This line, famously spoken by the character Stu Macher in the original 1996 “Scream” movie, made a momentous new appearance Thursday when actor Matthew Lillard, who played Stu, posted a video on Instagram Thursday teasing a return to the “Scream” franchise after 30 years away.

Matthew Lillard, who played Stuart ‘Stu’ Macher in the first 1996 Scream movie, is returning to the franchise for Spyglass/Paramount’s Scream 7.

There's already precedent for dead characters returning to the franchise.Matthew Lillard is heading back to Woodsboro.The Scooby-Doo star has officially joined the cast of Scream 7, Entertainment Weekly has learned.

Matthew Lillard, who played one of the killers in the original 'Scream,' is returning to the horror franchise.

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

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