The Biggest Plotholes In The Scream Franchise

In the second "Scream" film, the audience is watching Windsor College, where Sidney Prescott has chosen to continue her education. However, in true "Scream" fashion, the audience knows the first two characters we see, Maureen Evans (Jada Pinkett-Smith) and Phil Stevens (Omar Epps), will be Ghostface's opening kill of the film. The couple and college seniors head to the movies to see a sneak preview of "Stab," the film based on the horrors of the events from the first "Scream" film. Phil has to leave the theater to go to the bathroom. While there, Ghostface hides in the stall next to him and waits until they're the only two left in the bathroom. Phil puts his ear up to the stall after hearing a weird noise, and Ghostface stabs him through the stall and his ear. He then goes back to the theater and stabs Maureen, but the audience thinks it's a stunt until she dies in front of them.

There are a lot of logistics issues at play here, but one of the biggest is how Ghostface found Maureen and Phil. Maureen and Phil are chosen because the new Ghostface is a copycat killer. Maureen is to represent Sidney's mother, and Phil (Steve)ns is to represent Steve, Ghostface's first victim. However, how would Ghostface know they would be at that screening with no online ticketing information or that there was a couple with those names that went to Windsor? The odds of Ghostface being able to coordinate these moving parts are unbelievable.