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Who did you think was the killer while first watching the movie?


I already knew that Matthew Lillard's character was a killer before I watched the movie because my friend spoiled it for me. I had no idea there was 2 killers, and Billy also being a killer was a big surprise to me, especially after he appeared to be stabbed to death. So who did you think was the killer while you were watching the movie for the first time?

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I don't think I was trying to guess the first time I watched it. The sequels were a different story.

I had one of the killers in Scream 2 spoiled for me, but not both.

My friend saw Scream 3 in theaters and accidentally (or so he claimed) spoiled it for me while telling me about it.

Scream 4 was the only one I saw theatrically, and the only one where I was actively trying to guess who the killers were. I got one of them right.

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I sort of had the Scream 3 killer spoiled for me. My friend Matt told me it was Sid's brother. However, I did not know who Sid's brother was. I kept think it was Detective Kincaid. Lol!

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I thought it was Sidney's dad.

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Me too.

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Billy straight away. I didn’t think of stu

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Billy was made to be the obvious suspect from the very beginning. The question is whether they were able to throw you off for a moment when he got stabbed.

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Na of course not 😂 definately him all the way through

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Liar. You clearly didn’t think the killer was Billy when he was apparently dead and the killings were continuing.

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Did you see the way he died???? Nobody dies like that 😂😂

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So you immediately suspected he had an accomplice? Who then?

Also, are you high?

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I didn’t know who his accomplice was no but kind of obvious he had one. Am I high???????? Errrrr no bit of a daft thing to say

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I have to admit, I wasn't really looking at it as a whodunnit, so I wasn't looking for clues. But I mildly suspected Tatum, Sidney's best friend. Also, Matthew Lillard as a killer seemed kind of obvious as well.

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Ulrich

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I never tried to figure it out. I just went along with the story waiting to be surprised. I WAS surprised at the end when Billy "came to" and revived. And Stu was a total surprise. He seemed like too much of a dip to be a killer. He and Randy were my favorite characters.

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Billy of course

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Why "of course"? He's certainly made out to be a suspect throughout the movie, but you thought he faked his death? Then who did you think his accomplice was?

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(Crickets)

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I suspected Billy until he was stabbed. But when he rolled down the steps I did think the blood looked fake. I even whispered to my husband about it and I was shocked as I love Wes Craven.

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It's hard to recall now, but I think my suspicious young mind guessed at either Sydney's Dad or Deputy Dewey.

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