20 Movie Reveals Nobody Noticed

3. Richie The Fanboy - Scream (2022)

Scream 2022
Paramount

The big reveal at the end of the fifth Scream film is that the main Ghostface killer is Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid) - the boyfriend of protagonist Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera).

But Richie's guilt is more-or-less given away in the first act of the movie when he and Sam pay a visit to Dewey (David Arquette) to get help dealing with the new spate of killings.

The moment that Dewey answers the door and talks to Sam, keep your eyes fixed on Richie, whose gaze suddenly turns to one of stunned amazement. 

Richie being starstruck by Dewey doesn't make much sense if he hasn't seen any of the Stab movies as he claims, but it makes a whole lot more sense if Richie is actually a secret Stab fanboy.

And from there it's pretty easy to deduce that he's actually one of the killers. 

Indeed, as it turns out Richie is a disgruntled Stab fan who embarks on a killing spree with fellow Ghostface Amber (Mikey Madison), in an attempt to give the flagging series new real-life material to draw from.

 
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