scream · horror · villains · psychopaths · sadistic · manipulative · movie references · revenge · duo · slasher
Blood spreads in a dark pool across the kitchen linoleum as Stu, gutted by Billy’s blade, coughs wet, crimson flecks onto his chin. Billy paces the room, a knife in one hand and a pistol in the other, before the telephone’s shrill ring cuts the silence. He answers, and the calm in his voice fractures the instant he hears Alicia’s taunting tone, warped by a voice changer. Enraged, he jams the gun’s muzzle against Stu’s temple, screaming for her location. Stu, weeping from the agony of his wound, refuses to rise. Desperate, Billy shoves the receiver into his partner’s limp hand. Stu lifts it to his ear, forcing a frail innocence into his voice while Billy slips into the shadows to hunt her down.