9 Sam & Tara Storylines That Will Never Be Resolved After Scream 7’s Exits

Now that Scream 7 has lost both Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera, the franchise’s story of Sam and Tara Carpenter will leave many questions unanswered. While Barrera’s Sam Carpenter was seemingly the lead character of 2022’s slasher reboot Scream (aka Scream 2022), Ortega’s Tara was also significant. She was the recipient of the film’s opening phone call and, in a move that subverted Scream franchise tradition, she survived both this intense ordeal and the rest of the plot. Sam and Tara made a formidable pairing, with the sequel Scream VI treating both characters as the movie’s dual protagonists.