An overkill of a sequel or requel.

“Scream” fans know that Neve Campbell couldn’t reprise her iconic role as the Ghostface survivor Sydney Prescott in the last entry “Scream 6,” due to a payment dispute. But with “Scream 7,” Campbell is able to reprise her role, although this one feels like it wants revenge for her character not being in New York City last time.

This one wants to be a throwback in a way to the original from 30 years ago, by having the Stu Macher house as an AirBnB. Complete with “Stab” posters, an animatronic Ghostface, and the body outlines and fake blood, which seems to please the selfie-talking diehard fan Scott (Jimmy Tatro) more than his girlfriend Madison (Michelle Randolph). And as the trailers promised, a new Ghostface has to kill them and burn the house down. But then, this sequel resorts to the same formulas and lacks the kind of nostalgia and satire that has elevated the franchise. In fact, it’s worst of the bunch.

I guess since Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode became the overprotective grandmother and mother in “Halloween” (2018), the position now goes to Sydney, who now likes to go by Mrs. Evans since she married the police chief Mark Evans (Joel McHale) and now lives in Indiana. Their eldest daughter Tatum (Isabel May) is named after Sydney’s dead friend played by Rose McGowen in the 1996 original. She’s trying to understand her mother’s story, which became the basis for the “Stab” franchise, but Sydney doesn’t want that kind of life for her. She responds: “That’s not up to you,” and she might be right, otherwise she wouldn’t be in a “Scream” sequel.

Sydney has her house with an advanced security system and she doesn’t trust her daughter’s boyfriend Ben (Sam Rechner) for obvious reasons (Think back to Skeet Ulrich or Jack Quaid’s respective characters). But more Ghostfaces manage to track Sydney down. You know that Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard) was one of the original killers. Well, either he survived getting his head crushed by the TV as rumors claim his body wasn’t recovered (Anastasia rumor stuff), or someone is using A.I. or somebody wanted Lillard back in the franchise. Of course, the sequel has to joke about A.I.

Returning regulars to help Sydney and her family out consist of Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox)-still alive and kicking-and her twin intern assistants: Mindy (Jasmin Savoy-Brown) and Chad Meeks-Martin (Mason Gooding). And the new cast (one or two of them are suspects) also includes Anna Camp as Sydney’s next door neighbor, Asa Germann as her son and would-be podcaster, McKenna Grace and Celeste O’Connor as Tatum’s friends, Timothy Simons as their demanding drama teacher, Mark Consuelos as Gale’s rival TV reporter, and Ethan Embry as a mental hospital employee.

I’m sure you fans know that Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega were both unable to reprise their roles from the last two entries. Barrera was fired from production because of her comments on the Gaza War, while Ortega had scheduling conflicts. And because of her canning, there have been calls to boycott this sequel. I’m surprised nobody did the same for “Joker: Follie a Deux” since that was a giant FU to the first.

While Radio Silence are handling the upcoming “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,” franchise creator Kevin Williamson is now the director of “Scream 7.” He and the late Wes Craven both knew how to handle the satire in the first and second movies, but here, he mostly seems to be mad that Campbell couldn’t be in “Scream 6.” I was a little upset last time around, but I still enjoyed it for its NYC setting and faithfulness to the franchise. But I’m now upset that this sequel couldn’t call that water under the bridge.

I can also assume that “Scream 7” likes to channel on the success of the superior sequel “Final Destination: Bloodlines” and the wickedly delightful “The Monkey,” when it has a girl having her blood and guts poured out while wearing a safety harness on stage and a guy being pierced through a beer dispenser and the blood and beverage pouring out of his mouth. That seems like overkill to me.

Maybe one day this one will be reevaluated as “Scream 3” and “Scream 4” were, but “Scream 7” isn’t much of a scream. It’s more like a yawn. Now “Yawn” should have been the title of this sequel.