Stu Macher

Stuart "Stu" Macher is the secondary antagonist of Scream and was Billy Loomis' weak-willed, insensitive, and eccentric best friend. A horror movie fanatic, he went along with Billy's slasher film-like murder spree.

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Background

Stu is the fun-loving boyfriend of supporting character, Tatum Riley. In the beginning of the film, it is revealed that he dated the late Casey Becker until she dumped him for Steven Orth. Stu is the accomplice to Billy Loomis, assisting Billy in multiple murders including that of Maureen Prescott, Sidney's mother.

Films

Scream

Stu and Billy

Stu says how fun the murders were

He aids Billy in the killings apparently for no real reason, except for "peer pressure." They first attack Casey Becker and her boyfriend, Steven.

The next day at school, the gang sits together around a fountain and talk about the two deaths from the previous night. Sidney tried to recall Stu dating Casey. Randy side talks to Tatum saying Casey dumped him for Steve. Even though Stu and Tatum claim Stu dumped Casey for her, this is often seen as the obvious reason Casey and Steve were chosen as victims. Stu then says, "I didn't kill anybody." This is seen as if he has something to defend.

Ghostface (scream)

Stu as Ghostface

Stu Electrocuted

Stu gets electrocuted; dies.

Later, Stu throws a party at his house after classes are cancelled and citywide curfew is placed. After the guests leave, Stu and Billy reveal their plan to Sidney, including how they are going to frame her father, Neil Prescott. Billy and Stu begin to stab each other to make themselves look like the victims of their scapegoat. Stu claims that after watching several horror films, they know how to frame and get away with murder. However, Billy stabs him too deep and Stu begins bleeding profusely, complaining of "feeling a little woozy" and appears to be dying. Sidney runs off after the two men are distracted by Gale. With Billy unconscious, Stu chases Sidney down and attempts to kill her, claiming that he "always had a thing for [her]." She bites his hand, hits him with a vase, and drops a TV on his head. This electrocutes and, most likely, kills him.

Scream 2

In Scream 2, Stu was mentioned briefly just before Randy was killed on campus when he asked the Ghostface voice on the other end of the phone why he was copying two high school losers, Stu & Billy. He called Stu a "Pussy-Ass Wet Rag" before insulting Billy. Calling Billy a "homo repressed mama's boy" drove Mrs. Loomis to drag Randy into Gale's news van and kill him.

Scream 3

Stu and Billy are mentioned again briefly in Scream 3. Gale mentions both of their names when Detective Mark Kincaid says the new killer is taking credit for Maureen's murder. Later, when Sidney goes into the movie set version of her house, both of their voices are played as she reminisces.

Matthew Lillard revealed in an interview after news of Scream 4 broke out that Stu was originally going to have survived his death in the first film. He was going to be the mastermind behind a killing spree targeting Sidney from prison. This was idea was cancelled after Columbine High School broke out three weeks before shooting was supposed to begin. The short mention of this can be heard here:

Scream 4

Stu was referenced many times in the fourth installment. His party was referenced along with him and Billy when the killers are saying how they will be like them. They say, "Like Billy and Stu." Stu, Billy Loomis, Randy and Tatum with Sidney were supposed to be in the final version of Scream 4, but they were ultimately cut out of the final film.