Are billy and stu gay

At a recent Scream convention, Matthew Lillard said Billy and Stu are the "first husbands of horror," and he makes a good point. Williamson urges fans to read about Leopold and Loeb in order to better understand Billy and Stu: One of the reasons that one could get the other one [to follow] is because I think the other one was secretly in love with him.

I think the relationship between Billy and Stu is a little queer-coded but I don’t think either of them were actually gay. One of the reasons that one could get the other one [to follow] is because I think the other one was secretly in love with him.

What has never been clear is whether the homoerotic undertones of Scream were intentional. Your input shapes the future of Creepy Catalog. The comedy “Scary Movie,” which parodied scenes from “Scream,” picked up on the queer vibes between Billy and Stu.

In one scene, Ray (Shawn Wayans), based on Stu, and Bobby (Jon Abrahams), based on Billy, joke about being gay, divulging to a Sidney-like character called Cindy (Anna Faris) that, “That’s right, Cindy, I’m gay. She has over 10 years of experience writing about horror, a degree in philosophy and Reiki level II certification.

Williamson wrote the original script with real life gay killers Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. Williamson urges fans to read about Leopold and Loeb in order to better understand Billy and Stu:.

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And it was sort of a fascinating case study on double murderers. Chrissy is the co-founder of Creepy Catalog. Please fill out our reader survey. For years the characters of Billy Loomis and Stu Macher from Scream have been the subject of semi-serious speculation that the partners in murder were also partners in love — or at least partners in lust at some point.

Were Billy in Stu in love at the time of the murders? Or had Billy, a psychopathic narcissist, manipulated Stu to do his bidding, using a relationship in order to gain control over Stu? Or are horror movie fans just doing the most and reading subtext into Scream that was never actually there?