Christopher Landon

Christopher Landon received death threats from furious ‘Scream’ fans, ultimately resulting in the director exiting ‘Scream 7’.

The 50-year-old filmmaker was supposed to helm the 2026 horror flick, though left the project in December 2023 after he started to receive threatening messages when actress Melissa Barrera made social media posts about the Israel-Palestine War that were deemed antisemitic.

He explained: “People were threatening to kill me and my family, to the point where the FBI was getting involved. I got messages saying, ‘I’m going to find your kids, and I’m going to kill them because you support child murder.’

“The head of security at various studios and the FBI had to examine the threats. It was highly aggressive and really scary.”