Overview
- The third and final entry in Renny Harlin’s reboot trilogy hit theaters on February 6, 2026.
- Early notices report a 13% Rotten Tomatoes score with 15 reviews counted, signaling a weak critical reception.
- Reviews focus on the trilogy’s choice to explain the masked killers’ mythology, with critiques that the expanded backstory undercuts the original’s ambiguity.
- Producer Courtney Solomon said two filmed masked characters, Ghost Skull and Witch Face, were cut, with footage expected in extras or a proposed supercut release.
- The trilogy was shot largely back-to-back in 52 days of principal photography, followed by additional shoots of eight days for Chapter 2 and fifteen for Chapter 3, as Petsch advanced a ‘final girl’ arc while serving as a producer.