20 Secret Movie Villains EVERYONE Saw Coming

7. Wayne & Quinn Bailey - Scream VI

Scream VI
Paramount

Scream VI is one of the worst films in the series for a few reasons, not least that it features the single most deflating and predictable killer reveal.

In the finale we learn that there are three killers for the first time in the series - Detective Wayne Bailey (Dermot Mulroney) and kids Quinn (Liana Liberato) and Ethan (Jack Champion), who are also revealed to be the secret family of one of the previous film's killers, Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid).

But Wayne and Quinn were especially easy to guess if you were paying attention. 

For one, given that this new Ghostface drops masks containing the DNA of previous killers at his crime scenes, who would have access to this other than a cop?

Considering the killer was clearly never going to be FBI agent Kirby (Hayden Panetierre), despite an unconvincing attempt to persuade otherwise, it simply had to be him.

Then there's the fact that Quinn is attacked by Ghostface off-screen earlier in the film, making her death and how abruptly the film wants you to forget about her incredibly suspect.

Ethan is a little trickier admittedly, but considering his whereabouts typically aren't accounted for during most of the Ghostface attacks, he's totally guessable too.

 
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