Maureen Evans

"I'm just saying that the horror genre is historical for excluding the African American element."

- Maureen to Phil Stevens

Maureen Evans is a character who appears in the opening of Scream 2 (1997 film set in 1998, see: Continuity Errors). She was a senior at Windsor College. She was a biomedical student and reluctantly attended the sneak-preview opening of Stab at midnight with her boyfriend, Phil Stevens, despite having a biology test in the morning.

Maureen and her boyfriend were murdered by a copycat Ghostface serial killer, later revealed to be Mickey Altieri. She was the second character to fall victim in the second Ghostface killing spree. Maureen was targeted based on her name being the same of the first ever Ghostface victim, Maureen Prescott and had no connection or awareness of Sidney Prescott.

The Windsor College Murders
Maureen and her boyfriend are going to see a preview of the film Stab. Almost everyone in the cinema is wearing Ghostface masks, including her boyfriend. When he goes to the bathroom, he is stabbed through the side of his head by the killer.

The killer then steals his jacket and pretends to be him, when they sit next to Maureen in the cinema. The killer stabs her seven times in the crowded cinema. She climbs up on to the stage and lets out a final wail. Then, just as the crowd notices she has been stabbed for real, she drops dead on stage.

In the aftermath of her death, Gale Weathers and Dewey Riley explain from her name, Maureen, that the killer is replicating the original Woodsboro killing series because Maureen is the same name of Sidney Prescott's mother, the first victim of the Woodsboro killers.

Death
Maureen is killed by Ghostface (Mickey), who dresses in her boyfriend's coat and keeps the mask on to conceal their identity, as they return to the theatre, where Maureen is sitting. She believes the killer to be her boyfriend, but after having blood rub upon her hands from the coat, discovers otherwise. Then, the killer pulls up a knife and stabs Maureen in the stomach first.

Maureen tries to flee, but is continuously stabbed in the back by the killer in the aisle of the theater, leaving her to collapse to her bloody death before the whole viewing audience of Stab realize, she is dying for real.

She was killed for the simple reason of sharing the same name as Sidney Prescott's mother, who was killed by the original Ghostface killers.

Allies

 * Phil Stevens † - Boyfriend

Enemies

 * Mickey Altieri † - Killer
 * Nancy Loomis † - Killer

Quotes

 * "Bitch, hang up the phone and Star 69 his ass! Damn!"
 * "Why is she naked? What has that got to do with the plot; her being butt-ass naked?"
 * "You better loosen up that wrist."
 * "It's some dumb-ass white movie about some dumb-ass white girls getting their white asses cut the fuck up, okay?"
 * "I'm just saying that the horror genre is historical for excluding the African American element."

Trivia

 * She was described as "no more than 18. A friendly face with innocent eyes" in the initial script.
 * In the theatrical release, she is a 22-year-old Windsor senior, and 3 years older than Sidney. She is stated to be a senior posthumously.
 * Dislikes horror films.
 * The only famous Second Victim of her respective film who did not receive a phone call prior to her murder. (Casey Becker* in Scream (1996), Cotton Weary in Scream 3 (2000), Jenny Randall in Scream 4 (2011), and Judy Hicks in Scream 5 (2022) all received a call).
 * Casey Becker* is technically the third victim of her massacre (following Maureen Prescott and Steven), but in terms of on-screen events in the films, she is the second victim seen on-screen. The first murder victim of all Ghostface killings, Maureen Prescott dies off-screen one year prior.
 * Unfamiliar with Sidney Prescott, and murdered due to having the same name as her mother.
 * Given Mickey is a contract serial killer, it makes sense that he has targeted two individuals he does not personally know. However, it is possible that he knew Phil, attending the same college. It is also implied Mickey Altieri gave her boyfriend, Phil the "free tickets".
 * Collectively, she and Phil are the first named Black characters (Reporter with Mask to be first in general) to appear in the Scream franchise.
 * The pairing are also the first Black characters to ever be killed in the Scream franchise, Phil being killed first and then Maureen.
 * Maureen, along with Phil, are the only opening scenes victims from any film to not get a phone call by Ghostface before their deaths. They are also the only ones to be killed in a public area; a theatre.

Appearances

 * Scream 2 (1997 film)