20 Things You Somehow Missed In Scream

8. The Meta "Jamie, Look Behind You!" Gag

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Most fans surely remember the terrific scene at the party where Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) is drunkenly watching Halloween, blissfully unaware that Ghostface is lurking behind him.

At one point he even shouts, "Jamie, look behind you!", referring of course to Jamie Lee Curtis and her protagonist Laurie Strode. It's a cute, meta gag which also has another fourth wall-breaking level to it that you might've missed.

This is of course the fact that Randy is played by Jamie Kennedy, and so when Randy's telling Jamie to look behind her, he's inadvertently referring to himself, the actor, also

This is a classic case of hiding the real punchline in plain sight, and many have surely missed it every time.

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