Editing Scream 3 (section)

== Plot ==
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[[Cotton Weary]], now a successful talk show host, is contacted by [[Ghostface (Scream)|Ghostface]], who demands to know the whereabouts of [[Sidney Prescott]]. When Cotton refuses to cooperate, Ghostface murders him and his girlfriend [[List of Scream (film series) characters#Christine Hamilton|Christine]]. Detective [[List of Scream (film series) characters#Mark Kincaid|Mark Kincaid]] contacts [[Gale Weathers]] to discuss Cotton's murder, prompting her to travel to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]. She finds [[Dewey Riley]] working as an adviser on the set of ''Stab 3: Return To Woodsboro'', the third film in the series based on the Ghostface murders.

Ghostface kills ''Stab 3'' actress [[List of Scream (film series) characters#Sarah Darling|Sarah Darling]], halting the film's production to the frustration of director [[List of Scream (film series) characters#Roman Bridger|Roman Bridger]]. The remaining cast, along with Dewey and Gale, gather at the home of [[List of Scream (film series) characters#Jennifer Jolie|Jennifer Jolie]], the actress playing Gale in ''Stab 3.'' Ghostface stabs Jennifer's bodyguard, Stone, to death and causes a gas explosion, killing co-star [[List of Scream (film series) characters#Tom Prinze|Tom Prinze]].

Elsewhere, Sidney is living in seclusion under an [[Pseudonym|alias]], fearing another killer may strike, and works as a [[crisis intervention|crisis counselor]] for an abused women's [[hotline]]. Having uncovered her location, the killer begins taunting Sidney using a [[voice changer]] to sound like her deceased mother [[List of Scream (film series) characters#Maureen Prescott|Maureen Prescott]]. Sidney travels to Hollywood, realizing she is no longer safe. Gale and Jennifer learn that Maureen briefly worked as an actress in the 1970s under the [[stage name]] "Rina Reynolds" and had been [[raped]] at a party held by ''Stab 3'' producer John Milton.

[[List of Scream (film series) characters#Martha Meeks|Martha Meeks]], the sister of Sidney's murdered friend [[Randy Meeks|Randy]],{{efn|name=Scream2|As depicted in ''[[Scream 2]]'' (1997)}} visits Sidney and the others to deliver a videotape that Randy made before his death. Randy posthumously warns them the rules of a horror film do not apply in the third film of a trilogy and that any of them could die. Sidney is later attacked by Ghostface on the ''Stab 3'' set, forcing the police to hold her for protection.

Dewey, Gale, Jennifer, and the remaining cast, [[List of Scream (film series) characters#Angelina Tyler|Angelina Tyler]]{{efn|In the filmed script, Angelina was a second Ghostface, Roman's lover and accomplice, the original draft elaborating that she was a former classmate of Sidney's from Woodsboro whose real name was Angie Crick. Her motivation was stated as her idolizing Sidney and wanting her fame and attention, thus her having taken on the role of Sidney in the ''Stab'' film and giving Roman's and Sidney's relationship incestuous vibes. The idea was later scrapped, and [[Deleted scene|the scenes of this reveal being deleted]], with Craven mentioning in the film's director's commentary that they could not get the studio on board with the idea. Editor Patrick Lussier and producer Marianne Maddalena left it ambiguous as to whether Angelina was actually dead due to being dragged off, discussing the idea in the film's commentary and calling her death scene "dubious". In a subsequent ''Scream Trilogy'' DVD boxset booklet, Angelina is not listed as a deceased character from ''Scream 3''. ''Scream VI'' subsequently listed Roman Bridger as the only Ghostface in the Hollywood killings, implying Angelina was either not involved at all{{snd}}or that if she was, that information never came to light.<ref>{{cite video|people=[[Wes Craven|Craven, Wes]] (Director), [[Marianne Maddalena]] (Producer) and [[Patrick Lussier]] (Editor)|date=February 2, 2000|title=Scream 3: Commentary|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134084|medium=DVD|publisher=[[Dimension Films]]|location=United States|access-date=August 15, 2011|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531032931/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134084|url-status=live}}</ref>}} and [[List of Scream (film series) characters#Tyson Fox|Tyson Fox]], attend a birthday party for Roman at Milton's mansion. Ghostface attacks the group, killing Angelina, Tyson, and Jennifer while taking Gale and Dewey hostage. Ghostface contacts Sidney, and she travels to the mansion. Kincaid follows but is knocked unconscious by Ghostface. Sidney is lured to a secret screening room where Ghostface appears and reveals himself to be Roman.

Roman explains that he is Sidney's half-brother and the product of Maureen's sexual assault. Four years prior, he tracked Maureen down, only for her to reject him. Roman began stalking her and filming the men she philandered with. He showed [[Billy Loomis]] footage of his father with Maureen, setting off [[Scream (1996 film)|the string of murders in Woodsboro]]. When he discovered the fame Sidney attracted due to those events, Roman snapped and lured her out of hiding, planning to kill her and frame her for his murders. After Roman reveals a bound Milton and [[Slashing (crime)|slits his throat]], Sidney furiously denounces his explanation as nothing more than [[Psychological projection|deflection]] to hide his selfish motivations. Roman suffers a mental breakdown and attacks, and after a ferocious fight, Sidney ultimately outsmarts Roman and repeatedly stabs him. As Dewey and Gale arrive, Roman rises and tries to attack once more but is finally killed when Dewey shoots him in the head.

Later at Sidney's house, Dewey proposes to Gale, who accepts. Sidney returns from a walk and leaves her previously alarmed front gates open. As she joins Gale, Dewey and Kincaid to watch a movie, a wind blows her front door open, but she ignores it.