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• Who are the killers in Scream 2 and what are their motives?▾

  The two Ghostface killers are film student Mickey Altieri and Mrs. Loomis, Billy Loomis's mother (going by the alias Debbie Salt). Mickey's motive is twisted notoriety — he wants to be caught and put on trial, planning to blame the murders on the influence of violent movies to gain infamy. Mrs. Loomis's motive is pure revenge against Sidney Prescott for killing her son Billy in the first film.

• How does Randy Meeks die in Scream 2?▾

  Randy is killed in broad daylight on the Windsor College campus while standing near a news van. Ghostface lures him into the van via a cell phone call, taunting him about Billy, then pulls him inside and stabs him to death while Gale and Dewey are only yards away. His death is shocking because it breaks the slasher convention of kills happening at night and signals that no character is safe.

• What is the significance of the film-within-a-film 'Stab' in Scream 2?▾

  'Stab' is a fictional Hollywood movie based on Gale Weathers's book about the Woodsboro murders from the first film, dramatizing Sidney's real trauma. The opening sequence shows Maureen Evans and Phil Stevens being murdered at a 'Stab' premiere, establishing the sequel's meta-commentary that the original killings have become entertainment. It reinforces the franchise's theme that media glorification of violence can inspire copycat killers, which is exactly what Mickey claims as his defense.

• Why does Mrs. Loomis target Sidney specifically?▾

  Mrs. Loomis blames Sidney for the death of her son Billy, who was killed by Sidney at the climax of the first Scream. She had abandoned Billy and his father years earlier (which is what set Billy on his path of revenge against Sidney's mother Maureen), but she still considers Sidney responsible for Billy's death. Her vendetta is essentially a mirror of Billy's original motive — avenging a parent — completing a cycle of revenge across both films.

• How does Sidney defeat the killers at the end of Scream 2?▾

  After Mickey reveals himself and shoots Derek, Mrs. Loomis appears and shoots Mickey, intending to kill Sidney herself. Sidney and Gale manage to gain the upper hand — Sidney shoots Mrs. Loomis, and when Mickey suddenly revives in a final scare, Sidney and Gale shoot him together. Sidney then delivers a final headshot to Mrs. Loomis to make sure she stays dead, having learned from the first film not to leave killers alive.