Matthew Lillard, who played Stuart ‘Stu’ Macher in the first 1996 Scream movie, is returning to the franchise for Spyglass/Paramount’s Scream 7.

The Scream franchise is bringing back a former villain for its next entry. Per Deadline, Matthew Lillard is returning for Scream 7. Lillard played Stu Macher in 1996’s Scream. Fans might be wondering how Stu can return for the seventh film when he died in the first.

There's already precedent for dead characters returning to the franchise.Matthew Lillard is heading back to Woodsboro.The Scooby-Doo star has officially joined the cast of Scream 7, Entertainment Weekly has learned.

Surprise, Sidney!” It’s the classic scary movie trope: just when you think the killer is dead, they return for a final scare — or a final Scream. 30 years after original Ghostface duo Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) and Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard) failed to kill scream queen Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) during the 1996 Woodsboro

Matthew Lillard, who played one of the killers in the original 'Scream,' is returning to the horror franchise.

Matthew Lillard is returning to the 'Scream' series. The 55-year-old actor portrayed Stu Macher in the first 1996 movie but despite one of the original Ghostface killers being killed off when Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) dropped a TV on his head,