Scream

- Hello? - Hello.

Is Cristina there?

No, she's not available. May I take a message?

Yeah, well... Yeah, sorry. I'm a friend from her group...

Oh, shit.

- From her shit? - Just tell her I'm from group.

- I'm Charlie. She's got my number. - She goes to your group?

I shouldn't have, um...

Look, just tell her Charlie called.

And I will do exactly that, Charlie,

once you tell me what kind of group we're talking about.

- Is it AA? NA? - Look...

You sound exactly like she describes you.

Does she talk about me in group?

I don't think I can really talk about that.

- What does she say about me? - Well, she loves you very much.

What does she love about me?

Okay. Well...

She loves that you're creative. You love artand TV and movies.

Okay, well, lots of people love movies.

Yeah, but she says you love scary movies

and that you guys have that in common.

She's proud of making a fan out of you.

- She is? - Yeah.

Well, she told me the otherday, she wonders...

what's your favorite scary movie?

The Babadook.

It's an amazing meditation on motherhood and grief.

- Isn't that a little fancy pants? - Well, it's elevated horror.

What does that mean, "elevated horror"?

You know, it's scary but with complex emotional and thematic underpinnings.

It's not just some schlocky, cheeseball nonsense with wall-to-wall jump scares.

Sounds kind of boring to me.

Have you ever seen Stab?

Once, I think.

At a sleepover when I was, like, 12.

You live in Woodsboro and you don't know Stab?

Your mother loves that movie. She talks about it all the time in group.

How well do you remember the original?

I don't know. I mean, it was super '90s.

It was really over-lit and everyone had weird hair.

Do you remember the beginning?

Not really. It started with a kill scene, right?

- They always started with a kill scene. - Yeah, that's right. That's right.

It's a girl at home, alone. She answers a wrong number

and starts talking with the killer who makes her play a game.

Would you like to play a game...

Tara?

Systems armed.

- This isn't fucking funny, Amber. - I told you, this isn't Amber.

Amber's looking particularly fetching tonight.

She really shouldn't leave her phone lying around for anyone to clone.

What do you want?

I told you, I want to play a game.

Stab movie trivia, three rounds. You call the cops, she dies.

You get a question wrong, she dies. Her parents aren't home.

I can be in that room in 15 seconds.

You want a warmup question?

I told you I don't know these movies!

Ask me about something I do know.

Ask me about It Follows. Ask me about Hereditary.

Ask me about The Witch.

In the first Stabmovie, what Woodsboro native was introduced

as the franchise's main character?

It's Sidney Prescott!

It's Sidney Prescott and she lived on Elm.

Correct. You see, you're gonna do great at this.

Okay, question one...

No, I got that one right. It should count.

Anyone could have gotten that one right.

Sidney's in every movie but the last one.

Question one:

Who wrote the original book that the Stab movies are based on?

The... The chick from TV!

"The chick from TV" is not gonna cut it, Tara.

Gale Weathers! It is Gale Weathers, you motherfucker!

Correct. Amber might live to see the sunrise.

Question two: Who played the dumb bitch in the beginning of Stab 1

who answers the phone and gets carved up by the killer?

Fuck you.

Is that the answer you're going with?

A non-answer counts as a wrong answer, Tara. Time's running out.

Ticktock, ticktock, ticktock, ticktock...

Heather Graham!

Correct! You pulled that one out. Now for the final question:

Who was the killer in Stab 1?

I know this one, you fuck.

It's Billy Loomis! It's Billy Loomis, and he was Sidney's boyfriend,

he was played by Luke Wilson, and I got you, asshole!

I got it! I got it right!

I'm sorry, Tara, but that's just not correct.

What?

No, no, it is. It is. That is right.

The correct answer is Billy Loomis and Stu Macher.

There are two killers in the original Stab.

I'm afraid someone's got to die now.

No, no, no. Amber, I'm coming.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

Systems armed.

The police are on their way, asshole!

All systems disarmed.

All systems armed.

Oh, my God. No.

Systems armed.

All systems disarmed. All systems armed.

All systems armed.

Hello?

Bonus question, Tara.

Please stop.

Do you think I made it inside your house before you could rearm?

Help!

No! No, no, no!

Excuse me, miss?

- What'd you just take? - Your boner pills.

Good luck getting it up now.

You...

You are my boner pills.

No. No.

You okay?

Yes.

You don't have to check on me all the time. I'm not breakable.

Yeah, this I know.

Shit.

- Sam? - Hey. What's going on?

Tara... was attacked.

What? Is she...

She's alive, but in bad shape.

She was...

stabbed.

Stabbed? What the fuck?

She made it through surgery and the doctor said it went well.

She's resting now. I know you guys aren't on the best terms, but...

I'm on my way.

She's gonna be okay, Sam. We'll see you soon.

- Hey, wait, Wes! - Yeah?

Do they know who did this?

It's probably better if you just come here.

Wes.

She said it was someone in a fucking Ghostface mask.

My sister was attacked.

- I gotta go. - Wait, hey! I'm... I'm going with you.

- No. No, Richie... - No, Sam. I'm coming with you.

- Okay. - Okay. Yeah.

Attention, Panthers.

A reminder that all classes and school activities are canceled tomorrow

due to public safety concerns.

That was Sam.

- She's coming? - Yeah.

Watch everything get worse.

All I'm saying is, with everything going on right now,

I think it's time we take our relationship to the next, most intimate level.

He wants me to accept his Find My Fam request.

It's the smartest option with a would-be killer on the loose.

You know exactly where I am and I know exactly where you are.

You can stalk me like a jealous boyfriend.

And you can stalk me like a jealous boyfriend.

Is this because you two aren't having sex yet?

You bring up a very good point.

Not that I want to sound like a stereotypical jock

trying to get into his girl's pants...

Don't do it, Liv. There's a psycho out there.

You make yourself harder to find.

Delete social media, tape over your phone camera, disable GPS.

Yes, thank you very much, Edward Snowden.

Actually, your mother just interrogated me about Tara's attempted murder,

which was very fun.

I'm sure she's asking everybody. I mean, Ghostface is back.

The press still isn't saying Ghostface.

My mom doesn't want to cause a panic.

It'll get out by the second or third killing.

Jesus, Mindy, there wasn't a first killing. Tara's alive.

- I mean, she could still die. - What the fuck?

- Or the killer could come back for her. - Fuck! Mindy, come on.

I'm just telling you, arm up, okay? Pepper spray, check. Taser, check.

Girlfriend repellent, check.

Nice. Thank you.

Holy shit. Is that... Vince?

Wait. The creep you hooked up with last summer?

- Yeah. He worked with me and Tara. - He worked with Tara?

He's been stalking my Instagram the last couple weeks, posting the creepiest shit.

Probably time to introduce him to Hobbs and Shaw.

Maybe not the best idea to incite violence right in front of the sheriff.

Looks like he's leaving.

- Thanks anyways, boys. - Yeah.

Tara says she fought back hard.

- You've got bruises. - It's from football practice.

- Oh, sure. - Tara's awake. She just texted.

I'm going to the hospital. You guys coming?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

I can't, but I'll meet you guys there.

All right.

- I've actually never seen Stab. - You've never seen Stab?

8Not even the one that came out last year?

I've never seen Gone with the Wind either,

but I don't consider it, like, a huge hole in my cinematic education.

Most of the Stab movies are based on things that happened here.

- Define "things." - Things like...

A guy named Billy Loomis and his friend carved up a bunch of high-school kids

while wearing this Halloween ghost mask.

You mean like in Halloween?