Matthew Lilard says he is excited and panicked to return to the screaming franchise for the first time since his acting role in 1996.
“I will say, I can’t say anything about it, obviously. People,
For the past 30 years, the pop culture icon, Lilard, has been acting as a stewmcher in the screams of Wes Crewen, a teenager who has changed the horror gender (and overall pop culture) forever. The cat’s cat Loomes was the original ghostphis along with Alrich’s cat Loomes. While it was indicated that his role was killed in the first film … he was never confirmed.
If we’re getting logistic here, it is not enough to kill you from a relatively low altitude to kill TV … but we are not scientists. However, it is understandable for Stu Machar to come out of hiding to torture Sydney Percott after all these years – and we are here for it.
Continue to the Lillard: “My fear is that I should come back and punish something I could never touch and could not be fine at all. I hope that I will not do this.”
On February 27, 2026, screams hit 7 cinemas. For more, watch our list of the most interesting upcoming films in 2025 and beyond, or, move forward in our full list of film release dates.
