Scream 4's DELETED THIRD Ghostface REVEALED | Scream Explained

Hello everyone and welcome to todays episode of Beyond The Mask. Today, I’m sharing an interesting discovery that I’ve made from one of the original drafts for Scream 4.

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[leamason]

Neve Campbell knows about your channel btw, she mentioned it at the expo the other day

[kylechilutti]

I really wish they continued with Kevin’s original idea for the next trilogy. Jill surviving and being the target of Ghostface in the next one is genius. Also, if they intended for a third killer, does this mean Charlie thought that it was Jill in the ghostface costume when he got tied up??

[TheAmazingAdam]

Dude this gives me chills and more respect for 4 if they went through with this and kept Kevin on board. He knew what he was doing and Jill's such a great character. Wish they kept her around longer.

[SCL]

This franchise is full of missed opportunities.

[ptmccann]

Absolutely love Scream 1, 2 and 4. Since Scream 4 was marketed as a re-invention of the series where all bets were off, a third killer would have been a nice touch. Your content is top shelf, by the way. There's so much I never knew about the films.

[megcollier]

I think a third killer would have made more sense to be honest.

[jacobbrinck]

Question is. Who would be the third killer? Honestly, I think Deputy Hicks. Cop who is clearly obsessed with Dewey, tries to get Gale out of the picture during the barn attack scene, and goes haywire. Plus, she's a cop, so no one would suspect her.

[jash]

I wonder if they would have made Charlie and Robbie the new Billy and Stu, but then thrown us a curve ball in 5 or 6 with Jill being revealed as a killer all along. There has always been talks about Sidney becoming a ghostface killer. It would pay homage to those rumors/fan theories to make her as likable as Sidney, but then reveal her as a killer in a later film after her character had been fully developed.

[johnsmi]

I think Kevin just wanted the audience to see Jill occupied so they wouldn't suspect her. She's missing for a huge chunk of the finished film's finale so it's obvious something suspicious is going on. The argument could have been, when we see Jill, it actually took place long after (or before) the Charlie scene. But it's hard to explain to audiences things weren't happening consecutively so the whole red herring (Judy seems suspicious, caught by Jill) got deleted.

Also, I'm a screenwriter in Los Angeles. What also could have happened is Kevin outlined the script and wanted to include where Jill catches Judy with a mask to make us 1) suspect Judy and 2) convince us Jill is the protagonist/innocent. So he plugged it in, in between the longer Kirby/Charlie scene since that scene needed to be broken up anyway. It has a time jump so a Jill scene would provide this. In a redraft (probably done by Kevin, not Ehren) that was replaced by Sidney checking on Jill and not being able to find her. A quick scene but took over the one that was written, because of the flaw you pointed out.

[gordonhotchkiss]

well in one script Jill's boyfriend the one that cheated on her was a killer

[xSnappa]

It cuts me up inside to know that five and six would’ve been around Jill

[patrickdempsy]

Beyond the mask is killing it with this content at the moment

[dano_the_collector]

Oh wow did I just see Ghostface in heels when Jenny Randall was getting crushed by the garage door 😳

[rosetta]

Judy Hicks was intended to be the third killer whose motive is to get rid of gale so she could be with dewey

[ShadowSora]

Given that Scream 4 was once going to end with Jill being hailed as a hero, before the hospital scene, along with Sydney waking up with amnesia in the next film, it would've been interesting to see a 3rd unmasked killer who knew who Jill really was, and was targeting her.

[michaelkelsay]

Jill is the most underrated ghost face. She’s my third favorite behind Stu then Billy then Jill. She had the best motive and was the smartest plan of the execution. She uses Charlie brilliantly and just makes the best execution of her plan and other than her giving herself away in the hospital and if that doesn’t happen she likely kills Sid and gets away with everything

[kurttomlinsoncompositions]

This just sounds like shoddy mistake rather than an intended third killer...

[JAY-JAY]

If Scream 7 is a financial success then Scream 8, 9 & 10 can be more sophisticated because you can create a more in-depth, interwoven storyline. In the past two trilogies, the writers & producers never knew if the second & third movies would be successful, so they couldn’t plan for a horror trilogy.

[jkwellness]

Bro. I can't wait to join your for pay channel you are so underrated. This is the nostalgic lore id search on the days of the internet at the time. You unlock all these hidden memories

[acarmelo]

Scream has always been my favorite, and loved the TV series. I can't wait for your novelization next year!