surrounding the sequel, and to explain why she actually had a good time watching it.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH | Today&#8217;s episode on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p> You can listen to the full discussion from today&#8217;s show on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio\/1-1349-commotion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBC Listen<\/a>\u00a0or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.mgln.ai\/KEXoVG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">available wherever you get your podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interview with Teri Hart produced by Jane van Koeverden.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commotion Today on Commotion, film critic Teri Hart shares her thoughts on the franchise\u2019s latest entry Scream 7,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-515290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}