Audio problem: When Sidney comes running to the house and she sees Dewey come out with the knife in his back she screams "Dewey!" but her mouth says "no!" (01:23:45)
Scream (1996)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Wes Craven
Starring: Courteney Cox, David Arquette, David Booth, Drew Barrymore, Jamie Kennedy, Kevin Patrick Walls, Matthew Lillard, Neve Campbell, Roger Jackson, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich
The killers are revealed and they are Billy and Stu. They also tell Sidney that they killed her mother a year ago. Then Sidney throws the T.V on Stu's head and then shoots Billy in the head. Dewey is stabbed but survives, Randy is shot but survives. Dewey, Sidney, Randy and Gale Weathers are the only main characters who survive.
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Principal Himbry: Damn little shits!
Janitor: What'd you call me?
Principal Himbry: Not you, Fred.
Trivia: The murder of Principal Himbry was added after producer Bob Weinstein noticed there were about thirty pages in the script (which roughly translates to thirty minutes of screen time) in which nobody died. The scene also resolved the climax at Stu's party, as it gave all the guests a reason to leave.
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Answer: Characters in horror movies are notorious for not doing the most obvious things. It's most likely that she was scared and not thinking straight at receiving numerous threatening phone calls, particularly when she is threatened after hanging up on the killer.
Manky
Also, when she told the caller that she was "two seconds away from calling the police", his response was that they'd never make it in time. She also knew he was nearby as he made comments that indicated he could see her. She didn't know it was someone that knew her. She's a teenager and scared, so her judgement was clouded. She reached a point where she believed her only chance was to get away from him by either fighting him or getting out and hiding somewhere outside.
dewinela