Tara
Hello?
Ghostface
Hello. [Speaking in the manner and tone of a slightly nervous man] Is Christina there?
Tara
No, she's not available. May I take a message?
Ghostface
Uh, yeah, um...yeah, sorry. I'm a friend of hers from group. I...oh, shit!
Tara
"From her sh*t?"
Ghostface
Um, look, just, uh, tell her I'm from group. I'm Charlie. She's got my number.
Tara
Oh, she goes to your group?
Ghostface
I shouldn't have...um, just tell her that Charlie called.
Tara
And I will do exactly that, Charlie. Why don't you tell me what kind of group we're talking about? Is it A&A? NA?
Ghostface
Well, you sound exactly like she describes you.
Tara
Uh, she talks about me in group?
Ghostface
Uh, I don't think I can really talk about that.
Tara
What does she say about me?
Ghostface
Well, she loves you very much.
Tara
Oh, what does she love about me?
Ghostface
Uh, okay, well, she loves that you're creative. You love art and TV and movies.
Tara
Okay, well, lots of people love movies.
Ghostface
Yeah, but she says you love scary movies, and that you guys have that in common. She's proud of making a fan out of you.
Tara
She is?
Ghostface
Yeah. She told me the other day, she wonders... [Speaks in his normal tone] What's your favorite scary movie?
Tara
Uh, The Babadook. It's an amazing meditation on motherhood and grief.
Ghostface
Isn't that a little... fancy-pants?
Tara
Well, it's elevated horror.
Ghostface
Uh-huh. Uh, what does that mean? "Elevated horror"?
Tara
You know, it's like scary, but with complex, emotional and dynamic underpinnings. It's not just some schlocky, cheeseball nonsense with wall-to-wall jump scares.
Ghostface
Hmm. That sounds kind of boring to me. Have you ever seen "Stab"?
Tara
Once, I think. I was a little girl. I was, like, 12.
Ghostface
You live in Woodsboro, and you don't know "Stab"? Well, your mom loves that movie. She talks about it all the time in group. How well do you remember the original?
Tara
I don't know. I mean, it's, like, super-90s. It was really over-lit and everyone had weird hair.
Ghostface
Uh-huh. Do you remember the beginning?
Tara
Not really. It started with a kill scene, right? They always started with a kill scene.
Ghostface
Yeah, that's right. That's right. It's a girl at home, alone. She answers the wrong number and starts talking with the killer, who makes her play a game. [Pause] Would you like to play a game...Tara?
[Becoming uneasy, Tara hangs up and uses her phone to lock the doors. She sends a message to her friend Amber before closing the curtains. Another phone rings, and Amber sends a message telling Tara to answer the phone. When Tara questions that how does Amber know this, she gets a reply that says, "This isn't Amber", and then more replies demanding her to answer the phone. Scared, Tara answers the phone]
Tara
This isn't f***ing funny, Amber!
Ghostface
I told you. This isn't Amber. [Tara sees a video message on her phone, revealing Amber being filmed at her bedroom] Amber's looking particularly fetching tonight. She really shouldn't leave her phone lying around for anyone to clone.
Tara
What do you want?
Ghostface
I told you. I wanna play a game. "Stab" movie trivia. Three rounds. You call the cops, she dies. You get a question wrong, she dies. Her parents aren't at home. I can be in that room in, like, 15 seconds. You want a warm-up question?
Tara
I told you, I don't know about any of these movies! Ask me about something I do know! Ask me about It Follows! Ask me about Hereditary! Ask me about The Witch!
Ghostface
In the first "Stab" movie, what Woodsboro name was introduced as the franchise's main character?
Tara
It's Sidney Prescott! It's Sidney Prescott, and she lived on Elm.
Ghostface
Correct! You see? You're gonna do great at this. Okay, Question 1.
Tara
No, no, no, no, no! I got that one right! It should count!
Ghostface
Anyone could've gotten that one right. Sidney's in every movie but the last one. Question 1: Who wrote the original book that the "Stab" movies are based on?
Tara
Um...um...that chick from TV.
Ghostface
"That chick from TV" is not gonna cut it, Tara.
Tara
Oh, Gale Weathers! It is Gale Weathers, you mother****er!
Ghostface
Correct. Amber might live to see the sunrise. Question 2: Who played the dumb bitch at the beginning of "Stab 1", who answers the phone and gets carved up by the killer?
Tara
F**k you!
Ghostface
Is that the answer you're going with? [Tara whimpers and checks the information on her phone] A non-answer counts as a wrong answer, Tara. Time's running out. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.
Tara
Heather Graham!
Ghostface
Correct! You pulled that one out. Now for the final question: Who was the killer in "Stab 1"?
Tara
Oh, I know this one, you f***! It's Billy Loomis! It's Billy Loomis, and he was Sidney's boyfriend, and he was played by Luke Wilson, and I got you, you asshole! I got it! I got it right!
Ghostface
Oh, I'm sorry, Tara, but that's just not correct.
Tara
What? No, no, no, no, no! It is! It is! That is right!
Ghostface
The correct answer is Billy Loomis...and Stu Macher. There are two killers in the original "Stab". I'm afraid someone's got to die now.
