Okay, keep an open mind about this one. Let's start out in the opening scene of the movie. The opening scene shows there are two killers, because Casey locked the door, and then her parents just opened it. That is true. One of the killers was Billy. But was the other Stu? In the scene at school, where Billy, Sid, Tatum, Stu, and Randy are sitting around, Randy makes the comment that Stu is the killer, because he used to date Casey. Tatum would then go on to say that Stu was with her all night. So, if there were two killers at Casey's house, Stu wasn't one of them.
Later, after Principal Himbry is murdered, we see a scene of Sid and Tatum sitting and talking about Sid's mother. After they leave, Mr. Ghostface is seen in the bushes, watching them. Next scene is at the video store where Randy is working. Stu and Billy are there. Wait, one of them was just watching Tatum and Sid. I guess either one could have quickly watched where Sid was going, and hopped over to the video store. But in the next scene, Sid and Tatum are at the supermarket, being again watched by Mr. Ghostface. Why would either Billy or Stu go to all that trouble just to watch two girls who were going to be at Stu's house that night anyway? I'll tell you why, because a third different person followed them from school. It was possibly the same person who tried to attack Sid in the bathroom, because neither Billy nor Stu had the time to get into the bathroom!
At Stu's party, Tatum is murdered. By who? Well, you might say either Billy or Stu could have easily done it. Or could they? Stu was greeting people into his house. How could he have slinked away, gotten dressed, and killed Tatum without being noticed? Okay, he's out. So, it's just Billy. Billy did NOT arrive at the party until Tatum was killed, so it must have been him, right? Nope. The killer entered through the house, killed Tatum, and went back into the house. If it was Billy, Sid would have noticed him. But, if it was just a regular person, who would have known?....
The other clues are more subtle. Watch Billy in the final scene with Stu. He obviously is commanding him. And when Billy tells Sid of his real motive, Stu looks shocked! He was clueless! A complete nutcase that would help Billy when his other guy (or girl) couldn't. And it looked like Billy was going to kill Stu anyway, the way he started to slice him in the kitchen. Getting rid of him would be logical, since Billy already had another accomplice. Another point is the scene where Sid locks the door on Ghostface in the bedroom. As she runs down the stairs, Ghostface appears again in record time. Now Stu was locked in, and Billy was playing dead and ALSO locked in. So, it could have been a third killer. But I'll be the first to acknowledge that there was a second door behind the one Sid locked. So, if that door led back into the house somewhere, it still could have been Stu. But, it I don't think so.
I have a final thought. Kevin Williamson stated that he had the outlines for Scream 2 and Scream 3 when he wrote Scream. So, it's perfectly possible that he put an invisible third killer in Scream, to be revealed in Scream 2. And facts support that. Ghostface is in Scream: The Sequel. Why? Because Ghostface was never vanquished in the original Scream. Plus we have returning characters that could have been the third killer. Dewey. But, you might say, Dewey was almost killed! Hey, I said before Stu had no idea of a third killer. So he just stabbed Dewey 'cause he was nuts. And Randy. Randy was shot and survived.
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