A part of the magic of the unique “Scream” is that there was no method to know who the killer was. Nearly as good because the film is as a slasher mystery-thriller, the reply was unpredictable, which makes the eventual reveal that there was not one however two killers so good. Skeet Ulrich’s Billy Loomis is a good villain on his personal, seeing as he not solely killed a lady when he was a child but in addition went on up to now that girl’s daughter. What actually makes the film’s killer duo nice, nevertheless, is Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard).
Billy being a assassin is sensible. However Stu? Lillard not solely portrays Stu as being enjoyable and charismatic, however he additionally looks like an excessive amount of of a category clown to have really deliberate any of this out. That Stu’s girlfriend Tatum (Rose McGowan) is among the many useless makes this reveal all of the extra surprising since we do not know whether or not Stu agreed to let Billy kill her or, even worse, did so himself. He’s equal elements excessive humorous and scary as hell, a man with seemingly no logical motive in anyway.
The truth that we technically do not see Stu’s last breath go away his physique in “Scream” has given life to numerous theories over time that Stu may very well be alive. Given how a lot the latest reboot/legacy sequel “Scream” films have relied on bringing again previous characters, many have been anticipating Stu to make an look in “Scream VI.” Even when that did not occur, it appears followers might not have to attend that lengthy for to search out out whether or not Stu is alive for actual, what with Deadline reporting that Lillard will return for the upcoming “Scream 7.”
Is Stu really alive? Or is there one other rationalization?
Stu Macher is likely one of the finest characters in your complete “Scream” franchise and definitely probably the greatest Ghostface killers, so his return could be very a lot welcome. That being stated, how, precisely, is that this alleged to occur? Effectively, there are two prospects — both Stu could be very a lot alive or he’s correctly useless and his look is not precisely actual.
Let’s think about the previous first. If Stu survived having a TV dropped on his head, he would’ve absolutely gone to jail, proper? It is arduous to think about “Scream” heroine Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) occurring about her life after that horrible ordeal if she knew one of many two killers was nonetheless alive and operating round free on the planet. Maybe “Scream 7” may have him escape from jail, both on his personal or with the assistance of a brand new Ghostface. Alternatively, sine this franchise is all about commenting on popular culture developments, maybe a brand new true crime documentary in regards to the unique Ghostface murders has been produced and it in some way results in Stu being freed on account of some alleged incompetence by the cops or a wave of protests by followers. It will be tragic, certain, however it could additionally really feel proper for Stu to be liberated on account of one thing as absurd as that.
This leaves us with the second choice — Stu is useless. That hasn’t stopped “Scream” characters from returning up to now, after all. Most notably, Billy’s daughter Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera) has visions of him being alive in “Scream” (2022) and “Scream VI,” and it was just lately introduced that Scott Foley is returning for “Scream 7” to reprise his function as Roman Bridger. Roman died after making an attempt to kill Sidney again in “Scream 3,” which suggests his return will possible contain both flashbacks or visions like those Sam had of Billy. The query is, who may have the visions? Will or not it’s Sidney? And if not, who else would have a powerful sufficient connection to Roman to have a imaginative and prescient of him?
All shall be revealed when “Scream 7” hits theaters on February 27, 2026.