Even as a fan of the Scream movies, the seventh film, released Feb. 27, is arguably the worst of the franchise. I believe this because of the uninteresting plot twist, the killers’ unrealistic and irrelevant motives, and moments when the characters made choices that didn’t make sense.

“Scream 7” builds on the original timeline (1996-2000), during which the main character, Sidney Prescott, was haunted by Stu Macher, the original Ghostface. Prescott goes on about her life with her daughter, but her past repeats itself, and three Ghostfaces come to haunt her. To stop the cycle from repeating, Sidney, her family, and her daughter’s friends set out to find out who the killers are.

The way the killers’ motives were explained in this film didn’t carry the same weight as the original movies. The killers were a stranger, an abused wife with her child, and a worker at the Fallbrook Psychiatric Hospital. They had almost no convincing reason to be killing others, logically speaking.

As in any horror movie, some characters don’t make the most logical choices. There were, of course, times when the situation the main characters found themselves in could have been prevented. For example, there was a moment where Sidney had to save his daughter from the Ghostfaces, but she ran on foot instead of driving with no obstacle whatsoever. Even so, this made the movie feel much more unrealistic.

That said, I loved the kills the Ghostfaces performed. They were very creative and entertaining, things you wouldn’t expect, and that’s what makes them great.

Overall, the movie fell short. It wasn’t the casting — the scary moments definitely had me on the edge of my seat. It was the writing. If “Scream 7” had stayed faithful to its fans’ nostalgia by embodying a more realistic, relevant style, it would have been way better.