Nancy Loomis is the main antagonist in Scream 2.
Biography[]
Nancy is the mastermind behind The Windsor College Murders' copycat Ghostface, which took place in Ohio at some point in 1998. The character was originally referenced in the first movie; she had left her husband and their only child Billy Loomis sometime in 1994 after learning about their husband's romance with Maureen Prescott. After making this choice, she experiences great sorrow and shame after finding out about his involvement in the 1996 Woodsboro Murders, which resulted in his execution as a serial murderer. Then Nancy goes after two Ohio-based Woodsboro survivors. These people were Billy's girlfriend, the now-famous survivor Sidney Prescott, whose mother her ex-husband had an affair with, and journalist/author Gale Weathers for using her grief to write a best-selling book that served as the basis for the upcoming slasher movie Stab (1998), which recounts the actual events. Nancy used the fictitious name "Debbie Salt" after shedding sixty pounds and deciding to get cosmetic surgery. She then hired Mickey Altieri, a highly sought-after online discovery. She provided parental "advice" and "nurturing" to Altieri, a would-be or contracted serial murderer, and even offered to cover his college expenses as a film student. Nancy accepts Mickey's proposal for a real-life sequel with increased brutality—a copycat Ghostface murdering spree inspired by the original. Nancy's covertly self-interested objective was traditional retaliation with his desire for a notorious trial. She labored covertly with the express purpose of making Mickey appear to be the only murderer.
Stab, a movie based on the events of the Woodsboro massacre, has a sneak peek that two seniors from Windsor College, Maureen Evans and Phil Stevens, attend. Phil is assassinated by the masked killer now known as Ghostface while briefly leaving the theater to use the restroom. Ghostface sits alongside Maureen in Phil's place and stabs her, forcing her to crawl up on stage in a scream for aid, which the crowd thinks for a publicity stunt until she falls dead.
The news media, including local journalist Debbie Salt, converge on Windsor College where Sidney Prescott studies alongside her closest friend Hallie McDaniel, her new lover Derek Feldman, fellow Woodsboro survivor Randy Meeks and Derek's best friend Mickey Altieri. Two additional Woodsboro survivors arrive: police officer Dewey Riley to provide Sidney security, and reporter Gale Weathers to chronicle the case. Cotton Weary, who is hoping to earn notoriety by being cleared of the rape and murder of Sidney's mother, Maureen Prescott, is the subject of an attempt by Gale and her new cameraman, Joel Jones, to manufacture a confrontation between Sidney and Cotton Weary.
Sidney and Hallie go to a sorority house party that night. Student Cici Cooper is killed by Ghostface at a different adjacent sorority house. Ghostface breaks into the house after the partygoers have left and assaults Sidney. Ghostface injures Derek but leaves when the cops come. Later, after finding that Cici's true name is Casey, Gale theorizes that the new Ghostface is targeting pupils with the same names as the Woodsboro murder victims. Randy theorizes that the killer is likely someone Sidney knows and is patterning the crimes on a movie sequel. Soon later, Ghostface phones Gale, Dewey, and Randy when they are gathered in daylight on the college campus green. Despite their attempts to find him, Ghostface finally ambushes Randy, forcing him into Joel's media van, where he is slain. Joel, scared he will be targeted next, skips town. In an effort to identify the assailant near the previous crime locations as campus darkness falls, Dewey and Gale visit a building to check tapes of footage captured by Joel. However, the assailant approaches them and stabs Dewey. Sidney and Hallie are being driven to a safe home by two cops when Ghostface catches up with them and kills them. In the subsequent battle, Ghostface is knocked unconscious, but recovers and murders Hallie.
Sidney discovers Derek in the auditorium bound to a cross from a previous fraternity hazing ceremony when she is drawn to the music playing in the college theater and searching for safety. Ghostface arrives, revealing himself to be Mickey, and shoots Derek, killing him. Mickey plans to murder Sidney and then consent to being caught so he can claim at his trial that the killings were caused by movie violence. Then it is revealed that Debbie Salt, a local reporter Sidney knows as Mrs. Loomis, is his sidekick. Mrs. Loomis betrays Mickey by shooting him, and Gale is shot in self-defense before collapsing. Sidney brings out the absurdity of Mrs. Loomis' motivation, given that she abandoned her own son in the past, which led him to become a serial killer. Mrs. Loomis explains that she is seeking retribution against Sidney for killing her son, Billy.
Death[]
Nancy's death
The struggle continues until Cotton steps in. Mrs. Loomis attempts to coax Cotton into murdering Sidney, but to her horror, he decides to shoot Mrs. Loomis in return for an interview with Sidney and Diane Sawyer. Mickey reappears out of nowhere, but Gale and Sidney shoot him dead right away and brutally. Then, to be sure Mrs. Loomis is dead, Sidney shoots her in the head.
Victims[]
- Randy Meeks - Stabbed 4 times in chest and throat slit inside van