Scream 3 Page #7

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I'm not a criminal!

I was questioned.

Yeah, but that's all.

I was questioned. That's it.

- That's good foryour mystique.

- You think it will help me get work?

Roman. John.

Jennifer, and guests.

To what do I owe the honour?

- Rina Reynolds.

- Rina Reynolds? Who's Rina Reynolds?

Why don't you head to the house?

Tell everybody not to cut

the cake without me.

- Oh, God, I forgot. Your birthday.

- Yeah.

- Happy birthday, Roman.

- Yeah, as if life isn't tragic enough.

Shut the doors behind you, please.

So, you knew

Sidney Prescott's mother.

- Who?

- Rina Reynolds?

Do you know how many actors have

worked for me? Hundreds. Thousands.

- He didn't say she was an actor.

- Good catch.

- So what's the point?

- Uh, no point.

I'm just gonna give, uh,

Detective Kincaid a call.

I remember. She was a bit player

in a couple of my movies.

- A nobody. So what does it matter?

- Oh, come on.

You have made millions

off the story of her murder.

You're obsessed with her,

and you're obsessed with her daughter!

All right, easy, Geraldo.

Why don't you tell us the truth?

What the hell are you guys getting at?

I make horror films, that's what I do.

The studio came to me with Stab.

They came to me.

Check it out.

- But you knew who she was.

- When we did the first Stab...

I realized I had known

Maureen Prescott before.

I mean, as Rina.

I couldn't tell anyone.

Can you imagine the press?

And now?

I mean, murders on your set.

- And-And still you say nothing?

- Get real.

- That would make me a suspect.

-Just because you knew her?

- Yeah.

- I don't think so.

Just what did happen to Maureen

when she was in Hollywood?

Now, you listen to me, Lois Lane.

Let it go. It's dead and buried.

How would you like to see it

dug up on national TV?

Why don't you tell me

what happened?

It was in the '70s.

Everything was different.

I was well-known for my parties.

Rina knew what they were.

It was for girls like her to meet men.

Men who could get them parts...

if they made

the right impression.

Nothing happened to her

that she didn't invite...

in one way or another

no matter what she said afterwards.

- Are you saying she--

- I'm saying things got out of hand.

Maybe they did take advantage of her.

You know, Maybe the sad truth is...

this is not the city

for innocents.

No charges were brought.

And the bottom line is...

Rina Reynolds

wouldn't play by the rules.

You wanna get ahead in Hollywood?

You gotta play the game, or go home.

What do you know

about trilogies?

- You mean, like movie trilogies?

- You seem to like movies, Detective.

Call me Mark, would you? 'Cause

I'm gonna keep calling you Sidney.

I'll call you Mark when

you catch the killer, Detective.

All I know about movie trilogies

is that in the third one...

all bets are off.

- Did you request this case?

- No. They tend to put me...

on the ones that deal

with the business.

I grew up here,

and I know my way around the studios.

Huh.

Must be exciting.

Beautiful place, beautiful people.

To me, Hollywood is about death.

Excuse me?

I'm a homicide detective, remember?

And when you see what I see

day in and day out...

the violence

that people do to each other...

you get haunted.

I think you know about that.

What do you mean?

I know what it's like

to see ghosts that don't go away.

To be watching a scary movie in

your head, whether you want to or not.

Watching it alone.

Ghosts are tough.

You can't shoot ghosts.

Can't arrest ghosts.

But the best way to stop being

haunted is to be with people.

You're here, you're not hiding.

You've done the right thing,

Miss Prescott.

What did you know about your mother?

I always thought

I had the perfect mom.

Perfect family.

Till I found out I was wrong.

She, um--

She had a secret life, and I tried

to understand that, and, um...

soon as I thought that I had,

more secrets.

I don't know who my mom was.

You know who she was to you.

Here's the deal.

I'm off to search the set.

I think what you saw is real.

That's the good news.

- How is that good news?

- Because that means...

that we're dealing with

an ordinary flesh-and-blood killer.

- And I know how

to handle guys like that.

- Oh, yeah? How?

Catch him or kill him.

Hey, Detective.

What's your favourite

scary movie?

My life.

Mine too.

We have to think.

Strategize.

- Milton's the key to everything.

- He's a pervert, he's not a killer.

He's gotta be involved somehow.

We should follow him.

We're gonna go back to the precinct and

we're gonna tell Kincaid and Sidney...

what we found out.

My Gale would be much more aggressive.

My Gale would suspect everybody.

- My Gale would--

- Shut up!

- Shut up!

- Riley here.

- Dewey, it's Sidney.

- Hey, Sid.

- I'm with Gale.

We're on our way to see you.

- No.

Listen, I'm not at the station.

John Milton called me and said

he had something to tell me.

Something about my mom.

I'm going to meet him at his house.

Wait, Sid, I'm not so sure

that's a good idea.

It's okay. Kincaid's with me.

I've got official big-time...

L.A.P.D. protection, but

I'd feel better if you were there.

- We're on our way, but still, Sid--

- Thanks.

- What?

- Looks like we're going

to that party after all.

Hey, guys. Come on in.

Join the party.

Yeah, well, actually,

we're here to see Sidney.

- Really? Sidney's here.

- Where?

- Where's Sidney?

- She's right there!

Jesus!

Not "Sidney," Sidney.

- Like I'm "Gale" and she's Gale.

- Sidney Prescott?

- Yeah.

- No, I'd never invite her here.

- She's on her way.

- Well, the more the merrier.

God, this house is incredible.

-It's old Hollywood.

-Yeah. Could the dude have more money?

Supposedly, Milton has

a secret screening room...

that was like the scene

back in the '70s, you know.

It was, like, drinks and drugs

and girls and movies and sh*t.

Wow! Wish I could've seen it.

Big old screening room

shouldn't be too hard to find.

I'm gonna go--

I'm gonna go check this place out.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Just one damn minute.

There's a psycho killer on the loose.

And you want to go traipsing around

this gigantic mansion?

Have you ever actually seen

the Stab movies? Every time...

this dude enters a room,

he ends up a goddam shish kebab.

- I'll go with you, Roman.

- There you go. You guys wanna come?

It'll be okay.

We're gonna stick together.

-You're not stickin'. Wait up.

-We're gonna stay here and wait for Sid.

We'll be right back!

If-If you were a screening room...

where would you be?

I bet in the basement.

I don't like basements.

Ooh, it's spooky.

- Ooh, Weredad.

- Damn, it's dark in here.

- I loved that movie.

- Forget the movie!

What if Milton's crazy...

and he's gonna jump outta his screening

room with a sling blade or something?

- He won't.

- You sure about that?

- What's down there?

- Zombies and aliens.

You know, what you look like

without make-up, Jennifer.

Jesus. Stop pretending

I wasn't the best you've ever had.

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