Roman Bridger, director.......AND Brother. Why do we forget about Roman when it comes to who started it all? He was the one who gave Billy and Stu pointers on how to execute their plan. I feel like there was more to it though, of course. Roman had to of been in Woodsboro for some time, watching Maureen, stalking her, waiting for the right time to betray his own mother. He must have also watched Sidney at some point, knowing that Maureen was there when Neil was out of town on his work trips. Roman watched Billy, seeing that he is the son of Hank, one of the men who was having a secret affair with Maureen Prescott. He must of thought, "This is too good", to seek revenge on his mother who abandoned him and also the sister who had a better life than him or so he perceives. Sidney HAD a good life, until it was destroyed on the night that Maureen was murdered.
Roman must have been in the system, going from foster home to foster home, probably not the most behaved child, until he does some digging, wanting to know who his real mother was. Excited to find her, walking to her doorstep, trying to reach out to her, but she turns him away because looking at him only flashes her back to that treacherous night of when she was an aspiring actress whose reputation was driven into the mud after being taken advantage of time after time. Roman was heartbroken, he was thrown out once again and by the one who gave him life. The rage built up inside of him, as he got older, the rage turned into psychosis. His obsession was to make Maureen pay for how she treated him, making him feel discarded like he was just trash.
So he turned to creating things, for that was the only thing that centered him, that kept him sane in a sense. He filmed everything, even when people did not want to be filmed, he filmed them and it gave him an idea. He felt that if he turned his tragedy into a creation of his own, maybe it would keep his demons at bay. So he watched Maureen, he crept in the shadows, watching her every move, learning about her from a distance. He disapproved of her actions so therefore made him believe that the plan that was developing in his mind seemed to be justifiable.
When he reached out to Billy, it was not an easy task at first, getting him all alone, for he had a best friend that hung around all the time.....Stu Macher. Roman's plan was to get Stu involved, therefore would convince Billy as well. So Roman approached Stu, left parts out in the plan, but told him just enough to keep him intrigued and to tell Billy to join in on the fun, as he would put it. When Stu told Billy about the plan, he wasn't sure about it until Roman told Billy about his father having an affair with Maureen, which later made sense to Billy, why his own mother left. A newfound anger that connected with Roman's gave the green light on their plan to frame Cotton, the new flavor of the month, of Maureen's murder.
Behind closed doors, Sidney Prescott knew absolutely nothing about her own mother, only that she was there when she got home from school and that their life appeared to be normal. Neil Prescott was out of town a lot, but Maureen never showed signs of loneliness or dread in front of Sidney. Sidney was popular, she went to parties, she had a boyfriend that she adored and everyone admired their perfect relationship. Things changed though, when Sidney found her mother dead in their home. She was forced in the spotlight after a small town was shaken by a sudden tragedy.
Sidney was no longer the talkative, vibrant girl in high school, she was withdrawn and no longer affectionate with Billy. She shut down completely, losing trust of the world that was once bright and joyous to her, now dark, mysterious, full of somber. Sidney was changed the day that her mother died, not grasping the reasons behind why it happened. She was now a key witness to her own mother's demise, having to face who she believed was the man who did it, Cotton Weary. Being taunted by a news reporter who was out for blood, not so much truth, but to gain fortune on her own behalf, Gale Weathers.
Years go by, murders happen once again, Sidney is faced with that trauma once more. She is more closed in, living in a house in the middle of nowhere with a dog named Checkers. Being haunted by her mother, who is calling her and also reaching out to her in dreams, only to be ghostface, stalking her with her eyes open AND closed. Years later and the trauma still lingers like a demon in darkness, lurking in the shadows, waiting to resurface. Her own father, Neil pleas for Sidney to come back home, but she feels safer where no one knows where she is because killers can't kill what they can't find.
The killer uses Gale, now a questionable friend rather than an enemy and Dewey, the protector who has always been there for Sidney. He uses them to lure Sidney out from hiding and who knows if it worked, maybe Sidney was just tired of feeling like she was being a coward, hiding in a corner. Sidney follows instructions and meets the killer at the coordinates that he gives her. Prepared with a gun and a bullet proof vest, Sidney is ready to face one of her demons.
As the mask is pulled off, it is revealed to be Roman, telling Sidney his side of the story about their mother Maureen, which is known to him as Rina Reynolds. Roman reveals to Sidney that they are brother and sister, that he was just left out in the cold, never getting the chance to have the same life as her. Tensions build between brother and sister, leading them to fight for their lives, as anger spills out like liquid fire surrounding them. Sidney outsmarts Roman, Roman outsmarts Sidney but in the end, Sidney is always one step ahead. Confused by how Sidney outsmarted him, she lifts her shirt to reveal the bullet proof vest saying as sister would: "I guess we think alike". Roman boasts about mom being dead that he still got to make his movie and Sidney replies: "Stab 3 right?"......Sidney stabs Roman right in the chest.
Shocked by her stabbing him, he aggressively takes her hand, that moment....That moment as she just stays there with him, holding his hand as his breaths are heavier and heavier as he dies. Bruises forming on her face, blood on her mouth, she withstands the intense squeezing of his hand as he slips away. Then she takes her hand back, getting up to look down at him one last time. Dewey finishes him off as he screams in anguish, popping up for one last scare, as they often seem to do.
Then we have that moment, when Sidney feels free from her own terrors, from dark secrets of the past. The weight of other's demons have dissipated as she swings those gates open, not caring anymore about security. Sidney has her strength back and best part, no longer afraid of ghosts of her mother or ghostface shattering through her window.
That's our Final Girl, Sidney F**king Prescott.
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