Scream 2022: All The Clues To The Killer Identity Twist

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Warning: Article contains major spoilers for Scream 2022.

While Scream 2022 follows franchise suit by playing on horror rules and expectations for killer twists, the film still includes plenty of fairly obvious clues to the Ghostfaces’ identities. Ever since Scream 1996, each installment in the franchise has played with audiences’ ideas about who the typical horror killer would be, the most probable surprise twist killer, and who aligns with the movies’ pattern of expecting both the obvious and unexpected. Scream 2022 is no stranger to the franchise subverting expectations and ending with a surprising — yet somehow also obvious — Ghostface killer reveal.

The Scream franchise has seen plenty of surprise killer reveals, which are typically elevated by the fact that all but one movie has two Ghostfaces working together in an unsuspected alliance. Scream 1996 saw the two Ghostface killers revealed as Billy Loomis and Stu Macher, who were suspected all along but still came as a significant twist and act of betrayal when learning their reasons for killing. Scream 2 added more intrigue to the murders, where Mrs. Loomis (Billy’s mom) and Sidney’s classmate Mickey Altieri, who met online, joined forces as Ghostface. Scream 3 was one of the biggest twists of all, with Stab 3 director Roman Bridger revealing himself as Ghostface and Sidney’s secret half-brother. Scream 4 featured another familial betrayal for Sidney, as her cousin Jill Roberts and Jill’s classmate Charlie Walker exposed themselves as a Ghostface tag-team.

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Scream 2022’s killers turned out to be two of the characters most suspected ahead of the films’ release, thus cleverly making viewers