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Who would audiences have thought the killer was in 1980?


We all know now, and even those who haven't seen it could still possibly know this. But in 1980 the idea of an old friend of Steve Christie's wasn't even thought of. A middle aged woman as the killer? Nah.

So who did people think it was? Or even so who did you think it was the first time you saw it?

When I first saw it I knew all about the ending and then Jason of course in the later movies. For those that saw "Scream" before they saw this they give away the ending right there.

But what about people with virgin eyes to the movie? What did you think? Did you suspect Steve? Bill? Crazy Ralph? You have to think that the killer in 1980 is the same one in 1958 so that might rule out the young counsellors who are 20 or so.

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I thought the killer was a communist. They got blamed for everything back then.

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I thought it was going to be Michael Myers

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Honestly, from my recollection which seems like forever ago now, it was pretty surprising that it ended up a middle aged woman

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