Scream Almost Gave Away Its Ghostface Identity Twist In The Opening Scene

Scream owes much of its lasting appeal to the original movie’s memorable third-act twist regarding Ghostface’s identity reveal, although one throwaway line almost gave it away in the very first scene. The 1996 film follows Sidney Prescott, a teen who finds herself and a group of her friends pursued by a knife-wielding killer in a Ghostface mask. While the heroes attempt to parse out who the killer is, the original Scream’s ending reveals that there isn’t just one killer, but two: Sidney’s boyfriend, Billy Loomis, and his friend Stu Macher.