History Headscratchers / Scream

* What the hell was with [[spoiler: Roman]] being the killer? Gale finds [[spoiler:him]] in the basement, and after checking [[spoiler:his]] body pretty thoroughly she declares [[spoiler:him]] dead, and they never explain how [[spoiler:he]] was able to STOP [[spoiler:HIS]] FREAKING PULSE.
** Considering [[spoiler: Roman was a director]], [[spoiler: he]] could have access to various [[spoiler: special effects, including stuff that mask his pulse]]. Or Gale could have been too frantic and just didn't notice correctly...
*** Plus, at this point, we've already established she's not the brightest bulb in the box. Remember, [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder she's a reporter, dammit, not a doctor]]. And with the whole "Psychotic Killer on The Loose for the Third Time" thing, she'd likely assume that [[spoiler:he's]] already dead.

** Is it possible [[spoiler:he]] just traced her phone when [[spoiler:he]] called her on the hotline? I mean, you don't generally run that kind of thing out of your home.
** [[spoiler:Jennifer]] mentions that [[spoiler:she]] slept with [[spoiler:Roman]] before, so it's possible [[spoiler:Roman]] would have access to Dewey's phone through [[spoiler:her]], especially since Dewey lends his phone to [[spoiler:her]] at one point.

** The only kill you could possibly be referring to is [[spoiler: Mrs. Loomis]]. [[spoiler: Billy, Roman and Jill]] were all shot in the head when they were attacking Sidney, Dewey and Gail. Sidney was confident that [[spoiler: Mrs. Loomis]] would return for a "final scare", just as Billy and Mickey did. Yes, the right thing to do would be to wait for the police to get there and deal with it. But the woman a psychotic murderer who'd killed [[spoiler: Sidney's closest friend]], but was also responsible for planning the deaths of [[spoiler: her boyfriend, roomate and several others]] and had planned to kill her and frame her for the murders. The bitch may have been defenseless, but getting shot in the head when she was probably dead anyway does not put her in the category of "sympathetic mass-murderer".

* Does TooSoon not exist in the Scream universe? You would think that ''Stab'' would get a serious case of DudeNotFunny, with the short time frame and especially given the fact it was a crowd-pleasing slasher flick based off of a real-life tragedy. Sure the whole thing was basically a commentary on the screwed-up bloodlust of pop culture, but it's still incredibly disturbing.

* What the hell was with [[spoiler: Roman]] being the killer? Gale finds him in the basement, and after checking his body pretty thoroughly she declares him dead, and they never explain how he was able to STOP HIS FREAKING PULSE.

*** Plus, at this point, we've already established she's not the brightest bulb in the box. Remember, [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder she's a reporter, dammit, not a doctor]]. And with the whole "Psychotic Killer on The Loose for the Third Time" thing, she'd likely assume that he's already dead.
** WordOfGod is that there are [[RealityIsUnrealistic techniques to stop one's blood pulse in real life]], and Roman used one of said techniques.

** I think they decided that he got it off of his phone's memory/contacts.

** Is it possible he just traced her phone when he called her on the hotline? I mean, you don't generally run that kind of thing out of your home.
** [[spoiler:Jennifer]] mentions that [[spoiler:she]] slept with [[spoiler:Roman]] before, so it's possible [[spoiler:Roman]] would have access to Dewey's phone at that point.

** Is it possible he just traced her phone when he called her on the hotline? I mean, you don't generally run that kind of thing out of your home.
** Jennifer mentions that she slept with Roman before, so it's possible Roman would have access to Dewey's phone at that point.

* So... how did [[spoiler:Roman]] get Sidney's phone number anyway? The only ones who used Dewey's phone where [[spoiler:Jennifer]] and [[spoiler:Kincaid]].

** Sidney was helf dead after getting stabbed. She survived Jill's attack because she was tough as nails. Any other character would die from those wounds. Yeah, Jill was smug, but unlike the other killers, her smugness had a base in reality for the most of the movie.

** Charlie is only murdering out of love for Jill, so it makes sense that he would be the one taking unnecessary risks to kill Olivia. On the other hand, Jill considers him disposable as seen when she kills both Trevor and him to establish them as scapegoats for the murder spree, so it is fairly in-character for Jill to sit back and not put herself in danger while Charlie murders Olivia. As for the cop distraction, the figure the cops saw was likely Trevor, who already sneaked past the same cops before when visiting Jill and immediately reappears after Ghostface disappears, so Charlie got lucky there, at least if one goes with the idea that Jill didn't intend Trevor's presence to be a diversion for the cops.

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* Why exactly did Sidney not get in any trouble for punching Gale even though there were dozens of witnesses? Ok, maybe they went easy on her given the circumstances, but I would htink she would still get community service or probation or something.

** It's probably just that she wanted the satisfaction of flirting around with the guy on the other end. Look at her face when she's talking to him (at first). Until he starts dropping hints that she should be scared, she seems to be having fun, and the guy on the other end has a pretty sexy voice. Maybe she was considering cheating on her bf or (more likely) she liked the attention that she was giving her, and wanted to let it play a little longer. Odds are, had it evolved into something more substantial than just a call on the phone, she probably would have shut it down.