“Scream 7” is shrieking into theaters surrounded by a fair amount of controversy.
The film, co-written and directed by Kevin Williamson, whose original spec script (then titled “Scary Movie”) kicked off the entire franchise, sees Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) trying to enjoy a quiet life with her family, including teenage daughter Tatum (Isabel May), when – wouldn’t you know it? – she is stalked and harassed by a serial killer in a Ghostface mask.
When the franchise was resurrected with 2022’s “Scream,” the focus had been squarely on two new characters, Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera) and her half-sister Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega), who found that they were connected to the original…