Skeet Ulrich Says Original Plan for ‘Scream 7’ Was for Billy to Turn Sam into Ghostface Killer

One of the big reveals in Scream 5 was that Melissa Barrera’s Sam Carpenter is actually the daughter of original Scream killer Billy Loomis, with Skeet Ulrich appearing as ghostly visions in Sam’s head in both Scream 5 and Scream 6. It’s a legacy that Sam is wrestling with, and Ulrich reveals in a new chat that the original plan for Scream 7 was to continue down that path.

Skeet Ulrich tells Entertainment Weekly in a new chat, “When we talked about coming back for [Scream] 5, it was a three-picture arc for Billy Loomis to slowly turn his daughter into the killer. Obviously, those things didn’t pan out, given certain things that happened.”

Ulrich is referring to the controversial firing of Melissa Barrera by Spyglass in the wake of Scream 6, which led to Scream 7 being retooled without Sam or her sister, Jenna Ortega’s Tara.

Scream 7 will instead put the focus back on Sidney Prescott and the original legacy characters, so it’s unlikely that we’ll ever get the continuation of Sam Carpenter’s story. The final moments of Scream 6 see Sam holding the Ghostface mask in her hands and ultimately tossing it to the ground, though there’s a faint suggestion that she may be unable to leave that legacy behind.

The original version of Scream 7, according to Ulrich’s new comments, would’ve seen Billy continue to tempt Sam over to the dark side. It’s unclear if Ulrich is saying that she eventually gives in or he’s only suggesting that Billy would’ve continued trying to get her to complete that villainous arc, though it’s a legacy she very much rejects in both Scream 5 and Scream 6.

As for Scream 7, Ulrich doubles down on his comments last week about his involvement in the current version of the movie. He definitively tells EW that he’s not coming back in next year’s Kevin Williamson-directed movie, and that he “knows nothing” of what happens in it.

Scream 7 will be slashing into theaters on February 27, 2026.