Stab

Stab is the name of a fictional movie featured in the Scream film series. It was featured in the 1997 film Scream 2. It is a true crime horror feature of the slasher genre based on the novel "The Woodsboro Murders" by author Gale Weathers. The book in turn, was based on actual events that took place in the town of Woodsboro in 1996.

Stab premiered at a one-night sneak preview at the Rialto Theater in Ohio. For the premiere, the Rialto handed out Ghostface costumes to all of the customers, along with glow-in-the-dark knives as souvenirs. As such, many of the patrons in the theater, were dressed in costume and having a good time, shouting at the screen, running around pretending to be a killer and throwing food all over the place.

Windsor College seniors Phil Stevens and his girlfriend Maureen Evans went to the theater to watch Stab, though Maureen preferred to see the new Sandra Bullock movie playing across town. During the screening, an actual killer wearing a Ghostface costume was on the prowl. He attacked Phil in the men's room, stabbing him in the head through a bathroom stall. He then took Phil's coat and sat back down in the theater next to Maureen. For a moment, Maureen believed that the man sitting next to her was her boyfriend, until he stabbed her in the stomach. Maureen tried to stumble away, but Ghostface continued to stab at her, until she toppled over onto the stage and bled out.