Helen’s chase scene begins off together with her trapped inside a police cruiser because the killer stalks towards her. Though it certain looks as if she’s trapped, she manages to kick her method by one of many home windows and crawl out simply in time. Within the authentic model of the script, nonetheless, issues bought much more sophisticated.
“Behind the automotive, within the very starting of the sequence when the automotive stops, Kevin had written a scene during which the fisherman will get into the automotive and he drives off they usually have a battle within the automotive and a automotive crash,” revealed director Jim Gillespie in a 2022 interview. “However you by no means see the fisherman’s face all through the entire sequence. I simply stated, ‘Dude, that is inconceivable to do.’ As a result of the confines of the police automotive, for us to stage the motion with the fisherman’s hat and never see him, I stated, ‘It is simply gonna limit the sequence a lot.’ I stated, ‘I am not gonna try this. We’ll do one thing else.'”
However Williamson wasn’t content material to chop the scene endlessly. As a substitute, virtually this actual sequence of occasions occurs with Sidney (Neve Campbell) and Hallie (Elise Neal) in “Scream 2.” As a result of Ghostface at all times wears a masks, there was no issue this time round with avoiding exhibiting the killer’s face. The true spotlight of the scene is what occurs after the automotive crashes; Sidney and Hallie are compelled to climb over an unconscious Ghostface and escape out the motive force’s facet door, understanding full nicely he may get up at second, or that he might be pretending to be asleep.
“It was a very good scene,” stated Gillespie. “It simply wasn’t proper for our circumstances.”