Scream: 20 WTF Moments

20. The Opening Scene Remakes The Original Scream (But Tara Survives)

As many fans suspected, Scream opens with what is effectively a quasi-remake of the iconic opening scene from the original Scream, with Drew Barrymore's Casey Becker subbed out for new victim Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega).

Much of the setup is the same, albeit with a few modern technological twists, such as Tara's home having smart-locks, and Ghostface DM'ing her a video of her friend Amber (Mikey Madison), who they threaten to kill.

Tara must partake in a trivia game, much like Casey, in order to save Amber's life, and though she gets a few answers right, she fails to identify Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard) as the second killer in the original Stab movie.

As a result, Ghostface breaks into Tara's home and brutally attacks her, stomping her leg, stabbing her through the hand and then stabbing her in the torso a few times.

The big surprise, however, is that we learn in the next scene that Tara actually survived her encounter with Ghostface, rather than being strung up with her guts hung out like poor, sweet Casey. That's what you call subversion.