Scream 7
NZ release: 26 February 2026
Graphic violence and offensive language Rated on: 11 February 2026
Scream VII
What’s it about?
When a new Ghostface begins terrorising the town where Sidney Prescott has started over, her worst fears resurface – especially when her daughter becomes the killer’s latest target.
The facts
- Directed by Kevin Williamson (writer of Scream)
- Stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May
- English language
- Runtime: 114 minutes
Why did it get this rating?
This film was classified by Te Mana Whakaatu, Classification Office. You can find out more about classification process and ratings here.
Horror
The film is a slasher horror involving jump scares and masked killers with superhuman stamina who threaten, stalk, and kill people, in the style of the previous films in the franchise.
Graphic violence
Scream 7 contains a lot of violence with bloody and gory detail. Some of the strongest examples include:
- A character is chased, falls onto a knife, is doused with petrol and burned alive.
- A character is stabbed repeatedly but survives.
- A character is repeatedly slashed and stabbed, resulting in disembowelment. Internal organs fall to the floor and hang from the body.
- A character has their face dragged across broken glass. They are shown dead, covered in blood, with glass fragments embedded in their throat.
- A character is impaled through the chin with a metal beer tap. Blood and beer pour from his mouth.
- A character is stabbed through the temples. The knife is shown penetrating their head.
- A character is shot in the face multiple times, obliterating their facial features.
Offensive language
Offensive language includes ‘f**k’, sh*t’, ‘a**hole’, and ‘b*tch,’ mostly used by characters aggressively to insult or threaten others.
When content stays with you:
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