In Scream, it is revealed that the masked killer is not a singular murderers, but instead a pair of killers. High school students Billy Loomis and Stu Macher have teamed up for a murderous rampage. The pair have planted evidence that Sidney Prescott’s father is the real killer, setoff by the anniversary of his own wife’s murder. They intend to leave themselves as the two survivors to keep suspicions off of them. However, there is an overlooked flaw to this plan that they — nor the film — addresses. When the police discover the crime scene, they will be suspicious as to why Billy is covered in fake blood.
Billy and Sidney consummate their relationship, and per the rules of horror movies, they are targeted by Ghostface. When Sidney questions Billy’s alibi, Ghostface appears and apparently stabs Billy in the chest while his back is to Sidney. He turns around and reveals his shirt is ripped and covered in “blood” before he keels over, faking his death.
Later, Billy reveals to Sidney that he used corn syrup as fake blood, citing that it’s the same substance used to simulate pigs blood in Carrie. He’s drenched in the sticky syrup, so it seems impossible that the EMTs who would be called to the scene wouldn’t notice the fake blood, even among his other legitimate injuries. That would likely lead to questions about why he was covered in fake blood.
That may not be enough to immediately make Billy and Stu suspects in the killing, but it might be enough to lead the police to at least press their story and discover some holes. The whole Ghostface plot seems to have been Billy’s plan, as he brought on Stu as an accomplice. Stu even looks surprised when Billy reveals the real reason he killed Sidney’s mom, as he blamed his parents divorce on the affair Sidney’s mom was having with his dad, even though that works against what Stu and him said about not needing a motive.
If Stu and Billy lived and the police questioned their story, maybe Stu would turn on Billy and reveal the plot after learning he never was in on things fully; although, there is reason to speculate that Billy never wanted Stu to survive. When Stu and Billy stab each other to sell their innocence, Billy is viscous, and Stu ends up seriously injured and could have bled out even if Sidney didn’t drop a television on his head.
Still, that leaves Billy covered in fake blood with no reasonable explanation. He was already brought in for questioning once, so the police likely would not have gone easy on him. This is the biggest flaw in Billy and Stu’s Ghostface plan. They had successfully framed one person for murder, and yet there exists this glaring flaw that could have doomed their whole scheme had Sidney not defeated them first.
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