10 Horror Movie Characters Punished For Not Believing
6. Tatum Riley - Scream
Oh, Tatum...
The feisty, ferocious, smartass best pal of Sidney Prescott, Rose McGowan's Tatum Riley is memorably killed in the most unique of ways in Wes Craven's Scream; Tatum's neck broken by an electric garage door after she got herself wedged in a cat flap.
Why did Tatum end up trying to burst through a cat flap? Why, that was because she was desperately trying to evade the clutches of Ghostface.
Of all of the kills across the Scream franchise, Tatum is one of the few victims to actually have an in-person face-to-mask conversation with Ghostface before she meets her demise. And to be fair, it's a very jovial, cheery conversation, with the youngest Riley sibling poking fun at her would-be killer.
That's where the problem lies, for Tatum didn't actually believe she was confronted with the actual Ghostface killer, who had by that point had already killed two of her classmates and Principal Himbry. Instead, Rose McGowan's character thought film nerd Randy had decked himself out in the Ghostface garb as part of a prank.
For Tatum, she would've been far better positioned to survive - or, y'know, at least not have to make a run for it through a cat flap - if she'd have believed that Ghostface was, well, Ghostface.