Christina Carpenter

Christina Carpenter (née unknown) is an unseen resident of Woodsboro, California, and the mother of Samantha and Tara Carpenter in Scream (2022 film). During the events of the film, she is away for work in London. She left her eighteen-year-old daughter, Tara, home alone.

Background
Christina's high school sweetheart was Mr. Carpenter, the biological father of Tara Carpenter. Sometime in October 1996, she cheated on her boyfriend with Billy Loomis, shortly before or during his mass killing spree as Ghostface.

Scared, she convinced her boyfriend that he was the biological father. She gave birth to Samantha Carpenter in the late summer of 1997. Around six years later, she became pregnant with her second child, her husband's first biological child, unbeknownst to him. She gave birth to Tara on December 14, 2002.

In late 2010 or early 2011, Samantha was age 13 and her younger sister was about to turn 8 the following (or that same year). She was looking for Christmas gifts in the attic (if they were leftover gifts, this may have been January) and found her mother's diaries instead.

Thinking they were going to be romantic, she read the diaries and confronted her while her legal father (and Christina's husband) was standing nearby and overheard the entire conversation. As a result, her husband had abandoned her and their two daughters sometime within a short timeframe, sometime when Tara turned or was turning eight (2011).

Family

 * Mr. Carpenter (ex-husband)
 * Samantha Carpenter (daughter)
 * Tara Carpenter (daughter)

Allies

 * Woodsboro, California
 * Chad Meeks-Martin - Friend of Tara
 * Mindy Meeks-Martin - Friend of Tara
 * Wes Hicks † - Friend of Tara
 * Judy Hicks † - Sheriff

Enemies

 * Billy Loomis † - Affair / Father of Sam
 * Richie Kirsch † - Killer
 * Amber Freeman † - Killer

Trivia

 * Billy was unfaithful to Sidney with her back in high school. This is hinted at with the girls Billy was conversing with at the video store. (Though neither could be Christina, as she would be of Latin heritage).
 * If Billy's age and a high school senior, she would have graduated about a month or two before giving birth during 1997.
 * It has not been confirmed if she attended Woodsboro High School like the original teenagers in Scream (1996), but it is very likely as she lived in and raised her daughters in Woodsboro.
 * It's unknown if she and Sidney knew each other. If she went to Woodsboro High School, they are likely to be familiar with each other as well as knowing Casey Becker, Steven Orth, Tatum Riley, Stu Macher, Randy Meeks and Judy Hicks as well.
 * She was in rehab groups for her alcoholism issue.


 * Her backstory is has heavy reference to Maureen Prescott.
 * The daughter(s) find out their mother was being unfaithful and having a secret life. Sidney found out the same about her mother.
 * Their mother being a catalyst in the the murder spree.
 * While it is unknown what she does for work, but the fact she is away for work often references Neil Prescott.
 * Whilst not appearing in the film, the original draft did feature her appearing in two scenes.
 * First appearing at the same bar the teenagers are hanging out in where she's drunk and falling off her chair.
 * She next appears back at her home where Sam has stopped to look at the crime scene. She blames Sam for what happened to Tara and tells her she's just like her father.
 * Her original name was Susan.