Matthew Lillard is set to return in "Scream 7," 29 years later after appearing in the first film of the mega-slasher franchise, according to an insider with knowledge of the project. Lillard originally starred as Stu Macher,

EXCLUSIVE: No spoiler alert here. Matthew Lillard, who played Stuart ‘Stu’ Macher in the first 1996 Scream movie, is returning to the franchise for Spyglass/Paramount’s Scream 7. How is that possible?

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 still likes scary movies. The actor, who starred in Wes Craven’s original “Scream” and did not return for future entries considering, well, narrative events, is joining the cast of the franchise’s upcoming seventh installment.

But in the case of Matthew Lillard's Scream fan favourite Stu Macher, the OG Ghostface killer seemed pretty damn dead when last we saw him, having just had a live 50-pound CRT TV dropped on his head after trading cuts with fellow stab-happy psycho Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich).