9. Ghostface Makes Himself At Home - Scream 4 (2011)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVFKlF3sn3Q One of the staples of the Scream franchise is the huge twist before the opening credits and that trend continued with the fourth entry of the series. In fact, director Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson created multiple versions of the movie's famous opening to avoid spoilers and keep viewers on their toes. In the theatrical cut of the film, the opening starts with several movies inside movies (the recurring Stab franchise). The segment includes almost every young, attractive actress known to man with Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Lucy Hale and Shenae Grimes. The final pair shown prior to the credits feature Aimee Teegarden and Britt Robertson. In the alternative opening, Marnie (Robertson) and Jenny (Teegarden) are home alone and crank calling each other as if they were Ghostface. But everything hits the fan when Ghostface himself appears and kills Jenny in front of her friend in the living room. He then attacks Marnie and stabs her to death, which leads into the title sequence. It's much shorter and more concise. And the fact that the scene doesn't seem to be complete (it has no music) makes it infinitely more creepy.
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