What was Billy and Stu's motive in Scream?

According to Stu, he went along with Billy's killing because he was sensitive and fell victim to peer pressure. However, Billy's motives were that Sidney's mother had an affair with Billy's father, which led to Billy and Stu killing Sidney's mother and continuing a murder spree.
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What was Billy's motive in Scream?

They revealed Billy's motive to kill Sidney's mother, and then explained that they intended to frame Sidney's father, Neil Prescott, for everything.
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Why did Stu join Billy in Scream?

A reason for Stu to join Billy wasn't revealed, and the only clue to his possible reason was “peer pressure” because he was “sensitive”, but he said that while bleeding out and when questioned by Sidney about what he was going to tell the cops.
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Who did Billy and Stu kill in Scream?

These killers were Sidney's boyfriend Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) and his friend and Tatum's boyfriend Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard), raising the question of who killed Tatum. Out of all the people killed by Ghostface in Scream, the one behind Tatum's brutal death is a mystery that fans have been debating for years.
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Why did Billy sleep with Sidney?

After she feels she falsely accused him in the struggle of her attack, she feels she has gained a sentimental trust with Billy and consents to have intercourse with him for the first time only later to find out he is the cause of her repressed ways. He turned out to be the killer of her mother.
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Did Billy drop the phone on purpose?

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Billy intentionally drops his telephone and initiates, in this respect, a chain of events dealing with the Woodsboro police, which finally grants him an alibi and preventive image of a person who has been accused by an accident and who in fact is innocent.
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Did Billy cheat on Sydney?

He actually appears as visions to Sam Carpenter, the film's new protagonist. Turns out, Billy was actually cheating on Sidney all those years ago and fathered a child, which resulted in Sam. Sam didn't find out that Billy was her father until she was 13 years old.
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Why did Stu kill his girlfriend?

They started dating their junior year after Stu got dumped by Casey Becker. He didn't murder his girlfriend, but he plotted to kill her with Billy. Billy is her actual killer while Stu asks her to get the beer, knowing he would be there to attack and kill her.
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Why did Stu help Billy?

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including one she had with his friend, Billy Loomis' father, Hank Loomis. Billy was sent into blind rage. Roman suggested Billy have an accomplice "to sell out in case he got caught", which became his friend, Stu.
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Did Billy want to kill Stu?

It makes sense that Billy would want to kill Stu, despite the fact that the two were partners. Billy is unhinged and psychotic in a way that Stu is not. During the climax, Sidney asks Stu what his motive is, and he replies, "Peer pressure.
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Are Stu and Billy in love?

After calling them “pretty confused guys,” she said, “Maybe some of their anger comes from not being allowed to be who they want to be, if you wanna go there.” Was Stu more in love with Billy than the other way around? “Yeah, yeah. Yes,” Campbell answered definitively.
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Who killed Sydney's mom in Scream?

The Woodsboro Murders

Sidney was haunted by her mother's death, but eventually discovered the truth: that Maureen really did sleep around, and that she was killed by Billy and Stu shortly after Cotton had sex with her. Sidney killed the two in self-defense and found some closure.
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Is Scream Based on a true story?

Kevin Williamson wrote the story, originally titled Scary Movie, and based the plot loosely on the 1990 case of the Gainesville Ripper. Danny Rolling was a serial killer who was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1954.
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Who did Billy Loomis get pregnant in Scream?

25 years after his death, it is revealed that Billy had an affair with another student and she gave birth to his illegitimate daughter, Samantha Carpenter, who later faces a similar killing spree to the one Billy orchestrated.
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Who is the main villain of Scream?

Ghostface (alternatively stylized as Ghost Face or GhostFace) is a fictional identity adopted by eleven characters in the Scream franchise. The figure was originally created by Kevin Williamson, and is primarily mute in person but voiced over the phone by Roger L. Jackson, regardless of who is behind the mask.
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Is Billy Loomis and Dr Loomis related?

Sam Loomis from Psycho is younger Dr. Sam Loomis from Halloween. After investigating things in Psycho, Loomis decides to take up child psychology when he is much older in Halloween. Billy Loomis is a younger close relative to Sam Loomis like a nefew.
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What was Billy and Stus plan?

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.
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Why was Stu Macher a killer?

Stu helps Billy in the killings apparently for no real reason, except for "peer pressure" (Though another possible motive for Stu may be that one of their first victims, Casey Becker, was Stu's ex-girlfriend who may have dumped him for her next boyfriend, Steve Orth, so murdering them may very well have been Stu's idea ...
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Are Stu and Billy brothers?

However, given Hank's sinister nature as a lawyer who loved infidelity, it could be that he slept with Stu's mom, too, making Stu Billy's brother. Roman (Sid's half-brother) in Scream 3 filmed Maureen and Hank's affair. After showing Billy, it pushed Billy to seek revenge with Stu.
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Was Stu a psychopath?

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Stuart's blurring between reality and movies simply make him psychotic, while Billy is a through-and-through psychopath, making him far more interesting of the two. Billy's eyes are totally cold and uncaring, even towards Stuart, his co-conspirator in the murders.
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Why did Billy kill Sidney's mom?

Billy admits to being responsible for the murder of Sidney's mother Maureen Prescott, to take revenge for an affair Maureen had with Billy's father that caused his mother to "abandon" him.
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What mental illness does Billy Loomis have?

Billy was once a caring and sweet person until his family was broken up due to his father having an affair with Maureen Prescott, the mother of his girlfriend Sidney Prescott. He suffered a psychotic breakdown, turning him into a sociopathic monster.
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Who is Tara and Sam's mom in Scream?

Christina Carpenter (née unknown) is an unseen resident of Woodsboro, California, and the mother of Samantha and Tara Carpenter in Scream (2022 film).
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Why was Sidney targeted Scream?

Sidney Prescott first appeared in the 1996 film Scream as a teenager attending the fictional Woodsboro High School. After a series of brutal murders occur on the anniversary of her mother's death, the killer begins targeting Sidney herself with attacks and taunting phone calls.
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Who ended up being the killer in Scream?

Amber is the killer! Well, one of the killers, since in the Scream universe, there is almost always two. The other turns out to be Jack Quaid's Richie, Sam's boyfriend, who immediately reveals himself as Amber's accomplice and actual lover.
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