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Ghostface was named after a vinyl Halloween mask. It was sold as a Father Death costume in real-life. The mask was inspired by the Edvard Munch painting, The Scream .

Ghostface often called their victims on the phone, taunting or threatening them before stabbing them to death with an eight-inch hunting knife. They occasionally asked their victims horror movie trivia and stalked them in a manner reminiscent of said films.

• 1.1 Scream (1996 film)
• 1.2 Scream 2
• 1.3 Scream 3
• 1.4 Scream 4
• 1.5 Scream (2022 film)
• 1.6 Scream VI
• 2.1 Scream (1996 film)
• 2.2 Scream 2
• 2.3 Scream 3
• 2.4 Scream 4
• 2.5 Scream (2022 film)
• 2.6 Scream VI
• 4.1 Scream (1996 film)
• 4.2 Scream 2
• 4.3 Scream 3
• 4.4 Scream 4
• 4.5 Scream (2022 film)
• 4.6 Scream VI
• 5 Relationships
• 6 Parodies in other media
• 9 Weapons and Equipment
• 10 Abilities and Attributes
• 11 Behind the Scenes
• 12 Notes and References
• 13 Character Guide

Scream (1996 film)

High school student Casey Becker received a series of phone calls from a flirting stranger while she prepared a movie night with her boyfriend, Steven Orth . She realized her caller could see her, and that he had already beaten and tied Steve to a lawn chair outside her home. The caller forced her to answer horror movie trivia, and then gutted Steve when she answered a question wrong. Casey made a run for her life, but Ghostface caught her. He gutted her and strung her up to a large tree for her parents to find.

The next day, with the town of Woodsboro, CA reeling from the double homicide, Ghostface called Sidney Prescott at her home. Ghostface taunted her before attacking. She staved him off, but discovered her boyfriend, Billy Loomis , nearby. Billy was brought into custody, but Sidney received another call from the killer. He informed her that she "fingered the wrong man...again," implying that he was responsible for her mother's murder a year previously.

Woodsboro High school was temporarily shut down for the students' protection after Sidney was attacked by Ghostface in the school bathroom. With hardly anyone around, Principal Himbry was murdered in his office after school let out. He was later strung up to the flag pole as a diversion to get many students to leave Stu Macher 's party, where Ghostface struck again.

Sidney's best friend, Tatum Riley, was murdered in the garage. Next, Ghostface seemingly murdered Billy Loomis in the upstairs. Ghostface stalked Sidney outside, where he slashed the throat of Kenny Brown . Ghostface stabbed Dewey Riley and continued chasing Sidney outside. Eventually Sidney made her way back inside the house, where she learned Ghostface was really Billy Loomis and Stu Macher. With the help of Gale Weathers, she saved her father and killed both Billy and Stu.

Ghostface struck at a premiere showing of Stab (1998), the slasher movie based on the Woodsboro Murders . He stalked Windsor College students Phil Stevens and Maureen Evans outside the theater before murdering Phil in the restroom. He put on Phil's leather jacket and joined Maureen inside the theater, posing as her boyfriend. Ghostface stabbed Maureen to death in plain sight of the entire audience.

The next night, Ghostface called Cici Cooper at her sorority house. He taunted Cici before chasing her upstairs and throwing her off the roof to her death. This drew the attention of police and local partiers, leaving Sidney alone. Ghostface called and attacked her, but Derek Feldman interfered; Ghostface escaped after slicing his arm.

The next day, Ghostface scared Sidney at her play rehearsal before calling Randy, Dewey, and Gale in the campus center. Randy stalled the killer on the phone while Dewey and Gale tried to track him down, but Ghostface pulled Randy into Gale's news van and murdered him.

Shortly thereafter, Sidney received an instant message from Ghostface at the school library stating: "You're going to die tonight."

That night, Ghostface surprised Gale and Dewey in Windsor's film department with footage of the first three victims. The two ran, but Ghostface chased them down and stabbed Dewey viciously. Simultaneously, a second Ghostface killed Sidney's police escorts while stopped at a red light on the way to a safe house. He tried to kidnap Sidney and Hallie, who were trapped in the backseat, but he lost control of the car when Officer Richards died stopping him. Ghostface was knocked unconscious in the crash, which allowed Sidney and Hallie to escape. He came to and murdered Hallie, then chased Sidney to the theater.

Inside the theater, Ghostface revealed himself to be Mickey , and shot Derek. "Debbie Salt" brought Gale in at gunpoint, and Sidney recognized her as Billy's mother, Nancy Loomis . Sidney made use of the theater's set and she and Gale killed Mickey and Mrs. Loomis with the help of Cotton Weary.

A woman claiming to be from the Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro production called the Woodsboro Police Department looking for information on Sidney. They refused to give her any and a month later there was a mysterious break-in. This would prove to be the work of Roman Bridger with his multi-voice changer. He didn't get Sidney's file because Dewey removed it to keep her safe.

Ghostface next tried to get Sidney's whereabouts from Cotton Weary . Ghostface called Cotton and threatened to kill his girlfriend, Christine Hamilton, if he didn't talk. Cotton refused, so Ghostface attacked Christine . He used his multi-voice changer to impersonate Cotton to confuse her. When the real Cotton showed up to protect Christine, she beat him over the head with a golf club. With her back turned, Ghostface stabbed her to death. Cotton tried fighting Ghostface off, but the killer stabbed him to death as well. Ghostface left a mysterious photograph of a young Maureen Prescott at the murder site.

Sidney dreamed that her dead mother came to her from outside. Maureen turned into Ghostface as Sidney approached the window. This startled her into waking up.

Actress Sarah Darling was soon lured to the empty Stab 3 production offices for a rehearsal with Roman Bridger. Ghostface appeared and chased her through the offices until he finally knocked her through a glass window and stabbed her in the back. He left another photo of Maureen with Sarah's body.

Ghostface called Sidney at her secret home using Maureen's voice at first. He switched to the sinister baritone and threatened her life.

That night at an informal wrap party at Jennifer Jolie's house, Ghostface struck again. He called Jennifer's bodyguard, Steven Stone , as Dewey, and then stabbed him to death. When the others found Stone's body, Ghostface cut the lights. He faxed fake script pages, tricking Tom Prinze into using a lighter to read. It ignited the gas Ghostface filled in the house and blew Tom up. Ghostface attacked Gale outside, but Dewey shot him. The killer fled, but left behind a third picture of Maureen Prescott. This photo included the message: I killed her .

Sidney came to Hollywood the next day to join Dewey and Gale since her location was compromised. Ghostface attacked her on the Stab 3 set and used a body bag to remind Sidney of Maureen. Sidney fought him off and the killer escaped.

That night, Ghostface crashed Roman Bridger's birthday party at John Milton's mansion. He seemingly killed Roman, and stabbed Angelina Tyler to death. He fought the others, murdering Tyson Fox and then Jennifer Jolie before subduing Gale and Dewey. He called Sidney and told her he'd kill Dewey and Gale if she didn't come to Milton's mansion. Sidney arrived at the mansion, and the killer made her pass a metal detector over her body, then discard her gun. He confronted her with the bound John Milton and revealed he was Roman Bridger, still alive, and confessed he was her half-brother. Roman filled her in on the missing pieces of Maureen's life and murdered Milton. He and Sidney fought to the death, and Sidney prevailed with the help of Dewey and Gale and Mark Kincaid.

On the eve of the 15th anniversary of The Woodsboro Murders , Ghostface breaks into the home of Jenny Randall where she is having a sleepover with her friend Marnie Cooper . Ghostface interrupted Marnie as she was being pranked with a fake Ghostface phone call by Jenny and he killed her outside the house. Jenny came downstairs to find Marnie and finds a phone on the floor which starts ringing. When she answers it's the real Ghostface on the other line who threatens her and then throws Marnie's body through the window of the house. Ghostface chases Jenny through the house and into the garage where he crushes her back with the garage door and then stabs her to death.

The next day, Ghostface hid evidence of Jenny and Marnie's murders in the trunk of Sidney's rental car which the police find after following a trail from Jenny's house. That night whilst Jill Roberts , cousin of Sidney, and her best friend Kirby Reed are watching a movie together, Ghostface calls Jill from her ex-boyfriend's phone, which Kirby answers, and alludes to the fact that he knows Jill and Kirby are watching a movie and that he is hiding in the closet. When Kirby finds the closet empty Ghostface reminds them that he never said Jill's closet and the pair realise he is talking about the closet of neighbor Olivia Morris , a friend of Jill and Kirby's. Ghostface bursts out of Olivia's closet and guts her to death. Kirby and Jill's screams attract the attention of Sidney who runs next door and finds Olivia's dead body. Ghostface calls her on Olivia's phone and threatens that he'll be coming for her when he's ready and that he'll make her suffer until then. Ghostface then barges out of a closet behind her but Sidney fights him off and throws him down the stairs but he is able to escape before the police can catch him.

Whilst at the hospital treating Jill's wounds, Sidney fires her publicist, Rebecca Walters , who is followed into the parking garage by Ghostface. Rebecca tries to flee in her car but Ghostface had already cut wires from her engine. He chases her through the parking lot but as she tries to get back into the hospital the handle breaks off and he catches her, stabbing her in the gut and then throwing her off the roof of the parking garage into a crowd of reporters witnessing a press conference by Dewey. The next night at Charlie Walker and Robbie Mercer 's annual Stab-A-Thon , Ghostface disables cameras set up by Gale to catch the killer and when she goes back to fix them he emerges from behind and stabs her before fleeing into a crowd of other attendees dressed as Ghostface. At the Roberts house, Ghostface kills Deputy Hoss and Deputy Perkins in their police car. After discovering Jill has escaped to Kirby's house, Sidney and Kate Roberts try to go after her but Ghostface attacks and kills Kate before Sidney flees.

At an afterparty at Kirby's House , Ghostface stalks the remaining teenagers. He follows Robbie outside who is live vlogging to his audience and kills him. Sidney arrives to get Jill away but when they try to leave, Ghostface attacks them and Kirby. Ghostface chases Jill and Sidney upstairs and Sidney helps Jill hide whilst she climbs out onto the roof where Ghostface chases her and then throws her off. Sidney runs back inside and Kirby takes her down to a room in the basement to hide but Charlie finds them and begs to be let inside. Kirby, not trusting Charlie, doesn't unlock the door and Ghostface emerges behind him and ties him to a chair, similar to Steven Orth in 1996. Ghostface calls Kirby and Sidney on Charlie's phone, and whilst Sidney goes upstairs to find Jill he plays a trivia game with Kirby which she wins. When she goes outside to free Charlie he pulls out a knife he had hidden and stabs Kirby, leaving her for dead.

Sidney comes back downstairs and as she calls out for Kirby, Charlie grabs her from behind and holds a knife to her throat. She escapes his grasp and she runs to the front door into the path of Ghostface's knife. He takes off his mask to reveal Jill underneath. Jill and Charlie take Sidney into the kitchen and reveal that they played the role of Ghostface together, fooling everyone around them to think it was anyone but them. Jill's motives were to earn fame and fortune by being a final survivor of the Ghostface killing spree, obviously affected by growing up in the shadow of her famous cousin. Charlie's motives were to recreate the Stab movies and to win the heart of Jill. They planned on framing Jill's ex-boyfriend, Trevor Sheldon , as the killer but as they prepared to stab each other like Billy and Stu did 15 years ago, Jill stabs Charlie in the heart and stomach to kill him and frame him as an accomplice of Trevor's.

Jill reveals that it was her plan all along to frame Charlie and that the media would prefer a sole survivor like Sidney was after Randy died. She then stabs Sidney. Believing her to be dead, she further pursues her goals by self inflicting pain to make it appear as if she was attacked by Ghostface, but lived and defeated him. As the police arrive, Jill falls down next to Sidney's unconscious body and pretended to be unconscious too. Jill is taken to the hospital and as she imagines, she gets her 15 minutes of fame. She discovers Sidney is still alive and slips up by revealing she knows where Gale was stabbed. As Dewey realises this, he runs up to Sidney's room where Jill is attempting to finally kill her. With help from Dewey, Gale and Judy Hicks , Sidney is able to electrocute and then shoot Jill to death.

Scream (2022 film)

Ghostface calls Tara Carpenter whilst she's home alone, claiming to be a man named "Charlie" who knows her mother from "group". Tara believes this man could be her mother's boyfriend and so she goes along with the conversation, keeping her friend Amber Freeman informed the whole time. Charlie quizzes Tara about her love for horror movies and asks if she wants to play a Stab trivia game, which Tara is forced to play when the caller reveals he'll kill Amber if she doesn't. Tara plays along and mixes up a question about the original Stab movie and when she tries to run and save Amber, Ghostface appears at her door and stabs her. Ghostface breaks into the house and stabs Tara seven times and breaks her leg before being interrupted by the police.

The next day, Ghostface kills Vince Schneider outside a bar after he threatens Liv McKenzie , it is then revealed that Vince was related to Stu Macher. At the hospital, Ghostface calls Samantha Carpenter and reveals that he knows she is the daughter of Billy Loomis and will expose that secret. Ghostface then appears from behind the door and attacks Sam, who escapes. It is later predicted by Mindy Meeks-Martin that Ghostface is trying to create a requel to Stab 8 to appease the "toxic" fandom.

Yes, today! A triumph over an old and bitter enemy .

The next day, Ghostface attacks and kills Judy and Wes Hicks and then attacks Tara at the hospital where he kills Deputy Clay and eventually Dewey Riley , who attempts to kill Ghostface by shooting him in the head. Sam, Tara and Richie Kirsch are lured to Amber's house at 261 Turner Lane to get Tara's spare inhaler and Ghostface attacks Mindy and Chad Meeks-Martin leaving them both for dead. After an argument breaks out between Liv, Sam and Amber, Amber pulls a gun and kills Liv, revealing herself as a killer.

Sidney Prescott and Gale Weathers arrive to the house and immediately know Amber is lying, so Amber shoots Gale and lures them inside. Sidney and Ghostface, who is Amber underneath, get into a fight and Richie appears to come to their rescue, only to reveal himself as the second killer. A fight breaks out between the group with Sidney, Gale and Tara killing Amber by setting her alight with hand sanitizer and then shooting her through the head, and Richie getting stabbed repeatedly by Sam before she slits his throat open, bringing the new killings to an end.

University professor, Laura Crane , matches with a man on Flirtr who asks her out on a date. Whilst waiting for him, she gets a call from him and he claims he is a lost but is coming down an alley near the restaurant. As she gets closer, he begins to get panicked and says someone with a knife is following him. Laura runs down the alley and the voice on the phone changes to the Killer's voice and he taunts Laura before jumping out of the alley and killing her. Ghostface takes off his mask to reveal Jason Carvey underneath. He returns to his apartment and puts the used mask in his Ghostface shrine.

He then gets a call from his roommate Greg and they discuss their plan to finish making Richie's film, however Jason realises the voice on the other end isn't Greg but is actually Ghostface who leads him to Greg's body in the refrigerator. The real Ghostface appears behind him, and stabs him to death, leaving behind Richie's old mask.

Later that night, Sam and Tara are called down to the police station by NYPD Detective Wayne Bailey and along the way, Sam is called from Richie's old phone number. Sam answers and the killer on the other end taunts the sisters before ambushing them from an alley. The sisters evade Ghostface and run into a Bodega where Ghostface follows them in and kills two customers and then the Bodega owner using his own shotgun. He stalks the sisters through the bodega and they are able to run outside when the police arrive, but the killer escapes through the backdoor and leaves behind the mask belonging to Jill Roberts and Charlie Walker . The next morning, he kills Sam's ex-therapist Christopher Stone by breaking through his front door glass and stabbing him in the eye. He steals Sam's therapy file and leaves behind the mask belonging to Roman.

That night, he seemingly murders Quinn Bailey and her latest gentleman caller, and whilst Sam, Mindy and Anika Kayoko try to escape by climbing across a ladder between their apartment and Danny Brackett's , he flips the ladder, causing Anika to fall to her death. The next day, Wayne comes up with a plan to bait Ghostface by having Sam and Tara wander around in a park and hopefully trigger a phone call from him that they can trace. The plan is successful and they track the call down to Gale's Upper East Side penthouse. In the penthouse, Gale gets her first phone call from Ghostface who murders her new boyfriend, Brooks , whilst he is distracted. Ghostface then attacks Gale and she shoots him before getting another call from him.

As she searches the penthouse for him, she hangs up and re-dials his number, exposing his hiding spot. She fires multiple rounds through the door but Ghostface breaks through the door and stabs her multiple times and leaves her for dead when he's interrupted by Sam and Tara'a arrival. Presumably here he left behind (or wore) Mickey Altieri's mask.

That night, Tara comes up with a plan to trap and execute Ghostface and they decide to use the theatre to do this. Wayne agrees to the plan and tells them to travel in public. Along the way they get separated in the subway station, forcing Mindy and Ethan Landry to travel on a separate subway. On the subway, Mindy is backed into a secluded corner of the subway car and Ghostface emerges, disguised as a commuter and as the subway passes in and out of light, he covers her mouth and stabs her in the gut before disembarking at the next stop. Ethan notices Mindy's injuries and seeks medical attention for her.

At the theatre, Kirby is wandering around (off-screen) and is ambushed by two Ghostface killers. One of those killers then attacks Tara, Sam and Chad and when Chad tries to hold the killer back to allow Sam and Tara to escape, the second Ghostface emerges and they take turns stabbing Chad over and leaving him for dead. The two killers wipe the blood off their knives in sync and follow the sisters into the theatre where they prepare to fight. At that same time, Kirby regains consciousness and returns to the theatre hall however Sam and Tara are distrusting of her as Wayne told them that she was expelled from the FBI for mental health reasons. At that same time, Wayne arrives and shoots Kirby, revealing himself as one of the killers.

The two masked Ghostface's emerge behind him, wearing Nancy Loomis' and Stu Macher's masks and unmask themselves to reveal Ethan and Quinn, respectively. They reveal that they are all the family of Richie, Wayne being his father and Quinn and Ethan being his brother, and they all want revenge for Sam killing him, which included them fueling a rumor that Sam was the real killer. The sisters evade the three killers and after fighting throughout the theatre are able to kill Quinn and Ethan. Sam falls over the railing with Wayne and Wayne is knocked out. When he comes to, Sam calls him using the Ghostface voice and then stabs him to death using Billy Loomis' mask, robe and knife. Ethan tries one last time to kill anyone but Kirby crushes his skull using the same TV that killed Stu, bringing an end to the New York Ghostface murders.

Identities and Motives

"We all go a little mad sometimes..." -Billy Loomis

• Billy Loomis: Maureen Prescott had an affair with Hank Loomis, which prompted Hank and Billy's mother to divorce. Billy killed her out of anger. A year later, Billy and Stu started a murder spree in Woodsboro, planning on copying their favorite movies and becoming heroes when they survived. Their plan was to frame Maureen's husband, Neil Prescott, and culminate in killing Sidney. It was then revealed two movies later, that Roman mentored Billy to kill Maureen and eventually kill Sidney since Roman made it sound like Maureen was the cause of Billy's parent's divorce.

"Surprise, Sidney!" - Stu Macher

• Stu Macher: Stu was a horror movie fanatic who followed his best friend, Billy Loomis, around. Submitting to peer pressure from Billy (and possibly being in some sort of secret relationship), Stu helped murder Maureen Prescott. A year later, they committed a murder spree in their home town, planning on recreating their beloved horror movies and becoming heroes for surviving the bloodbath. Their first targets were Stu's ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend (Casey Becker and Steve Orth). They also killed Stu's current girlfriend, Tatum . They eventually went on to kill multiple people however, he came to his death when he chased Sidney and bit his hand, which gave her time to drop a TV over his head, electrocuting and killing him almost instantly.

"Surprise, Sidney!" -Mickey Altieri

• Mickey Altieri: A psychopathic film geek, Mickey wanted to create a sequel and be the star of a trial-of-the-century type media circus. Mrs. Loomis found him online on a murdering kind of website and paid for his tuition at Windsor College, where he worked himself into Sidney's close circle of friends to make it look like he wasn't the Killer when the murders first started, however, Mickey actually planned on not getting away with the murder spree, wishing to be the center of the following media circus and debate on movie-making ethics. It's possible he wanted revenge for something, as that most of the Ghostface Killer's have another motive, however it was never revealed.

" It's called a makeover. You should try it. Looking a little tired yourself there, Gale. " -Nancy Loomis

• Nancy Loomis: Billy's mother orchestrated the Windsor College murder spree out of vengeance for Billy's death. She also channeled her hatred for Maureen Prescott, who slept with her husband, onto Sidney. Mrs. Loomis found Mickey Altieri online and paid for his college tuition, giving him her motherly help and guidance. Secretly, she set Mickey up to take the fall for the entire copycat killing spree, planning on murdering him after she achieved her revenge. Even if anyone suspected there was a second killer, the persona she created of "Debbie Salt" couldn't be traced back to her. Sidney originally thought Gale was the killer, when Mickey told the second killer to reveal herself however, she used Gale as a hostage and Sidney noticed it was Billy's mother.

"Roman Bridger: director, and brother." -Roman Bridger

• Roman Bridger: A director, Roman tracked down his birth mother (Maureen Prescott), who shunned him and told him that she already had a family. Roman, the offspring of a vicious rape, was not wanted. Roman mentored Billy Loomis to kill Maureen, and was enraged by the fame gushed upon his half-sister, Sidney Prescott. He planned on framing Sidney for a murder spree and walking away as the new hero. However, he came face to face with his sister and exposed himself to her. Saying that Maureen didn't want him and she had a whole new life, with another child.

"Kirby? This is making a move ... " -Charlie Walker

• Charlie Walker: A film fanatic, he aspired to win the heart of Jill Roberts and saw them as a remake version of Randy Meeks and Sidney Prescott. Jill strung him along, and together they planned a new murder spree in Woodsboro. This would work to continue the stagnant Stab series, as well as propel Charlie and Jill into the limelight for surviving Ghostface's attacks. In the end, Jill betrayed him and stabbed him to death, stating that it would work best for her if she was the sole survivor.

"Hello, Sidney! Surprised?" -Jill Roberts

• Jill Roberts : Jill grew up in the shadow of her famous cousin Sidney Prescott. She felt like her mother loved Sidney better, which translated itself into an irrational jealousy toward Sidney's attention, and sought to take it for herself. Not wanting to work hard or get a job, Jill planned a murder spree in Woodsboro to achieve this. She partnered with her friend, Charlie Walker, who was in love with her. Jill betrayed Charlie, stabbing him to death, and set-up her ex-boyfriend, Trevor Sheldon, to look like the second Ghostface killer. She then horribly injured herself to maximize sympathy for her as the new hero. However, Dewey and Gale, find out that Jill was the real killer and not Trevor. They go to Sidney's room and find Jill trying to kill her but they got there in time to pull her off. In the final showdown, Gale is able to distract the psychotic teenager long enough to give Sidney enough time to recover from Jill's attack and be able to electrocute her. Jill recovers and picks up a shard of glass planning to stab Sidney with it, but she is shot by in the chest by Sidney who knows the killer always comes back for one last scare.

"Welcome to act three." -Amber Freeman

• Amber Freeman: Amber was a fan of the Stab movies ever since her parents bought Stu Macher's old house . After being appalled by the events of Stab 8 , she connected with other fans on a Stab subreddit, one of those fans being Richie Kirsch. The pair devised a plan to create their own "requel" to Stab and Amber revealed information about her girlfriend's sister, Samantha Carpenter, that she is the daughter of Billy Loomis, that they could use as the basis for their movie, as well as framing her as the Killer. They went along with their plan, eventually unmasking themselves and Amber is killed after being set on fire and then shot in the head.

"Oh, thank god, you're still alive... Because I really wanted to be the one to kill you." -Richie Kirsch

• Richie Kirsch: Richie was a fellow Stab fan and another one who was appalled by Stab 8. After meeting Amber Freeman on a Stab subreddit, they devised a plan to create their own "requel" and they were going to use Samantha Carpenter as their Killer and Tara Carpenter and her friends as the basis for their movie. Richie tracked down and got close to Samantha, eventually gaining her trust and starting a relationship with her. When Tara gets attacked, he returns to Woodsboro with her and after a few more murders, Richie unmasks himself and is ultimately killed by Sam after underestimating her.

"The worst part is... you teach a class about slashers and you still walked into a dark alley. Alone." -Jason Carvey

• Jason Carvey: Jason planned to instigate a own killing spree with his friend Greg to finish off Richie's movie, a killer he idolised. Acting alone, Jason donned the mask to kill his professor, Laura Crane by luring her in through a dating app. He had a hidden Ghostface shrine in their dorm room. It is likely this wasn't the first time Jason killed as he made a comparison to having blue balls over killng, it is unknown if Greg had killed anyone before this. Jason is the first Ghostface killer to be killed by another Ghostface killer in a massacre.

"Warmer, warmer, you're on fire!" - "Greg Bruckner"

• Greg Bruckner: Greg planned with Jason start a own killing spree to finish off Richie's movie. The two enrolled at Blackmore University to follow Samantha Carpenter , Tara Carpenter , Chad Meeks-Martin and Mindy Meeks-Martin . He wasn't relevant as Ghostface since he was killed by Wayne .

"Good work. Both of you." -Wayne Bailey

• Wayne Bailey: Wayne was a police detective and the father of Richie Kirsch. He indulged Richie's love of the Stab movies and helped him build a shrine in an abandoned theatre in New York City . After discovering the truth behind Richie's murder in Gale's new book, Wayne sought revenge against Samantha Carpenter for killing him and joined forces with his son and daughter to carry out his plan. He was killed after being stabbed over forty times and once in the eye by Sam.

"Ta-ra! Mindy was right. It was easy to juke the 'roommate lottery. All I had to do to meet you is room with a conceited, condescending Alpha, literally named Chad!'" -Ethan Landry

• Ethan Landry: Ethan was the brother of Richie Kirsch and son of Wayne Bailey. After discovering the truth of Richie's murder, Ethan sought revenge against Samanatha Carpenter for killing him and agreed to his father's plan. Ethan enroled at Blackmore University and manipulated the housing arrangements to be roommates with Chad to get close to him and the rest of the Woodsboro survivors. He met his death after having his skull crushed by Kirby Reed with the same TV that killed Stu.

"Hey roomies. You didn't see that one coming, did you?" -Quinn Bailey

• Quinn Bailey: Quinn was the sister of Richie Kirsch and daughter of Wayne Bailey. After discovering the truth of Richie's murder, Quinn sought revenge against Samanatha Carpenter for killing him and agreed to her father's plan. Quinn enroled at Blackmore University and answered a roommate listing by Sam and Tara in order to get close to them and the rest of the Woodsboro survivors. She met her death after being shot in the head by Sam.

"No, you listen you little bitch! Hang up on me and I'll gut you like a fish, understand? Can you handle that...Blondie?" — To Casey Becker in Scream (1996)

"You should never say 'who’s there?' Don’t you watch scary movies? It’s a death wish. You might as well come out to investigate a strange noise or something'' — Still to Casey Becker

"What's your favorite scary movie?"

"I guess you've fingered the wrong guy... AGAIN!" — To Sidney Prescott for accusing Billy Loomis

"SURPRISE, SIDNEY!" - To Sidney after the reveal in Scream (1996)

"You wish it was Ted! Don't forget to set the alarm!! " — To Cici Cooper in Scream 2 .

"Have you ever felt a knife cut through human flesh and scrape the bone beneath?" — To Randy Meeks shortly before his death.

"It was a simple game, Cotton. You should have told me where Sidney was. Now, YOU LOSE!" — Scream 3 .

"...And it's called, Sarah gets skewered like a fuckin' PIG!" — To Sarah Darling in Scream 3 .

"Think of me as your director, you’re in my movie, you've got a fun part so don't blow it". — To Jenny Randall in Scream 4.

"This isn't a comedy, it's a horror film. People live, people die and you'd better start running." Scream 4

"...Same one Marnie's in, only her part got cut WAY back, but you... you're the DUMB BLONDE WITH THE BIG TITS! We'll have some fun with you before you die" Scream 4

"I'm gonna slit your eyelids in half so you don't blink when I stab you in the face" — To Sidney Prescott in Scream 4

"NONE OF THE ABOVE!" — To Kirby missing a trivia question Scream 4 .

"YOU HANG UP ON ME I'LL CUT THROUGH YOUR NECK TILL I FEEL BONE!" — To Sherrie in Stab 6 within Stab 7

,,Would you like to play a game, Tara?'' — To Tara Carpenter in Scream (2022)

,,Really? You can’t save your own sister? All you have to do is say, “Kill Richie”! Or say, “Kill Tara'', and I’ll make sure to hit all the organs I missed last time!'' — To Sam Carpenter in Scream (2022)

"Now I see something red" — Jason Carvey to Laura Crane in Scream VI

"Who gives a fuck about movies?" — Wayne Bailey to Jason Carvey in Scream VI

"Maybe you did hit me. Maybe I'm wounded. Or maybe I'm wearing a bulletproof ve st" — Quinn Bailey to Gale Weathers in Scream VI

Behind the Mask

There is much debate and speculation about which killer is Ghostface during the series. Some instances are obvious while others can be argued endlessly. It is believed Kevin Williamson revealed who he intended to wear the costume in comments made through the years concerning the first Scream. If any can be verified please link to source.

The Different Ghostface Masks used in all 4 Scream movies.

Maureen Prescott's murder: Billy and Stu committed the murder, as referenced in their dialogue. But it is unknown whether or not they wore the Ghostface costume. In the Stab 3 flashback set, Maureen's body is seen with a phone, suggesting she may have been called by them first (she may also have been attempting to call for help)

Casey's phone calls: Billy. From Casey's kill (stabbed one handed), one can work backwards to tell it was Billy on the phone with Casey from the front entrance of the house as Ghostface was able to hear her ask "who's there?" after playing mind games on her by ringing the doorbell (then chastising her for it)

Casey and Steve's murders: Stu killed Steve, Billy Killed Casey. Going from the above, Stu would be placed at the patio entrance with Steve. He then breaks in through the back and runs to the front to open the door for Billy. The Ghostface that killed Casey stabbed her with one hand. This is Billy's M.O. whilst Stu's is to use two hands on the knife for his killing blows. Working backwards from this, one could tell Billy switched off with Stu (who found her first) after Casey knocked Stu off with the phone

Sidney's first phone call: Billy. He is seen with a phone and appears at the bedroom window too soon after Sidney locks herself in her bedroom

Sidney's house attack: Stu. For Billy to be Ghostface here he would have to have run downstairs, go outside to run around the perimeter of the house, ditch the Ghostface costume and climb into Sidney's second story window in a matter of seconds

Call at the Riley house: Stu. He called to 'prove' Billy was innocent since he was locked up at the time

Sidney's bathroom attack: It was a prankster, because Ghostface didn't have a knife.

Principal Himbry's murder: Billy. His whereabouts were unknown at the time while Stu was seen with Sidney and Tatum outside the school. Though he left somewhere unknown, he was most likely setting up the party still. Even with this, we see Ghostface playing mind games with Himbry, which is also Billy's M.O. of the two (as he did so with Casey before then Tatum and Sidney after)

Stalking Sidney and Tatum: It was most likely Billy, or possibly another prankster; either of the killers making these moves would be risky. If it was one of the killers, it would most likely be Billy since the mind games were more his M.O.

Tatum's murder: Billy. Stu was still hosting the party and may have been noticed excusing himself to the garage right after sending Tatum there for more beer. Billy also plays more mind games with the faux-acting and 'wanting to play psycho killer'.

Billy's 'murder': Stu, as Billy is playing victim.

Sidney's chase: Stu still, after 'killing' Billy.

Randy's near murder: Stu. Billy would most likely still be upstairs and we can also see Ghostface holding the knife with two hands, which is Stu's M.O.

Kenny's murder: Stu still, after nearly killing Randy.

Dewey's and Sidney's attack: Billy. As Stu would still be outside somewhere (probably checking on Gale at this point), Billy would hear Dewey poking around and assume the Ghostface role to stop him.

Sidney's car attack: Billy. He chases Sidney to the car and then plays his mind games on her upon revealing that he has the keys to it after she tried to start it up.

Randy's shooting: Billy, we witness this.

Neil Prescott's abduction: Both, as he was their target to frame for the murders. After leaving Casey's, they likely both went to Sidney's (though we only see Billy) to get Neil since he's seen in the same outfit during the closing act.

Gale's attack: Billy

Billy's closet attack: Sidney

Stu's murder: Sidney

Randy and Sidney's attacks: Billy

Billy's murder: Sidney

Phil's and Maureen's murders: Nancy kills Phil and gives Mickey his jacket to trick Maureen into thinking he's her boyfriend. She touches him and isn't suspicious, pointing at Mickey being Ghostface here. His body is similar enough to Phil's to fool her, while Nancy would be obvious. Nancy likely kills Phil as you can hear a women's voice can be heard in the other stall. The most likely scenario is that - to save time Nancy probably hid Phil's body while Mickey put on Phil's clothing.

Sidney's prank call: Cory Gillis

CiCi's phone calls: Mickey. He would be the one to most likely know both that CiCi is at their sorority house as well as her situation with her boyfriend, Ted. He was also at the mixer across the street, meaning he most likely isn't the Ghostface we see sneak into the house without a phone in hand whilst the killer is on the phone with CiCi and her sorority sister

CiCi's murder: Mrs. Loomis. As Mickey was at the mixer and most likely on the phone with CiCi, this places Mrs. Loomis as the Ghostface that sneaks in and eventually kills CiCi.

Sidney's phone call: Mrs. Loomis. She hurriedly rushed off after CiCi's murder (she had a 'deadline') to coordinate the attack on Sidney as the news of CiCi's murder would reach the mixer which was right across the street.

Sidney's Greek house attack: Nancy, because she told Gale she had a deadline after the scene where Cici was murdered. Nancy also wanted revenge on Sidney and Gale for killing her son, Billy. The killer was eager to attack Sidney during the attack, making the killer being Nancy.

Derek's injury: Nancy, still.

Sidney's theater scare: Mickey. There's much better chance of him having knowledge of the play and it's rehearsal schedule as well as even the movements in it to blend in. Also, him swapping with Derek probably gave him greater freedom since he would not have to reappear as himself to pick her up

Randy's (Gale's) phone call: Mrs. Loomis. She hid in Gale's van and called Gale's phone at a time when Gale was seen using it. She also seems to have almost as great an interest in Gale as she does Sidney for her role in Billy's death. Randy just-so-happened to pick it up before Gale could

Randy's murder: Mrs. Loomis. She admits to this during the closing act.

Sidney's IM: Mickey. He would have access to the campus computers as well as the library.

Gale and Dewey's attack: Both. Mickey was the one in the projector room and would know how to operate it and then left to catch up to Sidney and Hallie. This would place Mrs. Loomis as the Ghostface that pops up behind Gale and takes over the attack. Also, with the physical strength that Mickey's Ghostface displays during the movie, it makes more sense that Mrs. Loomis' Ghostface was unable to get into the room Gale barricaded herself in (either by pushing past the shelf Gale used or by breaking the glass pane to the room)

Andrews', Richards', and Hallie's murders: Mickey. Having left the projector room, Mickey goes for Sidney and Hallie before they're out of reach and is able to physically overpower the second detective using the great physical strength we see him use throughout the film. Also, he has a nasty gash on his forehead once he removed his mask later on which he most likely gained from the car crash

Derek's murder: Mickey

Mickey's shooting: Nancy.

Gale's shooting: Mickey

Nancy's murder: Cotton (possibly Sidney, just in case)

Mickey's murder: Sidney and Gale

All Phone Calls: Roman is revealed to be sole killer.

All Attacks: Roman is revealed to be sole killer.

All Murders: Roman is revealed to be sole killer.

Roman's Death : Dewey

Marnie's murder : Both killers were present . Charlie was the one, who killed Marnie, because his M.O was stabbing his victim multiple times as Jill stabbed once.

Jenny's phone call : After Charlie killed Marnie, Jill started talking on the phone with Jenny. Then either Charlie or both of them threw Marnie’s body through the window.

Jenny's and Marnie's murders: Jill chased Jenny and killed her by crushing her back with a garage door and then stabbing her while Charlie went to the garage door from outside the house and filmed Jenny's murder. The reason for Jill killing Jenny was because she was the girl Trevor cheated on Jill with. Jill also wanted everything to do with the first kills since they were meant as a signal to everyone that Ghostface is back. However, it is heavily speculated that Charlie is Jenny's killer, as he tells Sidney after revealing himself that he has great footage of her murder, though that doesn't exactly mean that he had to her killer, he could just follow Jill chasing Jenny, and record the kill.

Olivia and Jill's phone calls: Charlie, because Jill cannot call herself.

Sidney's car boot: Most evidence points towards Charlie. As Jill was with Kirby and Olivia since she left her house, the same day Sidney and Rebecca arrived at Woodsboro, while Charlie's whereabouts are not established until the beginning of school. It is more likely that Charlie planted the blood, Out of the Darkness novels and Ghostface merchandise in Sidney's car boot while no-one was around because Jill would probably still be with Kirby and Olivia at the time.

Jill and Kirby's call: Charlie, because Jill cannot call herself #2.

Olivia's murder: Logically, Charlie kills her while Jill is next door with Kirby. Charlie also states during the climax of the film that he has great footage of his Olivia kill. Kirby's caller from Trevor's phone is also obviously Charlie as Jill is with Kirby when she receives the phone call, and maybe also to distract Olivia from the sound of Charlie talking inside her closet. Jill's prank call to Olivia before Kirby's call was probably a signal to Charlie to begin his phone call to Kirby. However, an error occurs, in that the police were in the car when Olivia arrived home, but some time after went after a "suspicious figure." Charlie would have to have been in the closet before Olivia got home. The only solution here is that the "suspicious figure," was not Ghostface, but rather a random, unknown person or a figment of the officers imagination.

Sidney's first phone call: Jill was on her way to Olivia's house. If she had called, someone would have heard and noticed her. Besides, Charlie might have hid in a good place to call Sidney.

Jill and Sidney's attack: Jill is playing victim, while Charlie is attacking in the costume.

Rebecca's murder: This one is debatable. Some would think that this was Jill because Charlie is seen with Robbie at the press conference when Rebecca is thrown onto the newsvan from several stories above. Jill was probably also the one who made the calls to Rebecca as Charlie was probably with Robbie at that time. Jill is also the one who sabotaged Rebecca's car so she couldn't start it because Ghostface is seen with cords in his hand when she jumps onto the bonnett of Rebecca's car. In order for Jill to be the sole survivor, she had to kill Sidney and people close to her. However, Rebecca's more likely killer is Charlie, as Jill was treated and watched at the hospital, making it virtually impossible for her to sneak out, while Charlie eluding Robbie would be easier. Also, Jill didn't have a Ghostface costume with her at the hospital, while Charlie had his with him after Olivia's death. Also Olivia died in the same night as Rebecca.

Gale's attack: Charlie attacked Gale while Jill watched on her computer from home. Jill had no way to get to the Stab-a-thon and back without being noticed by somebody. Gale sees a webcam in the haystack and it moves to focus on her. This is Jill operating it from home and how knows she and Gale have the matching "shoulder wounds" she mentioned to Dewey at the end of the film. Some fans believe that Jill is the one who actually attacked Gale, but Charlie may have just told Jill about it.

Hoss and Perkins' murders: Both Ghostfaces were involved as Jill stabbed them to death after she left the house, (Hoss in the back and Perkins on his forehead) while Charlie drove the car two blocks away and then stabbed the corpses of Hoss and Perkins several more times just to make sure that they're dead. During the climax of the film, Charlie hands Jill a gun stating "the cops would've wanted you to have this, for your protection", which he probably gathered from the police car after driving the car two blocks away. During the climax, when Charlie is mentioning all of the footage he has of his kills, he does not mention Hoss or Perkins, which further implies that Jill was the Ghostface that attacked and stabbed Hoss and Perkins the first time.

Call at the Roberts house: Jill is the one who made the call because the caller told Sidney to put on the TV so she could see the report about Gale's attack. Charlie was in the car on the way to Jill's house after attacking Gale and he had no idea that the attack was already on the news. After arriving in front of Jill's house, Charlie also informed her about Gale's attack. Shortly after that, Jill called Sidney.

Kate's murder: Both Ghostfaces are present as one is at the backdoor and one is at the front door, but the Ghostface responsible for Kate's death was Jill, as Charlie states during the climax of the film that he scared Sidney and Kate from the backdoor of the house, and Kate was stabbed at the front of the house. Jill also states that" I mean for fucks sake my own mother had to die". Jill wanted to be the sole survivor so she wanted to kill people close to Sidney.

Trevor's abduction: Jill subdued Trevor somehow (more than likely by seducing him) and tied him up. It's unknown when he was brought downstairs as neither killers really had the time for that.

Robbie's murder: Killed outside Kirby's house by Charlie. Charlie admits later that he has great footage of his Robbie kill. Jill is also seen without costume in this scene.

Sidney and Jill's attack: Charlie is the killer here as Jill is seen.

Sidney's roof attack : Still Charlie because Sidney told Jill to hide under the bed while she was covering her escape out to the balcony.

Charlie's attack: Jill is the killer here as Charlie is seen.

Kirby's phone call : Jill is the caller here as Charlie is seen.

Kirby's attack: Jill calls her while Charlie is tied up. After Charlie is freed by Kirby, he stabs her revealing he is one of the killers.

Sidney's attack in Kirby's foyer: Charlie grabs her and holds a knife at her throat but she gets away, only to be stabbed by "Ghostface" who then takes off the mask and it's revealed that the killer is Jill.

Trevor's murder: Jill shoots him in the groin and forehead while he is tied up on the floor with duct tape.

Charlie's murder: Jill betrays him and stabs him in the heart and stomach.

Sidney's stabbing: Jill is doing it without costume.

Jill's beating : She is doing it herself, to look like a victim.

Sidney, Dewey and Hicks' hospital attacks: Jill is doing it without costume.

Jill's murder: As Jill is about to shoot Gale, Sidney comes from behind her and electrocutes her head with defibrillator paddles. Still alive, Jill tries stabbing Sidney with a glass shard but Sidney knows killers always come back to life for "one last scare" and shoots Jill in the heart.

Tara's phone calls: This was both Amber Freeman and Richie Kirsch . Richie made the phone calls and recorded the video of Amber with a view of his knife to scare Tara.

Tara's attack: This was Amber with Richie on the phone. Amber also seemingly confirms this later in the hospital attacks when she says that she'll hit all the organs she missed last time.

Vince's murder: This is ambiguous, but Amber is probaly the one who killed Vince. Amber was already at the bar with the rest of the teenagers and she could easily eluded her friends, while Richie was at the hospital with Sam and Tara. Even Richie's single stab MO doesn’t matter here, because Richie would rather not leave the hospital and then return there only to kill Vince, because Sam would have noticed him not being present and be suspicious over him.

Sam's phone call: Amber did the phone call. If Richie called her, she would have heard him.

Sam's hospital attack: Richie attacked Sam as Amber was at the Sheriff's Department having been questioned by Sheriff Hicks around the time Sam was attacked.

Judy's phone call: Quote: ''Ever seen movie Psycho?'' reveals Amber, because in the later scene of the movie Amber imitates the noises from the shower stabbing sequence in Psycho.

Judy's murder: Both killers were there. Amber killed Judy, because Ghostface used Amber's M.O (stabbing multiple times). and then went to the hospital.

Wes' murder: After Amber went to the hospital, Richie stayed behind to finish off Wes because he was stronger than Amber and he had the better chance to overpower him.

Clay's murder: In the hospital, all the work was likely done by Amber, while Richie was playing victim.

Richie, Tara and Dewey's attack: It was Amber, because Richie was still playing victim.

Dewey's murder: Obviously Amber, because Richie was with Sam and Tara in the elevator.

Chad's attack: This was Amber as Richie was driving to 261 Turner Lane with Tara and Samantha and arrived just as Ghostface finished his attack on Chad.

Mindy's attack: This was Richie, as Amber was upstairs with Tara getting her inhaler and Richie had excused himself to the Basement where he likely changed into the Ghostface costume and then came back upstairs to attack her.

Liv's murder: Amber is doing it without her costume.

Gale's shooting: Amber is doing it without her costume.

Sidney's phone call: You can hear Richie's voice, when he says ''Wait!''.

Sidney's attack: Sidney is talking to Richie, when attack was occurred.

Sam's stabbing: Richie is doing it without his costume.

Amber's attack: Tara, we witness this.

Richie's murder: Samantha killed Richie by stabbing him countless times, slitting his throat and shooting him in the head.

Amber's murder: Sidney, Gale and Tara all took part in Amber's murder. Sidney doused Amber in hand sanitizer as Gale shot Amber forcing her onto the stove and setting her alight due to the hand sanitizer they threw over her. Tara then shot Amber through the head as she came running out of the kitchen.

Laura's phone call: Ghostface, who calls Laura, is the same Ghostface who later kills her, for evidence see below.

Laura's murder: This was Jason Carvey , as he unmasks himself after killing her.

Greg's murder: It is not known exactly when Greg was killed. It's possible he was killed before Laura was killed. It is also unknown since when Ethan was at the Frat Party, and since Paul came to Quinn's apartment. Despite the fact that we do not know the exact time of Greg's death and the whereabouts of the Kirsch families at that time, it is most likely Wayne who killed Greg, because it is hard to imagine Ethan or Quinn dismembering Greg's body in such a brutal way. Wayne mentions to Sam in the final act: " We had to kill those two wannabe film students". Just as Wayne is Jason's killer (see evidence below), the fact that Wayne says "We had to kill" instead of "I had to kill" suggests either Quinn or Ethan may have been involved in Greg's death. However, as previously mentioned, it was Wayne who was most able to dismember Greg and had the best conditions to do so.

Jason's phone call: This call is falsely attributed to the same Ghostface, who killed Jason. Wayne waited in Jason's apartment until he found Greg's body in the refrigerator, and if he had called, Jason would have heard him, meaning that if Wayne killed Jason, Quinn would have been the one to call Jason. Ghostface calls Jason from Greg's phone, this would imply that it must have been the same Ghostface who actually killed him (we already know it's Wayne), however the fact that Wayne was hiding in Jason's apartment and if he was calling, he would have been heard by Jason, this fact excludes Wayne from being the caller in this scene. It is not known exactly how much time passed between Jason's murder and Sam's return to her apartment where Quinn was present, and it is also unknown when Paul came to Quinn. Ghostface in this scene is also watching Jason through the cameras, and Quinn would be in a better position to do that than Wayne. To see how Quinn might have gotten Greg's phone, check: Sam's stolen ID .

Jason's murder: The murder happened sometime after 9:00 p.m., and as Quinn was in her apartment (and also probably the caller in this scene) and Ethan Landry was at the frat party with Chad, Ghostface, who kills Jason is Wayne. With this murder, the Richie Kirsch's and Amber Freeman's masks were left.

Sam's stolen ID: Quinn was Sam's roommate. When Sam left to Dr. Stone, Quinn most likely stole Sam's ID and delivered it to Jason's apartment, where Wayne killed Greg. That's when Wayne was able to give Greg's phone to Quinn, who then went back to her apartment and called Jason while Wayne waited for Jason.

Sam's first phone call: First, we need to establish one fact: Ghostface who calls and then attacks is not the same Ghostface . Ghostface who attacks Tara from behind doesn't have a phone on him, and even if he had somewhere to hide it, it's a similar situation to Jason's call: Sam and Tara would hear Ghostface calling. This brings us two scenarios, that also immediately give us a clue as to who was responsible for the Bodega murders, see them below:

Sam and Tara's attack/Bodega Murders: Two people are mostly suspected of being Ghostface in the Bodega: Wayne and Ethan. However, he also can't exclude Quinn for being the Ghostface in the Bodega, below will explain why. The argument that tells us it's Wayne is that Ethan and Quinn were in the apartment at the time of the attack and had no way to sneak out. On top of that, Ghostface in the Bodega showed great shotgun skills, which would suit Wayne since he was a cop. Assuming Wayne was the Ghostface at the Bodega, the caller to Sam was probably Quinn. It is possible that after Sam and Tara left for the police station, Mindy, Anika, Chad and Ethan also left the apartment. This would leave Quinn alone in her apartment again, allowing her to call Sam without anyone else being suspicious. As absurd as it may seem at first glance, Wayne was most likely not the Ghostface at the Bodega, but just a Ghostface, who calls Sam, here's why: Wayne was at the crime scene in Jason and Greg's apartment. Wayne first calls Sam (at 9:57-9:58 p.m.) from there and lures her to come down the station, and after Sam and Tara escaped from the Bodega, Wayne was already present at the police station. For Wayne, it would be problematic to move from place to place so quickly, as well as to hide the costume. Later in the movie, when Kirby and Wayne are tracking the timeline of Ghostface, on the Ghostface's timeline board it is shown that the Bodega attack occured on 10:03 p.m., meaning that: Wayne would have to leave Jason and Greg's apartment in less than 5 minutes (in addition, put on the costume somewhere unnoticed) and later after the attack get faster to the police station before Sam and Tara, and in addition hide the costume somewhere. Wayne, however, wouldn't have much trouble being the caller in this scene. Ghostface in this conversation also takes credit for killing Greg and Jason, and we know it was Wayne, and also, what Ghostface says to Sam on the phone, is very similar to what Wayne says to her in the final act, about Sam "being punished" . That leaves us with either Ethan or Quinn as the prime suspects to be the Ghostface in Bodega. If we assume that Mindy, Anika, Chad and Ethan left the apartment along with Sam and Tara, then Quinn was left alone in her apartment again. This would allow her to sneak out undetected in a Ghostface costume and attack Sam and Tara, since Ethan would be with Chad then. However, if we assume that only Sam and Tara left the apartment, Ethan was the Ghostface in this scene. Somehow Quinn would have to distract the rest of the group to allow Ethan to slip away, or Ethan might just be lying to his friends about going back to his apartment. It also should be noticed, that when Ghostface is pushed onto the bikes by Sam and Tara, he grunts in a voice similar to Ethan's, and a moment later he says "Shit!", which also sounds like Ethan. What remains unclear is how Ethan (or possibly Quinn) would have learned to use a shotgun. However, it can be inferred that Wayne taught his kids using a shotgun. In summary, we have two possible scenarios: Quinn being the caller, and Wayne being the attacker , or Wayne being the caller, and Ethan or Quinn being the attacker . With this murder, Ghostface leaves behind Jill Roberts' and Charlie Walker's masks.

Dr. Christopher Stone's murder: This murder happened sometime around 8 am. Every Ghostface actually had the ability to kill Dr. Stone. Despite that, the most evidence points to Wayne, because it was him, who Sam told and gave details about Stone, such as where he lived. At the police station, where Wayne informs Kirby about Dr. Stone's death, Wayne strongly emphasized the cause of Stone's death as if he was proud of it. With this murder, Ghostface leaves behind Roman Bridger's mask.

The Apartment Attack: This attack includes Paul's death, Quinn's fake death, Mindy and Sam's attack, and finally Anika's murder. It obviously couldn't be Quinn because she was seen faking her death. Quinn is also seen talking to her father on the phone before the attack, which would also exclude Wayne from being Ghostface here. Wayne, after revealing himself, also tells Sam and Tara how he faked Quinn's death and that "he had to be sure he was first on the scene so he could switch Quinn's body out with a fresh one". This tells us that Wayne came to the apartment after the attack, and was unlikely to be responsible for it. It's possible that during the attack, Wayne killed an unknown teenage girl and dragged her corpse to the apartment so everyone would think it was Quinn. Thus, the only possible Ghostface in this scene is Ethan. This can be deduced from the way he slices Mindy's arm (just like he did twice with Sam during the revelations), and stabs, then rips open Anika's stomach. Wayne had a different way of stabbing his victims, like he did with Jason. Even though Ethan had an alibi that he was in Econ Class the whole time with hundred other people, it is probably false, as it is likely that he left class earlier than the other students, and since "he was in a study hall with a hundred other people", nobody really would notice him being absent.

Sam's second phone call: This was Quinn, who was hiding in Gale's penthouse to lure them there, as Wayne was in the park with Sam and Tara and Ethan was in the police van with Kirby, Chad and Mindy.

Gale's first phone call : This was probably Wayne. Since Quinn is responsible for Brooks' death happening at the same time as Gale's call, Gale would overhear Quinn attacking Brooks.

Brooks' murder, Gale's second phone call and attack: This was Quinn as she both admitted to being responsible and was already in the apartment making a phone call to lure them in. Wayne and Ethan were also both at the park with Sam, Tara and Kirby.

Mindy's attack: This was Quinn as she admitted to attacking Mindy, Ethan was also on the subway in plain sight and Wayne was at the police station.

Kirby's attack: This was both Quinn and Ethan as Kirby confirmed that "they" both attacked her and Quinn and Ethan were the two masked Ghostface's in the theatre.

Tara and Chad's Attack: Quinn stabbed Tara in the back and chased the group before being beaten up by Chad. When Chad was about to finish Quinn, Ethan stabbed him from behind, saving his sister, and then Quinn and Ethan attacked Chad together and stabbed him wearing Nancy Loomis and Stu Macher's masks.

Kirby's shooting: Wayne, in his reveal.

Quinn's murder: This was Sam who shot her through the head.

Wayne's murder: This was Sam who stabbed him to death using Billy's robe, mask and knife various times on his chest and arms, despite wearing a vest, with the fatal stab being to his eye.

Ethan's murder: This was both Tara, who stabbed Ethan on the inside of his mouth, and Kirby who crushed his skull with the same TV that killed Stu.

Relationships

• Mortal Enemy
• Girlfriend ( Billy Loomis )
• Friend ( Mickey Altieri and Stu Macher )
• Half-sister ( Roman Bridger )
• Cousin ( Jill Roberts )
• Frequent Target
• Girlfriend ( Richie Kirsch )
• Roomate ( Quinn Bailey )
• Friend ( Ethan Landry )
• Police ( Wayne Bailey )
• Daughter ( Billy Loomis )
• Granddaughter ( Nancy Loomis )
• Friend ( Amber Freeman and Ethan Landry )
• Acquaintance ( Richie Kirsch )
• Friend ( Jill Roberts and Charlie Walker )
• Acquaintance ( Ethan Landry and Quinn Bailey )
• Suspects ( Jason Carvey and Greg Bruckner )
• Friend ( Amber Freeman and Quinn Bailey )
• Roomate ( Ethan Landry )
• Nephew ( Randy Meeks , victim of Nancy)
• Acquaintance ( Richie Kirsch and Ethan Landry )
• Niece ( Randy Meeks , victim of Nancy)
• Son ( Nancy Loomis )
• Accomplice ( Stu Macher )
• Protege ( Roman Bridger )
• Father ( Samantha Carpenter )
• Accomplice ( Billy Loomis )
• Girlfriend ( Stu Macher )
• Friend ( Billy Loomis )
• Mother ( Billy Loomis )
• Accomplice ( Mickey Altieri )
• Grandmother ( Samantha Carpenter )
• Accomplice ( Nancy Loomis )
• Mentor ( Billy Loomis )
• Half-brother ( Sidney Prescott )
• Accomplice ( Charlie Walker )
• Accomplice ( Jill Roberts )
• Accomplice ( Richie Kirsch )
• Son ( Wayne Bailey )
• Brother ( Quinn Bailey ) ( Ethan Landry )
• Accomplice ( Amber Freeman )
• Boyfriend ( Samantha Carpenter )
• Father ( Richie Kirsch ) ( Ethan Landry ) ( Quinn Bailey )
• Accomplice ( Ethan Landry )
• Accomplice ( Quinn Bailey )
• Brother ( Richie Kirsch ) ( Quinn Bailey )
• Accomplice ( Wayne Bailey )
• Daughter ( Wayne Bailey )
• Sister ( Richie Kirsch ) ( Ethan Landry )

Parodies in other media

The comedy parody films Scary Movie and Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth depict killers based on the Ghostface character.

In the climax of Scary Movie , the killer was revealed to be both Bobby Prinze and Ray Wilkins. However, it turns out they were copycat killers of a serial killer that already existed. The real killer was Doofy Gilmore, a policeman who had been faking mental retardation.

In Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth , the killer's mask is not originally that of Ghostface, but begins as a hockey mask which resembles the one worn by Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th series . After being set on fire when the killer tried to smoke a cigarette, it melted to resemble Ghostface. In this film, unlike the "Scream" version of Ghostface, he constantly fails to kill anyone important; the various kills are accidental, or people in the background with almost no part in the plot. In the climax of the film, the killer turns out to be Doughy's long lost twin cousin. He is accidentally shot by Hagatha, who was using a gun as a mirror to touch up her make-up. He later attempts to escape, after waking up in a mockery of the usual horror shock endings, only to be shot many times by Doughy and beaten up by a mob of cops who mistake him for being black. He still survives, and as revealed in a where-are-they-now segment, he apparently settled down. At the end of the film, it turns out that another person has taken up the guise of Ghostface, and apparently has better skills, attacking his victims with ninja-like tactics.

In an episode of Celebrity Deathmatch , Ghostface calls fighters saying that he will kill a scream queen every round, he ends up murdering Drew Barrymore (Scream) , Jamie Lee Curtis ( Halloween ) , and Jennifer Love Hewitt ( I Know What You Did Last Summer ) . Later a cell phone that belongs to him is planted on a platypus and Neve Campbell and Sarah Michelle Gellar manage to defeat it, believing it to be the killer. At the end of the show he makes a phone call to Nick Diamond.

Roger L. Jackson reprises his role of Ghostface in the Robot Chicken episode "That Hurts Me" as one of the movie killer contestants in a show that parodies Big Brother . He portrays the token black character so often seen in reality shows. He launches a prank war on Pinhead , purposefully shrinks Freddy Krueger's sweater in the wash, and when given a free cell phone call, he calls Drew Barrymore to threaten her and complain that the Charlie' s Angels sequel sucked. When both he and Michael Myers were set to be eliminated, Ghostface gave a heartfelt speech about how he'd cherished his time on the show and wouldn't hold any grudges over being eliminated, which saved him from elimination, as opposed to Michael, who simply stabbed Freddy repeatedly as a response, which didn't even make Freddy bleed, but instead merely annoyed him.

Ghostface has also made a cameo in Tripping the Rift , as the judge in the episode when Chode sells his soul to the devil and finds a way to sue him.

In the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back , Shannen Doherty and Wes Craven provide cameos as themselves making the (at that time) non-existent Scream 4 , but Doherty objects when Ghostface turns out to be played by the orangutan, Suzann.

In the anime Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei , Mr. Despair attempts to dream of his own death scene. The screen switches to a familiar shower scene from Psycho as Mr. Despair is taking a shower. Suddenly he is attacked by Bruce Lee , Darth Vader , Ghostface, and other familiar faces before dying the exact same way in Psycho .

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In his book Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film , Adam Rockoff opined that Ghostface's mask was a "striking, surreal and downright terrifying presence". Calling the mask a "hyperbolic rendering" of Edvard Munch's The Scream , Rockoff wrote that the 'face' is "twisted in an exaggerated, almost mocking grin, as if reflecting the look of terror and surprise on his victims' faces."

Scream Ghostface costume. A popular choice for Halloween

Tony Magistrale also discussed the similarities between Ghostface's mask and The Scream in his book Abject Terrors: Surveying the Modern and Postmodern Horror Film , stating that the painting "an apt representation of the degree of alienation from other people inspires the killers' murderous agenda". The mask of Ghostface is widely renowned for it's major appearance on Halloween night. It has been the most common costume on Halloween since the launch of it. There are many variations such as a mask where it can produce fake blood. Also, in the 2010 Halloween, there were new costumes of Ghostface. One that was a scarecrow, and the other, having the regular robe, but with a zombie mask.

Weapons and Equipment

 Buck 120 Hunting Knife: The iconic weapon of the Ghostface killer. Usually used to stab victims, slit their throats or gut them.

Gun: Usually used when Ghostface finally reveals his/her identity to their last victim.

Father Death costume /Ghost mask: Used to hide his/her identity. The iconic wardrobe of the killer of the Scream franchise.

Bullet-proof vest: Used by Roman Bridger to protect himself from gunshots to the chest.

Voice-changer: An electronic device used to mask the killer's real voice and change it to a deep, grunting voice.

Video Camera: Used by the 'Remake' killers, to record a video of them murdering their victims in order to obey the rule of which the Killer should film the murders.

Abilities and Attributes

Unlike supernatural killers, such as Michael Myers or Freddy Krueger, Ghostface is human, but has several skills of a deadly killer. Ghostface is skilled in spying and stealth, allowing him or her to hide in unexpected places. Also, he or she exhibits extreme durability against physical harm and has high levels of physical strength. As seen in Scream 2 he was able to kill Officer Andrews and Officer Richards, who were considered two of Chief Hartley's best men. In the 4th and 5th entries, they are able to kill multiple deputies and eventually Sheriff Judy Hicks. Also, in the 5th film Dewey Riley finally meets his demise after surviving multiple near fatal attacks throughout the series. In the 6th film, Kirby Reed is revealed to be an FBI Agent and towards the end of the movie nearly dies after being shot by Wayne Bailey after he reveals himself and children to be the killers. In Scream 3 he was able to kill both Cotton Weary and Jennifer Jolie's bodyguard, Steven Stone despite their size.

They are also shown to be great at Evasion. In the first Scream, after killing Casey Becker and Steve Orth, they are able to escape before Casey's Parents find her body. In Scream 2 at the start of the movie they are able to kill both Maureen Evans and Phil Stevens at a screening of Stab and able to leave without been seen, due to most of the patrons wearing Ghostface costumes throughout the theater. Later on they are able to Kill Randy Meeks on campus with hundreds of students nearby during broad daylight and able to escape without being seen. In Scream 4 after Killing Olivia Morris, they are able to evade Sidney Prescott, who attempted to try and help Olivia before finding her dead body. In the 6th film, They are able to Kill Dr. Christopher Stone and break into his home during the day and are able to leave without being seen. Later in the movie they wound Mindy Meeks-Martin while on the subway with dozens of passengers onboard and able to leave without being seen.

Ghostface seems to display a heightened sense of awareness. He or she is often able to know where his victims are located before a physical attack, where they are hiding, and/or to be where they will attempt to escape. As seen in Scream 2 , he was able to tell if, when, and where his victim would place his head against a bathroom stall dividing wall (enabling Ghostface to stab the target in the head from the next stall over).

Ghostface is strong enough to lift up a person and to stun his victims with punches. He can endure several damages like having a beer bottle thrown on his face and surviving some stab or bullet wounds. Ghostface is very skillful in wielding his knife and has enough strength to puncture through doors with his knife. Ghostface kills his victims by stabbing them on vital points or slitting their throats.

He is also fast enough to catch most of his victims. Wayne Bailey was shown to be quick enough to dodge a shotgun blast from the Bodega Clerk that he eventually steals the weapon from and kills.

The first two Ghostface killers (Billy and Stu) would often gut their victims and hang their corpses.

Throughout the series Ghostface is shown to be great at manipulation. At the start of the first movie they are able to trick Casey Becker into playing a game of trivia in order to save her boyfriend Steve Orth, however when she gets a trick question wrong they kill him and eventually her soon after. Then towards the End of the movie Billy Loomis tricks his girlfriend Sidney Prescott into thinking the Killer (Stu Macher) attacked him, before revealing himself to indeed be one of the killers. In Scream 2 when Mickey Altieri reveals himself as the killer, he tricks Sidney into thinking her boyfriend and his friend, Derek Feldman was his partner in the killings, which makes Sidney hesitant to help Derek despite his pleas. Mickey then kills Derek and mocks Sidney for not trusting him. In scream 3 Roman Bridger had a voice changer that could copy other voices, confusing his victims. At the start of Scream 3 he calls Cotton Weary and pretends to be a female flirting with him before using the Ghostface voice and taunting him by saying he broke into his home and is going to Kill Christine Hamilton. He then attacks Christine and uses Cotton's voice and tells her he is just playing around. By the time the real Cotton gets to his home, Christine is convinced he is her attacker and ignores his warnings about Ghostface and attacks him with a golf club, Ghostface then Shows up and kills her. Cotton tried to fight back, but was too weak, due to his injury from the golf club and Roman kills him. He was able convince Sarah Darling to come meet him at the studio, which she gets locked inside in all alone and Roman Taunts her as Ghostface before killing her. Later at John Milton's Mansion, Roman fakes his death with a fake dummy of himself and goes on to kill the rest of the Stab Cast and eventually revealed himself as the killer and kills Milton too. In Scream 4, Ghostface (Charlie Walker) calls Kirby Reed and Jill Roberts and tells Kirby to check the closet, she goes to check and finds it empty, which he taunts them and says he wasn't talking about Jill house and reveals himself to be hiding at Olivia Morris' house and kills her. At the start of the 5th film Ghostface calls Tara Carpenter and tricks her into a game of trivia after threating to kill her best friend, Amber Freeman (Not knowing she is one of the killers alongside her sister's boyfriend Richie Kirsch). Towards the end at Amber's house, they are able to steal Liv McKenzie's phone to Lure her boyfriend Chad Meeks-Martin and attack him. When Chad doesn't return, his sister Mindy suspects Liv of being the killer, before being attacked herself. Liv then returns to the house with blood on her hands claiming to find Chad's wounded body, before being killed by Amber Freeman, who reveals herself to be the killer alongside Richie Kirsch. In the 6th film Quinn Bailey (With the help of her father Wayne) is able to fake her death before reveling herself to be one of the killers alongside her family. Wayne Bailey is able to trick The Carpenter Sisters and their friends towards the end by saying Kirby Reed was exiled from the FBI due to her mental health, which allows Wayne and his children to trap them all at the theater before they reveal themselves to be the killers.

Wore a bulletproof vest under his Father Death costume, which allowed him to survive gunshots to the chest. The bulletproof vest would then turn out to be an essential tool later used as protection for other killers, such as Amber Freeman, Wayne Bailey, and Quinn Bailey.

While all the Ghostface Killers are shown to use handguns after unmasking themselves, Wayne Bailey is the first to kill with a shotgun while still masked after successfully disarming the Bodega clerk. Bailey was likely the most skilled Ghostface in firearms due to his law enforcment background.

Ghostface is sometimes a little bit of a klutz; Ghostface gets hit by doors and other objects like a refrigerator door while fighting with Tatum, and sometimes fall down to the floor while chasing Sidney. This ability likely renders from the fact that their mask gives them minimal eyesight while in pursuit, thus making their viewpoint slump in the way of other surroundings below or around them.

Six of the Ghostface killers (Billy, Mickey, Roman, Jill, Amber and Ethan) have been able to survive potentially fatal wounds and spring back up for one last scare (although they were killed immediately after). The other six Ghostface killers and accomplices were killed beforehand and thus never committed their onlast scare moment (Stu, Nancy, Charlie, Richie, Quinn, and Wayne), with Charlie being the only killed by his accomplice.

Despite actually being different people, Ghostface has a habit of menacingly wiping the blood off his knife with one gloved hand and has a thorough knowledge of horror film genre, including conventions and trivia.

Behind the Scenes

• Wes Craven had the characters in Scream mention the Ghostface costume is called "Father Death" as a red herring, alluding to Neil, Sidney's father.
• In Scream, Stu was meant to mention having to pee before Sidney is attacked in the high school bathroom, but it was believed to be too strong a clue that he was the killer.
• In the original Scream 2 script, there are three killers: Mrs. Loomis, Derek Feldman , and Hallie McDaniel (the sixth film derived from said script with differences in each film, although similarly applying with there being an older killer guiding young ones, although in the sixth film they're a family trio; also in the sixth with there being 2 male killers and 1 female, as opposed to the original trio of killers in the original script from the second film being 1 male and 2 female killers).
• In the original Scream 3 script, Angelina Tyler is a second killer. She reveals herself to be a former classmate of Sidney's and now in a relationship with Roman.
• Eight men have been Ghostface (excluding Jason), while only four have been women: Mrs. Loomis, Jill Roberts, Amber Freeman, and Quinn Bailey.
• The only person to wear the Ghostface costume and use the voice changer who wasn't a murderer was Sidney. During a brief moment in Scream , she does this to turn the tables on Billy and Stu. It can be argued that she is a murderer since she kills several of the killers later in the franchise, though she was only doing it in self defense. She is succeeded by Samantha Carpenter, arguably, due to her father being Billy Loomis, and having the lust, psychologically, for murdering like her father, albeit in self defense. Sam during the sixth film, like Sidney in the first, dons her old father's costume and knife, ironically, to murder Wayne Bailey and calls him beforehand by also using the voice changer.
• Out of the six Ghostface killing sprees in the films, only two of them have occurred, in-universe , in real world locations and cities; the first being Hollywood/Los Angeles, California in Scream 3 on February 1-4, 2000, and New York City, New York in Scream VI on October 29-31, 2023.
• The only instances in the franchise of people wearing the Ghostface costume and not being killers is both two unnamed male students in the first Scream (which was hinting to the ultimate reveal of two male killers, subliminal) , and the movie audience during the opening of Scream 2, during a sneak peek of the first Stab (which in turn is a meta reference to Scream; and the 1996 Woodsboro Murders, whose source material was derived off the book Gale Weathers wrote about the events, making it a film within a film), as well as New Yorkers throughout the city (excluding Jason Carvey) wearing it as a Halloween costume during the New York Murders during Halloween week, 2023, in Scream VI .
• The 3 victims of the copycat murders from Scream 2 are:
• Phil Stevens (representing Steven Orth)
• Maureen Evans (representing Maureen Prescott)
• Casey 'Cici' Cooper (representing Casey Becker)
• The copycat murders of Scream 2 are a dangling plot point. Mickey and Mrs. Loomis begin murdering victims based on their names matching those of the original Woodsboro Murders, but stop at 3. While the investigators discover the pattern, nothing comes of this, or is mentioned in the final confrontation. This is fleshed out slightly more in earlier drafts of the script, but still not resolved. Whether the two killers planned this as a red herring or altered course as they went along remains to be seen. From a story perspective, this fits in with the two killers having very different motives.
• The murders in Scream 3 follow a similar path to Scream 2. Roman killed the cast in the order their characters died in the Stab 3 script, until veering off course and killing without a pattern, just as Mickey and Mrs. Loomis started as copycat killers until Randy's murder. In both cases, characters tried deducing who would be the next victim based on the pattern right when the killer stopped using the pattern.
• The Scream 3 characters may indeed have been killed in accordance with the Stab 3 script if you allow for the exceptions of non-cast members (Christine Hamilton, Steven Stone, and John Milton). Cotton Weary was set to cameo as himself in the opening death scene and he was the first actor to die. Sarah Darling's Candy was the second to die. It's known that Ricky was written to die and since the fictionalized Gale Weathers was set to be the killer, she would have died last. Tyson Fox dies between Sarah and Jennifer Jolie, who was the last killed. It's unknown if Sidney and Dewey's characters were set to be killed, but since Tori Spelling and David Schwimmer didn't return, it's likely the producers wanted to kill the characters off, making it possible that they died in the order Tom Prinze and Angelina Tyler were murdered.
• One of the killers "Came back to life for one last scare" in each film:
• Billy Loomis (shot in the head by Sidney) - Scream (1996)
• Mickey Altieri (shot in the chest by Sidney and Gale) - Scream 2
• Roman Bridger (shot in the head by Dewey) - Scream 3
• Jill Roberts (shot in the heart by Sidney) - Scream 4
• Amber Freeman (shot in the head by Tara) - Scream (2022)
• Ethan Landry (head crushed by television pushed by Kirby) - Scream VI

It would have been possible that Nancy could have returned for one last scare, but she was shot in the head by Sidney, after she and Gale killed Mickey.

• Ghostface killed a pair of victims in the opening of each film, except Scream (2022):
• Steven Orth & Casey Becker (Scream)
• Phil Stevens & Maureen Evans (Scream 2)
• Christine & Cotton Weary (Scream 3)
• Marnie Cooper & Jenny Randall (Scream 4)
• Jason Carvey & Greg Bruckner (Scream VI)
• With the exception of Scream 2, in every cycle of murders there is one victim who Ghostface doesn't stab or kill with his knife:
• Tatum Riley (garage door) - Scream (1996)
• Officer Richards (metal pole) - Scream 2
• Derek Feldman (shot) - Scream 2
• Tom Prinze (blown up) - Scream 3
• Trevor Sheldon (shot) - Scream 4
• Liv McKenzie (shot) - Scream (2022)
• Bodega Clerk (shot) - Scream VI
• Like Cici Cooper in Scream 2 and Tyson Fox in Scream 3 before her, Anika was stabbed prior to falling to her death by Ghostface.
• However, unlike the others, Anika wasn't thrown off or pushed, but rather due to escaping via a ladder and trying to crawl to another building while suspended on a high level and a horizontal makeshift ladder, was thwarted in her attempt to escape by Ghostface, due to the other side from where they escaped being not overseen.
• Roman, Ethan and Quinn are the only killers who die in their Father Death costumes.
• Roman Bridger was the only Ghostface who had no accomplice.
• Each of the Ghostface killers had the opportunity to kill off the 3 main characters:
• Billy nearly stabs Sidney (Gale shoots him before he does that). The scene before that, Stu and Billy were about to kill Sidney if it weren't for Gale distracting them. (Scream)
• Ghostface also stabbed Dewey in the back but he survived. (Scream)
• Ghostface brutally stabs Dewey, but he survives once again. (Scream 2)
• Mickey reflexively shoots Gale, but she survived. Before that, Mrs. Loomis had her at gunpoint and could have killed her instantly. (Scream 2)
• Sidney intensely escapes a police car through a knocked-out Ghostface at the driver's seat. Mrs. Loomis has Sidney on a knife-point (Cotton Weary ends up saving Sidney by shooting Mrs. Loomis) (Scream 2)
• Gale falls into a basement along with Ghostface who was knocked-out temporarily. (Scream 3)
• Ghostface throws his knife at Dewey into his head, but the handle hits him instead and knocks him out. (Scream 3)
• Ghostface ties Gale and Dewey together to hold them as hostage to lure Sidney when he could've just killed them. (Scream 3)
• Roman strangles Sidney to death but stops when Dewey turns down the electricity of the house, he also shot her with a gun (but she wore a bullet-proof vest) and could've shot her in the head. (Scream 3)
• Ghostface had the chance to stab Gale at a vital point but hesitated when Dewey fires his gun. Jill also held Gale at a gun-point and was going to shoot her. (Scream 4)
• Jill threatens to blow Dewey's head off with his gun. (Scream 4)
• Jill could've stabbed Sidney even more in Kirby's house, but she was probably in a hurry as she was aware that the police were coming. (Scream 4)
• Jill Roberts being the killer is ironic. Her character is based on Sidney Prescott and the fact that she is a Ghostface killer is a reference to the fact that some fans often speculate that Sidney Prescott would eventually become the Ghostface killer due to witnessing the deaths of the people close to her.
• It is revealed that Jill Roberts and Charlie Walker are the killers in Scream 4 , they planned this to "remake" the franchise:
• Jenny Randall and Marnie Cooper represent Casey Becker and Steve Orth (killed first simultaneously after one receives a call from Ghostface. A deleted scene shows that they were hung and tied to a chair like Casey and Steve)
• Kate Roberts represents her sister, Maureen Prescott. Both are the mothers of the 'protagonist'
• Trevor Sheldon represents Neil Prescott. Both were kidnapped, bound and gagged, and would-be framed for the murder spree.
• Jill and Charlie's plan to make their innocence in the killing spree more solid by stabbing each other, is just like Billy and Stu's plan in the first movie.
• Jill stabbing Charlie to death on purpose, is a reference to Scream 2 when Mrs. Loomis betrays her accomplice Mickey.
• It is arguable that the Remake Jill and Charlie also tried to 'remake' the Windsor Collage Murders since a few of their victims deaths are parallel to the Windsor College victims:
• Ghostface slashes Jill's arm to make Sidney think that Ghostface is trying to kill her, this is similar to Ghostface slashing Derek's arm leading Sidney to doubt whether he is an accomplice of Ghostface.
• Rebecca was thrown from a several stories building, similar to Cici's death who was thrown off a two-story building from the balcony.
• Officer Hoss and Perkins' Deaths are parallel to Officer Richards and Andrews' deaths.
• Robbie's Death was reminiscent of Randy's brutal murder.
• Kirby's Attack was reminiscent of Hallie's murder, as both were attacked by surprise by Ghostface. (note that the Ghostface that attacked them were the men they were implied to have a relationship with.)
• Sidney killed both murderers by herself in Scream. In Scream 2, Cotton shot Mrs. Loomis to free Sidney. Mrs. Loomis was shot again by Sidney, making her the third killer killed by Sidney. Mickey was shot by both Sidney and Gale. In Scream 3, Sidney mortally wounded Roman, but in the end, Dewey is the one who killed him. Charlie was killed by Jill, and Sidney also killed the last of the "remake killers", her cousin, Jill.
• Both female killers, Jill Roberts and Mrs. Loomis, betrayed their accomplices in the end.
• The remake killers Jill Roberts and Charlie Walker have similarities to the previous 5 killers:
• They are a duo similar to Billy and Stu as well as Mrs. Loomis and Mickey.
• Charlie is betrayed by his accomplice just like Mickey.
• Both tried to attack and failed to kill Sidney.
• Both planned to frame someone else.
• Both attempted to stab each other to make it seem they were attacked by the Killer.
• Jill craves for fame of being the survivor of the new Ghostface killing spree just like Roman Bridger.
• Although Amber revealed herself as the killer after killing Liv she wears the costume later and unmasks herself after attacking Sidney .
• Wannabe Ghostface Jason Carvey unmasked himself after murdering Laura Crane .
• Billy Loomis , Stu Macher , Mrs. Loomis , Charlie Walker , Richie Kirsch and Wayne Bailey are the only ghostfaces who don't reveal themselves by unmasking.
• Each of the Ghostface killers, except Mickey, Richie, or Ethan gets themselves hit by a glass object:
• Billy Loomis: beer bottle thrown into the face. (whilst attacking Tatum Riley)
• Stu Macher: vase smashed into his head, Television screen smashes into his face. (getting killed by Sidney Prescott)
• Nancy Loomis: a prop jar is smashed to her head. (after Sidney distracted her)
• Roman Bridger: a beer bottle is smashed into his face. (whilst having a physical fight with Sidney)
• Charlie Walker: a glass picture frame is smashed into his shoulder. (whilst trying to attack Sidney)
• Jill Roberts: runs into a glass picture frame and jumps onto a glass coffee table. (Self Inflicted)
• Amber Freeman: thrown and smashed with glass hand sanitizer bottle on her head and face, causing her to become spread with the flammable substance before set on fire (whilst having a physical fight with Sidney and Gale, bottle thrown by Sidney).
• Quinn Bailey: thrown down onto a glass table. (whilst attacking Gale Weathers)
• Wayne Bailey: falls onto a glass display case. (after charging at Sam and falling over a ledge with her)
• In Scream 4 it is proven that Marnie Cooper is the Steven Orth in the film as she is first to die, while Jenny Randall as the Casey Becker as she has a vast knowledge of horror movies and is taunted before dying as the fourth installment is following the remake movies this century.

Notes and References

• ↑ Scream (2022)''
• ↑ Scream VI
• ↑ Scream VI''

Character Guide

• 1 Billy Loomis
• 2 Samantha Carpenter
• 3 Ghostface

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Ghostface , also known as The Lakewood Slasher in the TV series, is the identity adopted by the main antagonists of the Scream franchise. It is a fictional persona and Halloween costume used as a disguise by the antagonists of the franchise to conceal their identity.

Over the course of the franchise, at least fourteen people have used the Ghostface identity (nineteen if the TV series is counted, twenty when including the Stab films, and twenty-one when considering video games).

In the movies and the third season, Ghostface is voiced by Roger L. Jackson , who also played Mojo Jojo from The Powerpuff Girls , Wizeman from NiGHTS , and Nohman from Zone of the Enders , regardless of who is behind the mask. In the first two seasons of MTV Scream, Lakewood Slasher is voiced by Mike Vaughn. In-costume scenes for Ghostface were portrayed by Lee Waddell, Dane Farwell, Tony Cecere and Skeet Ulrich in Scream (1996) , by Chris Doyle, Allen Robinson, Kurt Bryant, Chris Durand, and Lee Waddell (again) in Scream 2 , by Brian Avery in Scream 3 , by Dane Farwell (again) in Scream 4 , by Keith Ward, Paul Burke, and Jack Quaid in Scream (2022) , and by Mathieu Coderre, Max Laferriere and Jack Champion in Scream VI . In the Japanese dubbed version of the movie, He is voiced by Jin Yamanoi, who also voiced Nyarlathotep in Persona 2 duology.

• 2 Abilities and Attributes
• 3 Weapons and Equipment
• 4.1 Scream (1996)
• 4.2 Scream 2
• 4.3 Scream 3
• 4.4 Scream 4
• 4.5.1 Season 1
• 4.5.2 Season 2
• 4.6 Scream: Resurrection (2019)
• 4.7 Scream (2022)
• 4.8 Scream VI
• 5.1.1.1 Casey's phone calls
• 5.1.1.2 Sidney's first phone call
• 5.1.1.3 Sidney's second phone call
• 5.1.2.1 Cici's phone call
• 5.1.2.2 Sidney's phone call
• 5.1.2.3 Randy's phone call
• 5.1.3.1 Cotton's phone call
• 5.1.3.2 Sarah's first phone call
• 5.1.3.3 Sidey's first phone call
• 5.1.3.4 Steven's phone call
• 5.1.3.5 Sidney's second phone call
• 5.1.3.6 Sidney's third phone call
• 5.1.3.7 Sidney's fourth "phone call"
• 5.1.4.1 Jenny's phone call
• 5.1.4.2 Kirby's first phone call
• 5.1.4.3 Sidney's first phone call
• 5.1.4.4 Rebecca's phone call
• 5.1.4.5 Sidney's second phone call
• 5.1.4.6 Kirby's second phone call
• 5.1.5.1 Tara's phone calls
• 5.1.5.2 Sam's first phone call
• 5.1.5.3 Judy's phone call
• 5.1.5.4 Sam's second phone call
• 5.1.5.5 Sidney's phone call
• 5.1.6.1 Laura's phone call
• 5.1.6.2 Jason's phone call
• 5.1.6.3 Sam's first phone call
• 5.1.6.4 Sam's second phone call
• 5.1.6.5 Gale's phone call
• 5.1.6.6 Wayne's phone call
• 5.2.1.1 Emma's first phone call
• 5.2.1.2 Emma's second phone call
• 5.2.1.3 Emma's third phone call
• 5.2.1.4 Emma's fourth phone call
• 5.2.1.5 Emma's fifth phone call
• 5.2.2 Season 2 (Kieran's phone calls)
• 5.2.3.1 Marcus' first phone call
• 5.2.3.2 Marcus' second phone call
• 5.2.3.3 Kym's phone call
• 5.2.3.4 Shane's phone call
• 5.2.3.5 Marcus' third phone call
• 5.2.3.6 Jamal's phone call
• 5.2.3.7 Marcus' fourth phone call
• 5.3 Victims
• 5.5 External Links
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Overview [ ]

Initially, Billy Loomis created the identity with Stu Macher in order to kill Sidney because of her mother's affair with Billy's father, Hank, which triggered his mother to leave, after a short killing spree in the fictional Northern California town of Woodsboro. However, the changing identity of the person beneath the mask means that Ghostface has no definite motivation, ranging from revenge to seeking fame to "peer pressure". However, each killer shares the common goal of killing Sidney Prescott , and later Samantha Carpenter , to a chain of events indirectly caused by Sidney's mother, Maureen.

In the Scream universe, the costume is not unique and is easily obtainable, allowing others to wear a similar outfit. Ghostface often calls its targets to taunt or threaten them while using a voice changer that hides its true identity. In Scream 3 , this is taken further by Roman Bridger who uses a device that enables him to sound like several other characters in order to manipulate targets. The Ghostface persona remains the same throughout the Scream series, featuring a black hood and cloak with a jagged base and a white vinyl mask with a black shroud sewn onto the back, resembling a ghost with a screaming expression. Though each iteration of Ghostface is human, they often exhibit extreme durability against physical harm, high levels of physical strength, and an almost supernatural stealth ability; able to appear and disappear in seemingly impossible situations. The character has often appeared in popular culture since its inception, referenced in film and television as well as spawning a series of action figures and merchandise.

The Ghostface mask itself was originally created by Fun World Div. Easter Unlimited, Inc. employee Brigitte Sleiertin for a series of masks titled "Fantastic Faces" released as Halloween masks in the early 1990s by Fun World. The mask was given the trademarked name of "GhostFace" by the Fun World licensing director R.J. Torbert in 1999-2000. The Ghostface mask also returned in The Face of Fear , a novel written by Torbert himself. Ghostface was also given the trademarked name " The Icon of Halloween " in 2010-2011 by Torbert as well for the Scream 4 hype.

Abilities and Attributes [ ]

Unlike supernatural killers, such as Michael Myers , Jason Voorhees or Freddy Krueger , Ghostface is human, but has several skills of a deadly killer. Ghostface is skilled in spying and stealth, allowing him or her to hide in unexpected places. Also, he or she exhibits extreme durability against physical harm and has high levels of physical strength. As seen in Scream 2, he was able to kill both Officer Richards and Officers Andrews, who were two of Chief Hartley's best men. In Scream 3 he was able to kill both Cotton Weary and later on Jennifer Jolie's bodyguard Steven Stone, despite their size.

Ghostface seems to display a heightened sense of awareness. He or she is often able to know where his victims are located before a physical attack, where they are hiding, and/or to be where they will attempt to escape. As seen in Scream 2 , he was able to tell if, when, and where his victim would place his head against a bathroom stall dividing wall (enabling Ghostface to stab the target in the head from the next stall over).

Ghostface is strong enough to lift up a person and to stun his victims with punches. He can endure several damages like having a beer bottle thrown on his face and surviving some stab or bullet wounds. Ghostface is very skillful in wielding his knife, and has enough strength to puncture through doors with his knife. Ghostface kills his victims by stabbing them on vital points or slitting their throats. He is also fast enough to catch most of his victims.

Roman Bridger had a voice changer that could copy other voices, confusing his victims. Roman also wore a bulletproof vest under his Father Death costume, which allowed him to survive gunshots to the chest.

Ghostface is sometimes a little bit of a klutz; Ghostface gets hit by doors and other objects like a refrigerator door while fighting with Tatum, and sometimes fall down to the floor while chasing Sidney.

Six of the Ghostface killers (Billy, Mickey, Roman, Jill, Amber and Ethan) have been able to survive potentially fatal wounds and spring back up for one last scare (although they were killed immediately after).

Despite actually being different people, Ghostface has a habit of menacingly, wiping the blood off his knife with one gloved hand and has a thorough knowledge of horror film genre, including conventions and trivia.

Weapons and Equipment [ ]

• Buck 120 Hunting Knife : The iconic weapon of the Ghostface killer. Usually used to stab victims, slit their throats or gut them.
• Gun : Usually used when Ghostface finally reveals his/her identity to their last victim.
• Father Death costume/Ghost mask : Used to hide his/her identity. The iconic wardrobe of the killer of the Scream franchise.
• Bullet-proof Vest : Used by Roman Bridger and Amber Freeman to protect themselves from gunshots to the chest.
• Voice-changer : An electronic device used to mask the killer's real voice and change it to a deep, grunting voice. In the third film, it's able to replicate anyone's voice perfectly, allowing the person behind the mask to easily deceive and manipulate their victims.
• Video Camera : Used by the 'Remake' killers, to record a video of them murdering their victims in order to obey the rule of which the Killer should film the murders.

Behind The Mask [ ]

In the Scream franchise , there are usually more than one Ghostface killer behind murders or attacks. Thus, questions often arise: Who killed who?. Who attacked who? or Who called who? This section is intended to explain to viewers who was behind the Ghostface mask when and to answer the questions posed earlier.

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• Maureen Prescott - Stabbed to death by Billy Loomis and Stu Macher
• Steven Orth - Bound to chair, gagged with tape, gutted with knife by Stu Macher
• Casey Becker - Stabbed in the chest/stomach/neck by Billy Loomis, then gutted and hung from tree by Billy Loomis and Stu Macher
• Principal Arthur Himbry - Stabbed 3 times in the chest/stomach, gutted, hung from high school football goal post by Billy Loomis
• Tatum Riley - Arm sliced with knife, lifted, head crushed by garage door after being stuck in cat flap by Billy Loomis
• Kenny Brown - Throat slit with knife by Stu Macher
• Phil Stevens - Stabbed in the ear through bathroom stall, hacked up by Nancy Loomis or Mickey Altieri
• Maureen Evans - Stabbed in the stomach/back (6 times), hacked up by Mickey Altieri
• Cici Cooper - Thrown through a glass door, stabbed twice in the back, thrown off the 2nd balcony by Nancy Loomis or Mickey Altieri
• Randy Meeks - Stabbed 4 times in the chest, throat slit in news van by Nancy Loomis
• Officer Andrews - Throat slashed with knife by Mickey Altieri
• Officer Richards - Head bashed against car window 3 times, thrown, impaled in the back of head through windshield by pipe while on moving car by Mickey Altieri
• Hallie McDaniel - Stabbed in the chest 4 times by Mickey Altieri
• Derek Feldman - Bound to cross, shot in the chest with a handgun by Mickey Altieri
• Christine Hamilton - Stabbed in the back by Roman Bridger
• Cotton Weary - Hit in head with golf club, arm slashed, stabbed in the chest/head by Roman Bridger
• Sarah Darling - Head punched through glass door, stabbed in the back by Roman Bridger
• Steven Stone - Stabbed in the back, head bludgeoned 3 times with frying pan (final punch hit the knife in his back hitting major arteries) by Roman Bridger
• Tom Prinze - House filled with gas exploded by lighting lighter by Roman Bridger
• Angelina Tyler - Stabbed in the chest by Roman Bridger
• Tyson Fox - Stabbed in the stomach, rug pulled underneath, neck broken, slammed against glass case, thrown off second balcony by Roman Bridger
• Jennifer Jolie - Stabbed in the back/stomach behind one-way mirror by Roman Bridger
• John Milton - Throat slit with the knife by Roman Bridger
• Trudie - Chest impaled with hunting knife by Ghostface (in the Stab movies)
• Sherrie - Throat slit with hunting knife by Ghostface (in the Stab movies)
• Rachel - Stomach impaled with kitchen knife by Chloe (in the Stab movies)
• Marnie Cooper - Stabbed in the stomach, thrown through glass door, stabbed several times, arm slashed, hung from ceiling fan by Charlie Walker
• Jenny Randall - Stabbed in the back, back crushed by garage door, stabbed in the chest, stabbed several times, bound to chair by Jill Roberts
• Olivia Morris - Stabbed in the chest/through the hand, kicked/thrown, stabbed in the back/stomach 6 times, head bashed through the window, gutted by Charlie Walker
• Rebecca Walters - Stabbed in the stomach, thrown off parking garage roof, lands on news van by Jill Roberts or Charlie Walker
• Deputy Hoss - Stabbed in the back by Jill Roberts, stabbed several times to make sure he is dead by Charlie Walker
• Deputy Perkins - Stabbed in the forehead by Jill Roberts
• Kate Roberts - Stabbed in the back through letterbox by Jill Roberts
• Robbie Mercer - Stabbed in the chest/back/stomach by Charlie Walker
• Trevor Sheldon - Tied up with tape, shot in the groin/forehead with handgun by Jill Roberts
• Charlie Walker - Stabbed in the heart/stomach by Jill Roberts
• Tyler O'Neill - Decapitated off-screen by Piper Shaw
• Nina Patterson - Back and throat slashed by Piper Shaw
• Rachel Murray - Hung by noose, appeared to look like a suicide by Kieran Wilcox
• Riley Marra - Stabbed in the back/side, artery slashed by Piper Shaw
• Will Belmont - Head shredded in half from behind with a trencher by Piper Shaw, triggered by Emma running onto a tripwire.
• Clifton Roberts - Stabbed multiple times and gutted off-screen by Piper Shaw
• Sheriff Clark Hudson - Stomach sliced open which drops his intestines by Kieran Wilcox
• Grayson Pfeiffer - Throat slashed off-screen by Piper Shaw
• Jake Fitzgerald - Slashed open with a scythe by Kieran Wilcox
• Eddie Hayes - Glass smashed on the head; stabbed multiple times in the back and throat with a corkscrew by Kieran Wilcox
• Seth Branson - Hand cut off and burned with iron, stabbed in the stomach, left to death in burning house by Kieran Wilcox
• Deputy Dwayne - Thrown through glass mirror; died of blood loss by Kieran Wilcox
• Haley Meyers - Stabbed eleven times repeatedly in the chest and abdomen, hung by Kieran Wilcox
• Zoë Vaughn - Locked in a coffin and left to drown at Wren Lake by Kieran Wilcox
• Quinn Maddox - Impaled through the chest with a pitchfork; bled out by Kieran Wilcox
• Deputy Stevens - Stabbed several times in the abdomen and back area by Kieran Wilcox
• Eli Hudson - Stabbed by Kieran Wilcox; shot several times, once by Emma Duval and thrice by Kieran Wilcox
• Prison Guard - Neck twisted in 180 degrees by Third Killer
• Kieran Wilcox - Throat slashed, stabbed in the back of neck by Third Killer
• Tommy Jenkins - Stabbed in the neck before having his head covered with a plastic bag which quickly fills up with his own blood by Jamal Elliot
• Avery Collins - Thrown over the balcony at the silent disco rave and was impaled on a spike upon landing by Jamal Elliot
• Latavious - Throat slashed off-screen by Jamal Elliot
• Shane - A deadly dose of drugs was injected into his eye; A ladder dropped on his windpipe by Beth
• Luther Thompson - Stabbed in the stomach and crushed to death with a car crusher by Jamal Elliot
• Manny - Leg broken with a tire iron and burned to death in a car by Beth
• Amir Ayoub - Stabbed and split down the middle with a bone saw by Beth
• Officer B. Westbrook - Stabbed in the back of the head and burned to death by Beth
• Jamal Elliot - Stabbed with a trash picker multiple times and tortured; blood loss by Beth
• Vince Schneider - Stabbed in the neck by Amber Freeman
• Sheriff Judy Hicks - Stabbed multiple times in the stomach by Amber Freeman
• Wes Hicks - Stabbed in the neck by Richie Kirsch
• Deputy Clay - Throat slashed off-screen by Amber Freeman, body shown
• Dwight "Dewey" Riley - Stomach and back cut open by Amber Freeman
• Liv McKenzie - Shot in the head by Amber Freeman
• Mrs. Kirsch - Killed in an unknown manner by Wayne Bailey and Ethan Landry. (death mentioned in a deleted scene, non-canon)
• Laura Crane - Stabbed multiple times in the stomach and chest by Jason Carvey.
• Greg Bruckner - Dismembered into multiple body parts by Wayne Bailey.
• Jason Carvey - Stabbed multiple times in the stomach by Wayne Bailey.
• Unnamed Male Customer - Stabbed to death by (speculated) Wayne Bailey.
• Unnamed Male Customer - Stabbed in the neck by (speculated) Wayne Bailey.
• Unnamed Male Bodega Owner - Shot in the head by (speculated) Wayne Bailey with a shotgun.
• Dr. Christopher Stone - Face bashed against metal door, stabbed in the nose by Wayne Bailey.
• Paul - Stabbed to death by Ethan Landry off-screen, body shown.
• Anika Kayoko - Gutted in the stomach and thrown off the ladder by Ethan Landry, neck broken upon hitting dumpster bin.
• Brooks - Throat slashed by Quinn Bailey.
• The character is based on a real-life serial killer, Louisiana-born Daniel Harold "Danny" Rolling, also known as "The Gainesville Ripper". Rolling murdered five co-eds and three others between 1989 and 1990 and was sentenced to death for these crimes in 1994, finally being executed in 2006 by lethal injection.
• The mask is based on The Scream painting by the late Edvard Munch and ghosts that appeared in a Betty Boop cartoon.
• As previously stated, no matter who dons the mantle of Ghostface (both in-universe and in-filming), the man behind the voice box in the films and season 3 is always Roger L. Jackson, who is known for voicing Mojo Jojo , Rowdyruff Boys member Butch, and Wizeman the Wicked.
• Interestingly, the character Tatum calls the killer "Mr. Ghostface" in Scream (1996), indicating that this could have been R.J. Torbert's inspiration for the name of the mask.
• Ghostface was featured along with other horror icons in the Halloween sale promotion for Vivziepop's Hazbin Hotel .
• Given the notoriety that Ghostface has received, it has become a staple in many horror movie references and parodies, including a character simply known as " The Killer " in the 2000 comedy spoof movie Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th .
• Wes Craven had the characters in Scream mention the Ghostface costume is called "Father Death" as a red herring, alluding to Neil, Sidney's father.
• In Scream (1996) , Stu was meant to mention having to pee before Sidney is attacked in the high school bathroom, but it was believed to be too strong a clue that he was the killer.
• In the original Scream 2 script, there are three killers: Nancy Loomis, Derek Feldman, and Hallie McDaniel.
• In the original Scream 3 script, Angelina Tyler is a second killer. She reveals herself to be a former classmate of Sidney's and now in a relationship with Roman.
• The protagonists to wear the Ghostface costume and use the voice changer who wasn't a murderer were Sidney Prescott and Sam Carpenter. During a brief moment in Scream and Scream VI , they do this to turn the tables on Billy and Stu ( Scream ) and on Wayne Bailey ( Scream VI ). However, Sidney and Sam were only doing it in self defense.
• The 3 victims of the copycat murders from Scream 2 are: Phil Stevens (representing Steven Orth), Maureen Evans (representing Maureen Prescott) and Casey 'Cici' Cooper (representing Casey Becker). The copycat murders of Scream 2 are a dangling plot point. Mickey and Nancy begin murdering victims based on their names matching those of the original Woodsboro murders, but stop at 3. While the investigators discover the pattern, nothing comes of this, or is mentioned in the final confrontation. This is fleshed out slightly more in earlier drafts of the script, but still not resolved. Whether the two killers planned this as a red herring or altered course as they went along remains to be seen. From a story perspective, this fits in with the two killers having very different motives.
• The murders in Scream 3 follow a similar path to Scream 2. Roman killed the cast in the order their characters died in the Stab 3 script, until veering off course and killing without a pattern, just as Mickey and Nancy started as copycat killers until Randy's murder. In both cases, characters tried deducing who would be the next victim based on the pattern right when the killer stopped using the pattern.
• The Scream 3 characters may indeed have been killed in accordance with the Stab 3 script if you allow for the exceptions of non-cast members (Christine Hamilton, Steven Stone, and John Milton). Cotton Weary was set to cameo as himself in the opening death scene and he was the first actor to die. Sarah Darling's Candy was the second to die. It's known that Ricky was written to die and since the fictionalized Gale Weathers was set to be the killer, she would have died last. Tyson Fox dies between Sarah and Jennifer Jolie, who was the last killed. It's unknown if Sidney and Dewey's characters were set to be killed, but since Tori Spelling and David Schwimmer didn't return, it's likely the producers wanted to kill the characters off, making it possible that they died in the order Tom Prinze and Angelina Tyler were murdered.
• One of the killers "Came back to life for one last scare" in each film:
• Billy Loomis (shot in the head by Sidney) - Scream (1996)
• Mickey Altieri (shot in the chest by Sidney and Gale) - Scream 2
• Roman Bridger (shot in the head by Dewey) - Scream 3
• Jill Roberts (shot in the chest by Sidney) - Scream 4
• Amber Freeman (shot in the head by Tara) - Scream (2022)
• Ethan Landry (TV thrown on his head by Kirby) - Scream VI
• It would have been possible that Nancy could have returned for one last scare, but she was shot in the head by Sidney, after she and Gale killed Mickey.
• With the exception of Scream 2 and Scream VI , in every cycle of murders there is one victim who Ghostface doesn't stab or kill with his knife:
• Tatum Riley (garage door) - Scream (1996)
• Officer Richards (metal pole) - Scream 2
• Derek Feldman (shot) - Scream 2
• Tom Prinze (blown up) - Scream 3
• Trevor Sheldon (shot) - Scream 4
• Liv McKenzie (shot) - Scream (2022)
• Roman, Quinn and Ethan are the only killers who dies in the Ghostface/Father Death costume.
• Roman Bridger was the only Ghostface who had no accomplice.
• Each of the Ghostface killers had the opportunity to kill off the 3 main characters:
• Billy nearly stabs Sidney (Gale shoots him before he does that). The scene before that, Stu and Billy were about to kill Sidney if it weren't for Gale distracting them. ( Scream )
• Ghostface (Billy) also stabbed Dewey in the back but he survived. ( Scream )
• Ghostface (Nancy) brutally stabs Dewey in the back thrice, but he survives once again. ( Scream 2 )
• Mickey reflexively shoots Gale in the stomach, but she survived. Before that, Nancy had her at gunpoint and could have killed her instantly. ( Scream 2 )
• Sidney intensely escapes a police car through a knocked-out Ghostface (Mickey) at the driver's seat. Nancy has Sidney on a knife-point (Cotton Weary ends up saving Sidney by shooting Nancy in the neck) ( Scream 2 )
• Gale falls into a basement along with Ghostface (Roman) who was knocked-out temporarily. ( Scream 3 )
• Ghostface (Roman) throws his knife at Dewey into his head, but the handle hits him instead and knocks him out. ( Scream 3 )
• Ghostface (Roman) ties Gale and Dewey together to hold them as hostage to lure Sidney when he could've just killed them. ( Scream 3 )
• Roman strangles Sidney to death but stops when Dewey turns down the electricity of the house, he also shot her with a gun (but she wore a bullet-proof vest) and could've shot her in the head. ( Scream 3 )
• Ghostface (Charlie) managed to stab Gale at a "Stab-a-Thon" in the shoulder, but he escaped, when Dewey fired his gun. In the climax, Jill also held Gale at a gun-point and was going to shoot her. ( Scream 4 )
• Jill threatens to blow Dewey's head off with his gun. ( Scream 4 )
• Jill could've stabbed Sidney even more in Kirby's house, but she was probably in a hurry as she was aware that the police were coming. ( Scream 4 )
• In Scream (2022) , Ghostface (Amber) finally managed to kill one of the legacy characters (Dewey) by cutting up his back, stomach and chest.
• Amber firstly shot Gale in the chest with gun, and later during her fight with Gale, is close to stab her. ( Scream 2022 )
• Amber stabbed Sidney in the stomach and was fighting her in the kitchen. ( Scream 2022 )
• As Sidney wasn't in Scream VI, Gale was the only legacy character (from the beginning) to appear in sixth film. In the movie, she was stabbed multiple times in her apartment by Ghostface (Quinn) and barely survives.
• In Scream 4 , it is revealed that Jill Roberts and Charlie Walker are the killers, they planned this to "remake" the franchise:
• Jenny Randall and Marnie Cooper represent Casey Becker and Steve Orth (killed first simultaneously after one receives a call from Ghostface. A deleted scene shows that they were hung and tied to a chair like Casey and Steve).
• Kate Roberts represents her sister, Maureen Prescott. Both are the mothers of the "protagonist".
• Trevor Sheldon represents Neil Prescott. Both were kidnapped, bound and gagged, and would-be framed for the murder spree.
• Jill and Charlie's plan to make their innocence in the killing spree more solid by stabbing each other, is just like Billy and Stu's plan in the first movie.
• Jill stabbing Charlie to death on purpose, is a reference to Scream 2 when Nancy betrays her accomplice Mickey.
• Mickey Altieri, Roman Bridger, Jill Roberts, Ethan Landry and Quinn Bailey are the only killers to reveal themselves while they are still in the Ghostface costume.

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Who Is Behind Each Ghostface Attack in Scream

With the double killer reveal in Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson's Scream, fans wonder when it was Stu behind the mask and when it was Billy.

One of the everlasting questions of Scream is who's behind the mask. The original 1996 film blew the audience's minds with the reveal of two killers, Billy and Stu. The appearance of a second killer was a twist screenwriter Kevin Williamson used to make the end reveals more shocking. It also does what most horror films never do: Provide an explanation for how the killer seems to always be in two places at once. However, the movie does not give an overt explanation about when the killer is Billy and when it's Stu.

Many fans have based their assumptions on the sounds Ghostface makes whenever he's knocked down. However, this can't always account for who's behind the mask since it's not actor Skeet Ulrich (Billy), nor is it Matthew Lillard (Stu) . The man who wears the costume is stuntman Dane Farwell, so any sounds made by the character are probably his. Since viewers can't rely on the groans, they have to rely on other context clues.

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Who Attacked Sidney and Tatum?

The first attack happens to Casey and her boyfriend, Steve. After taunting Casey on the phone, Ghostface disembowels her boyfriend and then chases her outside, stabbing her as she runs. These kills were confirmed by Williamson to have been committed by Stu, something that is later implied when Casey is revealed to be Stu's ex. According to Williamson, Stu is also the caller in this scene.

The next attack is at Sidney's house , where the killer calls Sidney and then busts into her home, chasing her until Billy (unmasked) appears at her window. Billy was outside waiting for the proper moment to appear, and there was no way he could have gotten out of the house, removed the costume and climbed up to Sidney's window in several seconds. Stu also calls Tatum's home, which is obvious since Billy's in jail at this point.

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Later at the school, Sidney is chased by Ghostface in the bathroom. The killer then murders Principal Himbry and hangs him on the goalpost. Both attacks were likely Billy, as the bathroom scene happens right after Sidney has a confrontation with him. Furthermore, the camera lingers on the jeans Ghostface is wearing, but Stu is wearing khakis that day. Principal Himbry's murderer is also Billy because Stu isn't around when it happens, having left school with Tatum and Sidney before tending to his party plans.

Finally, it's the clearest when the killer is Stu and when it's Billy during the party. While highly debated, Tatum's death is at Billy's hands since Stu is entertaining guests. The party is still going on, and he's busy distracting the other teens; meanwhile, Billy's whereabouts at the time are unknown until he crashes the party mere moments after Tatum's death.

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When Were Stu and Billy Ghostface?

All the attacks outside the house, including Kenny's murder and Randy's off-screen attack, are likely Stu as well. Before Ghostface officially breaks up the party, he "kills" Billy in front of Sidney and then chases her out of the house. Since Billy is upstairs faking his "fatal" injuries, it's up to Stu to take up the Ghostface role until Billy reveals the truth.

Stu could've also been the one to attack Dewey inside since Billy seems to have been waiting upstairs for Sidney to return. Furthermore, Ghostface attempts to attack Sidney after he stabs Dewey, chasing her out to the cop car. While Ghostface vanishes when Sidney gets back to the porch, it seems unlikely that he could sneak into the house, ditch the costume and make his grand re-entrance as Billy in a matter of minutes. There's a more realistic amount of time between Ghostface's disappearance and Stu's re-entrance, especially since Stu's also found near the car.

During the final confrontation, after both Stu and Billy reveal themselves as the killers , they ditch the costume entirely. With this, there's no more mystery about who's attacking who, even when someone dressed as Ghostface impales Billy with an umbrella because Sidney soon reveals it's her, getting the upper hand on the two devious teens.

The Real-Life Killer That Inspired 'Scream'

'Scream' is scary enough on its own, but Kevin Williamson was inspired to write it by a frightening true story.

When we talk about the greatest horror films ever made, Scream is always on the list. Written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven , the 1996 film single-handedly reinvented the once dead slasher genre for a new generation. While most might hold the film in high regard as an all-time great, it's not usually seen as one of the scariest movies ever made. Ghostface is indeed frightening, but the tone isn't as dark as say, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . Scream aims to be fun. You get anxious, you jump, but then you laugh. There's no fun to be found in its backstory though, for Kevin Williamson was inspired to pen his most famous creation after watching a show about one of America's most heinous serial killers.

He may not be as notorious as a Jeffrey Dahmer , John Wayne Gacy, or Ted Bundy, but Daniel Rolling, known as The Gainesville Ripper, was just as demented. In August 1990, he went on a four-day murder spree that would lead five Florida college students dead. Four years later, an aspiring screenwriter was watching an ABC show called Turning Point about The Gainesville Ripper's crimes that left him so shook that it inspired him to write a screenplay that would later become Scream . Though The Gainesville Ripper wasn't a teenager, nor did he prank call his victims or wear a mask, he planted the seeds of fear in Williamson's mind, creating a feeling inside him that he wanted to recreate on the page.

The Gainesville Ripper's Four-Day Murder Spree in 1990

Daniel Rolling's rampage started on Friday, August 24, 1990 when he stealthily broke into a Florida apartment in the middle of the night where two young college students slept. He found one, Christina Powell, on the living room couch, asleep. He watched her but he did not strike. Instead, he moved upstairs and found Sonja Larson asleep in her bed. He woke her, taped her mouth shut so that Christina would not hear, then stabbed her to death. He then moved back downstairs, sexually assaulted Powell, and killed her as well. He posed their bodies for the police to find, and if that wasn't sick enough, he took a shower in their bathroom before he left.

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The next night, he struck again , this time entering the home of Christa Hoyt. What made this part of the case even more creepy was that Christa wasn't home, so Rolling patiently waited in her apartment alone for her to come back in the morning. When she arrived, he bound and assaulted her, before stabbing her to death. He posed her body too, but this time took it an extra gruesome step by cutting off her head.

After the weekend of horror, citizens were left in a state of shock. The crimes reminded many of Ted Bundy, who had killed several Florida college lorida students in 1978. Rolling, sadly, was not done. Just two days later, on Monday, he broke into another apartment. He first made his way to the bedroom of Manny Taboda, where he murdered him. This would be the first time in the spree that he had attacked a man. His roommate, a woman named Tracy Paules, was in another room. When she heard Taboda trying to fight back against Rolling, she went to the bedroom, where she too was attacked. She was briefly able to get away to her bedroom and lock it, but Rolling broke through and stabbed her to death. Just as with his other female victims, Rolling posed Paules, but he did nothing with Taboda, which showed that he must have intended for all of his victims to be female, and he wasn't expecting Taboda.

Daniel Rolling Had Killed Before He Arrived in Florida

After this, Rolling stopped and went inactive for months. He could have stayed that way for the rest of his life or waited to strike again at some point, but his past would lead to his downfall. It turned out that the five Florida college students were not his first victims. He had killed the year before, in 1989 . Not even six months earlier, on November 4, 1989, he murdered a family of three in Shreveport, Louisiana. He had broken into their home and killed a grandfather named Tom Grissom, his adult daughter Julie, and her 8-year-old son Sean. As with Taboda and Paules, he left the male bodies untouched after, but he posed Judy for whoever would find her. Investigators noticed several similarities between the two murder sprees and believed it to be the same person responsible for both. While that helped, it didn't tell them who that person was. The only thing they had to go on was the killer's blood at the Shreveport scene, which told them that he had Type B blood.

The clues stopped there, but then Rolling made a fatal error, one that many killers have made. He couldn't shut up. While in Shreveport, a Christian couple, Cindy Juracich and Steve Dobbin, befriended Rolling at their church. They even invited him to their home several times, but quickly discovered that he was a demented mind they needed to get away from.

In an ABC News interview in 2021, Juracich recounted her friendship with Rolling. “He’d come over every night for a while, and then one night, Steven came in, and he goes, ‘He’s got to go.'" Rolling had told Dobbin that he had a problem, and what Dobbin asked what he meant, Rolling told him that he "likes to stick knives into people."

The Shreveport murders had already happened by this time, but Juracich dismissed his comments. When the news went out nationwide, however, that investigators suspected both crimes to be the act of the same man, the Florida location made her remember something else about Rolling that she couldn't let go of. “He always told us … ‘ One day, I’m going to leave this town and I’m going to go where the girls are beautiful and I can just lay in the sun and watch beautiful women all day,’” Juracich said. She called Crime Stoppers and told them, "'I think there’s one guy y’all need to investigate — Danny Rolling.’”

Her call came just in time, because not only would this affect others from becoming potential victims, but it also may have saved the life of a Florida man named Edward Lewis Humphrey . He had been arrested for beating his grandmother, and was now being looked at as suspect number one in the Gainesville murders. Though he would later be cleared, some think he was Rolling'Daniel Rolling Is Captured and Convicted of His Crimess accomplice.

Daniel Rolling Is Captured and Convicted of His Crimes

Investigators didn't have to do much to find Rolling, as he was sitting in a jail in Ocala, Florida, where he'd been since robbing a grocery store months earlier, just a week and a half after the last murders. Everyone now knew why the killings had stopped. It turned out a bank had been robbed on the same day as another murder, too. With this connection, investigators looked over evidence, including tape and tools, from the robbery, and discovered that they matched what had been used in the killings. Not only that, but Rolling had Type B blood, and in another sloppy, confessional move had talked about his crimes in a diary they found.

Rolling was arrested and put on trial. It was discovered that Rolling had suffered severe and constant abuse from his father , which may have helped explain a little bit where his madness came from, but it would not save him. Daniel Rolling was found guilty of his crimes and sentenced to death. On October 25, 2006, he was executed.

In 1994, as the trial for Rolling was underway, ABC aired their show about it. Kevin Williamson was watching. While the screenplay he wrote was not about The Gainesville Ripper, it was about the fear he felt that night. Williamson then passed that fear down to all of us . We've been living with it ever since.

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Who Is Ghostface in 'Scream' ? A Guide to All the Killers in the Franchise

Here's a look back at every identity that has been revealed behind the infamous black-and-white, rubber mask since the first Scream premiered in 1996

Everyone's familiar with the infamous Ghostface mask, but who's behind it is the constant question at the heart of the Scream franchise.

Since the widely-successful slasher film debuted in 1996, the five installments that followed kept its classic whodunnit format. In Scream 's case — that is — a plot that chronicles a murder mystery surrounding a disguised killer who causes havoc in the California town of Woodsboro.

While the murderer identities behind the mask are different in each film, there are a few factors that always remain the same. Notably, Ghostface's black-hooded-cloak ensemble paired with its synonymous rubber white mask with blacked-out facial features.

In addition to Ghostface's ghoulish garb, the creepy voice also remains a constant. Voice actor Roger L. Jackson has been the man behind the murdering monster in every film within the Scream franchise, despite the revolving actors physically playing the character on screen.

The horror franchise released its fifth installment in 2022, marking the first movie in the Scream series to be directed by someone other than Wes Craven , who died in 2015. Filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett were tasked with reinventing the franchise.

Most recently, the duo have teamed up once again to bring Ghostface to Manhattan for Scream VI — who "isn't like any other Ghostface," according to a new trailer released on Jan. 19. Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera are reprising their roles in the upcoming film, while Scream staple Courteney Cox also makes her return.

Here's a look back at every Ghostface killer revealed to date.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the entire 'Scream' franchise, including the sixth installment .

Scream 1 (1996)

1996's Scream , notoriously known as one of the bloodiest films of all time, features two killers: Billy Loomis played by Skeet Ulrich and Stu Macher played by Matthew Lillard . Billy is regarded as the original Ghostface, followed by Stu who is revealed as the second.

Billy is the main antagonist of the first Scream film. A horror film fanatic, he recruits his teenage best friend Stu to assist him on his killing spree in the small fictional town of Woodsboro, California. Despite Billy's admittance that it's "scarier when there is no motive" to kill, his intent ultimately becomes clear.

The reason? Billy reveals that he wants to get revenge on Maureen Prescott for causing his parents to separate. Maureen is the mother of Sidney Prescott (played by Lynn McRee) and had an affair with Billy's father, Henry "Hank," resulting in his mother Nancy Loomis to leave their family.

Maureen is the first Ghostface kill of the Scream franchise and the only murder to take place off screen. While both Billy and Stu were involved in this death, it remains a mystery as to who's responsible for the six other murders in the first film of the franchise.

Scream 2 (1997)

Two killers are revealed as Ghostface in Scream 2 : Mickey Altieri played by Timothy Olyphant and Nancy Loomis played by Laurie Metcalf . The franchise's second installment is the first time Mrs. Loomis makes an appearance, despite being mentioned in the original Scream .

Mickey, a film student and Sidney's best friend at Windsor College, is the first killer revealed in Scream 2 . Unlike the rest of the murderers in the Scream franchise, Mickey is the only killer who turns himself in with the intent of getting caught and gaining infamy.

He was recruited by Nancy (also known as "Debbie Salt") who is coping with grief after leaving her family and learning of her son Billy's involvement in the Woodsboro Murders in 1996, which ultimately resulted in his death.

In a copycat Ghostface killing spree, Nancy and Mickey target two of the Woodsboro survivors (Billy's former girlfriend Sidney and author Gale Weathers) and torment them in Ohio. Her intent was to seek revenge for the death of her son, in addition to frame Mickey as the sole murderer.

Scream 3 (2000)

Scream 3 is the only film in the franchise where only one identity is revealed as Ghostface: Roman Bridger played by Scott Foley . Roman is the main antagonist of the third installment and the fifth Ghostface murderer unmasked overall.

Roman is a music video director, tasked with the gig of helming Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro . The fictional film is the concluding film in the trilogy and is based on the true events of the 1996 Woodsboro and 1998 Windsor College Murders that went down in the Scream franchise's first two installments.

It is revealed that Roman is Sidney's older half-brother, first born of Maureen Prescott. Not only is he her secret maternal sibling, but he is her arch-nemesis. Jealous of her successes, he seeks revenge against her.

Additionally, it is revealed that Roman was the architect behind the aforementioned killing sprees. He wanted to avenge those who wronged him, like his mother who rejected him and her secret affair with Hank.

Thus, he is indirectly responsible for the previous Ghostface murders, despite only appearing in Scream 3 . Also, Roman holds the record for the most kills in the franchise to date.

Scream 4 (2011)

Scream 4 saw the return of two identities under the infamous Ghostface mask: Charlie Walker played by Rory Culkin and Jill Roberts played by Emma Roberts . With respective underlying intents, Charlie and Jill teamed up to cause havoc on the town of Woodsboro.

A film student and horror movie buff, Charlie was unknowngly a pawn in Jill's concocted plan. He was also her secret girlfriend, a relationship that started after she was cheated on by her ex-boyfriend Trevor Sheldon.

As for Jill, her jealousy of Sidney's fame as the survivor of the 1996 Woodsboro Murders and her successes that followed were among her leading causes to kill. In honor of the 15th anniversary of the Woodsboro Murders, she teamed up with Charlie to recreate the harrowing happenings in a real-life film.

Jill and Charlie would play the millennial counterparts to Sidney and Randy Meeks in the killing spree that Billy and Stu started. Their plan was to kill and frame her ex-boyfriend, Trevor, for the murders. But Jill secretly intended on framing Charlie as an accomplice, and she would come out on top as the sole survivor.

Meanwhile, Jill's goal of gaining fame ultimately turned into infamy in the end with seven kills to her name. As for Charlie, his kill game was weak from the start, ultimately leading to his demise far sooner than Jill's.

Scream 5 (2022)

In typical Scream fashion, the film's fifth installment also saw two killers behind the Ghostface mask: Amber Freeman played by Mikey Madison and Richie Kirsch played by Jack Quaid .

Amber was a super fan of the Stab films, though she didn't care for its sequels, particularly the eighth installment. She took her opinions to subreddit where she met Richie. They decided to recreate Stab 8 themselves, calling it a "requel" (a reboot sequel).

Their intent is to kill sisters Sam and Tara Carpenter, using them as basis of the film. Sam is the long-lost daughter of Billy, who Richie attempts to cozy up as part of his plan before ultimately turning on her in the end. Meanwhile, Amber gets Tara to become her best friend.

Amber's most notable claim to fame is slashing the long-lasting Dewey Riley, who she murders in self defense. As for Richie, he falls victim to Sam, nearly 25 years after the original massacre.

Scream 6 (2023)

There's no denying that the horror franchise follows a trend of having more than one killer behind the Ghostface mask (with the exception of Scream 3 ) — and Scream 6 is no different. In fact, the latest installment is even more ruthless than its predecessors.

Why? Because not two, but three murderers are revealed! The unmasked identities include Wayne Bailey, Quinn Bailey and Ethan Landry.

Wayne is a detective who is investigating the Ghostface murders in New York City, an essential part of the sixth installment's plot which picks up where Scream 5 left off. It follows Tara, Mindy and Chad as they head to N.Y.C. to attend the fictional Blackmore University with Sam tagging along to protect her younger sister. In New York, the gang adds three new members to their crew: Tara's roommate Quinn, Mindy's girlfriend Anika and Chad's roommate Ethan.

The group spends most of the film trying to track down the new Ghostface killer, who seems to be even more ruthless than some of their predecessors. Several characters are killed off before the final showdown, which sees Sam, Tara, Chad, Mindy, Ethan, Kirby and Wayne head to Ghostface's lair (an empty movie theater, to be exact) where they plan to corner and kill him. Before they even get there, not everyone makes it: Mindy is attacked on the train ride over after she and Ethan got separated from the group.

Once they arrive at the lair, Sam receives a call from Wayne, who claims that Kirby is the killer — but before they get the chance to escape, Sam, Tara and Chad are jumped by two Ghostfaces. Sam and Tara try to make a run for it, but Kirby and Wayne appear with guns in hand. Wayne shoots Kirby, revealing himself to be the first of three Ghostfaces, with Quinn and Ethan exposing themselves to be the other two.

Oh, and to further blow viewers' minds, Quinn and Ethan reveal themselves to be Wayne's children. It turns out Quinn, who was seemingly killed by Ghostface during an earlier scene, had faked her death with the help of her father, while Ethan had schemed his way into being Chad's roommate to get close to the Carpenter sisters. The trio's motivation? To get revenge on Sam for killing their son and brother, Richie Kirsch, in the previous film after he orchestrated his own series of Ghostface slayings.

The family of killers marked the first time the Scream franchise unveiled a trifecta of Ghostface identities — but like the murderers who came before them, none of the three made it out of the film alive.

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Scream: ghostface killers ranked by how unique their motive is.

Each Ghostface has their own reasons for beginning a killing spree. Some are straightforward, while others are more intriguing and unique.

As Scream VI continues to prove, all Scream killers motives are different from one another, some more unique than others. The Scream franchise sets itself apart from other slashers for having a different killer (or killers) beneath the Ghostface mask in every film (unlike franchises like Halloween and Friday the 13th , where audiences can usually be assured that the killer is Michael Meyers or Jason Voorhees). What this has allowed for is a variety of unique killers to take on the Ghostface mantle, each with their own motives.

The Scream VI killer reveal follows the formula of the franchise with the killers unmasked in the third act and delivering their dramatic motivation for donning the Ghostface mask and going on a killing spree. Just as each character playing Ghostface is different, these motivations are not connected and can range from deeply personal reasons to some outlandish and misplaced master plan. All Scream killers motives try to shock audiences, but some are more impactful than others.

11 Detective Bailey, Ethan, And Quinn - Scream VI (2023)

For the first time in the Scream franchise, Scream 6 delivered three main Ghostfaces. Unfortunately, along with giving the three killers the same motivation, these also happen to be the weakest motivations in the franchise. It is revealed that Detective Bailey who is helping Sam, Tara and the others stop the new Ghostface is actually the father of Ritchie, Ghostface from Scream (2022) . Along with his two surviving children, Ethan and Quinn, Bailey is seeking revenge on Sam for killing Ritchie.

There are some clear similarities with Ghostface in Scream 2 and while the filmmakers discussed the Ghostface motivations in Scream 6 to be about family vs family, the simple revenge plot is disappointing. It also makes the motivations behind certain killings questionable as they didn't really fit into simply wanting Sam to suffer.

10 Mrs. Loomis - Scream 2 (1997)

Mrs. Loomis didn't have a very interesting motive, which she admits when she reveals herself. As she says, her motive is far less "90s" than the others — it's classic revenge. Because Sidney killed her son, she wants to kill Sidney. While that is fairly refreshing from the standpoint of the Scream franchise, it is the farthest thing from a unique motive out there. Revenge kills are classic, especially with horror, so Mrs. Loomis' has to be the least unique motive in the franchise. However, as an homage to the original Friday the 13th killer being Jason Vorhees' mother, it adds a nice touch.

9 Charlie Walker - Scream 4 (2011)

Charlie's motive is the opposite of Mrs. Loomis's: fairly unique for the horror genre at large, but overdone within the Scream franchise. Charlie is a movie buff, and he wants to make a movie. More than that, he wants a movie where he's the hero. His secondary motive is even more classic: he wants a love interest. He agrees to work with Jill to get back at Kirby for ignoring him and to get intimate with Jill (both of which are easily predictable motives). Rejection led him to warp his reality until everything was just a movie he was making for himself, one where he was powerful and important. The motive might be scary, but it isn't unique.

8 Roman Bridger - Scream 3 (2000)

Roman, along with being the Ghostface with the highest kill count , lives the stereotype of a would-be killer: he comes from a broken family, is unwanted by his mother, and is jealous of the life that Sidney gets to lead. Seeing someone else with everything he wants, Roman is driven to take it all away from her, specifically by killing her and all those close to her.

Admittedly, there aren't that many movies out there where the killer is doing what they're doing because their mom left them, but it is essentially Billy's motive with a little long-lost-sibling drama thrown in. Roman is jealous and angry, but his backstory comes off as a poorly-done plot twist more than a believable, unique motive. In fact, it is straight out of a soap opera.

7 Billy Loomis - Scream (1996)

Billy Loomis is the scariest Ghostface killer in the Scream franchise , partially because he is so realistic. Significant others are statistically the most likely ones to kill a person, so they might be expected. Thankfully, Billy's motive was not as simple as getting tired of his girlfriend or getting with Sidney simply because he was looking for someone to kill. It's a little more complicated than that. Billy targets Sidney because his family was broken apart by hers. His father was having a relationship with Sidney's mother, which prompted his mother to leave him. It's a form of revenge kill, which makes it unoriginal, but the specifics of the family drama made it unique - at least when the movie first came out.

6 Jason Carvey - Scream VI (2023)

Jason Carvey is revealed to be the first Ghostface in the surprising opening scene of Scream 6 . Changing up the formula, the movie begins with the usual first kill only to then reveal Jason as the killer who is then killed off by one of the main Ghostfaces before the title card. In his short time as Ghostface, Jason reveals his hopes of killing Sam and Tara to complete the movie Ritchie attempted to make in Scream 2022 . However, his reasons behind killing his film studies professor are disturbingly simple as he was mad at receiving a bad grade. It maintains that pathetic manchild mentality many Ghostface killers have while also showing Jason didn't have what it takes to be a true Ghostface.

5 Richie Kirsch - Scream (2022)

Pretty much everyone in the Scream movies is motivated by horror movies, at least a little bit. But Richie takes it to the extreme, wanting to inspire better horror movies by setting up some real-world inspiration for them. The Stab movies are in-world horror movies mirroring the events of the first three Scream movies. After those real-world events, however, they had to start making up the horror on their own, which fans agree was not overly successful. Richie is convinced that providing some real-world inspiration would solve that problem, which is, admittedly, fairly unique as far as motives are concerned.

4 Amber Freeman - Scream (2022)

Amber had relatively similar motives to Richie, but with variation and depth that made her more unique. She lived in the Macher house, which inspired her obsession with the Stab movies and her desire to re-enact them. This circumstantial information makes her more interesting and makes her motive make more sense.

Furthermore, she adds another element to her motive: she was radicalized by chat rooms. While this was likely just part of her attempts to keep Sidney and Gale from killing her long enough to take them out, it was likely to be true (to some extent). Scream movies tend to put current controversies into the motives of the killers, and it is no wonder that Amber has this radicalization narrative in the world of Q-Anon.

3 Stu Macher - Scream (1996)

Stu Macher is responsible for some of the most brutal Ghostface kills in the Scream franchise and is relatively unique because he doesn't really seem to have a motive. He says it's scarier when the killer doesn't have a motive, and that's true, but it also makes fans want to understand him more. He later claims peer pressure as his motive, which is pretty weak, but fans speculate there were deeper motivations.

One fan theory is that Stu was in love with Billy and would do anything to make him happy. Others propose that Stu was woman-hating since he killed both his current and ex-girlfriends over the course of the movie. But it's entirely possible that he really was just a teenager who was a little too into his horror movies.

2 Jill Roberts - Scream 4 (2011)

Scream 4 provided both one of the weakest killers in Charlie and the most interesting in Jill. Jill decided that she wanted to become the final girl and to do so, she set up a killing spree of everyone she knew and perfectly framed her ex-boyfriend along the way. Her killer strategy shows off the kind of cunning that would help Jill survive almost anything, and she would have won if she had simply had a little better luck and kept her mouth shut after the fact.

With all of that said, her motive of wanting to be famous as a victim was really unique and made fans want to see a version of the movie where she succeeded and had to go up against the next killer in an alternate version of Scream 5 . Jill was a really fascinating character, and her motive is a massive part of that.

1 Mickey Altieri - Scream 2 (1997)

Mickey had a desire to kill regardless of his situation. What made him take part in this particular set of killings, however, is what makes him interesting. Unlike all the others, Mickey wants to be caught and put on trial for his crimes, and he wants to use the motive of having been inspired by the movies. Keep in mind, his motive is not actually that the movies made him do it. His motive is wanting to be famous and stir up public controversy. This desire to be publicly acknowledged as a killer and get away with it was quite a weird but unique take that made him stand out in comparison to the other killers.

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All the Ghostface killers in the 'Scream' movies so far

• Warning: Spoilers ahead for every single "Scream" movie, including "Scream 6."
• There have been 13 killers in the "Scream" movies so far.
• Most installments feature more than one Ghostface.

Billy Loomis and Stu Macher, "Scream" (1996)

Cast your mind back to 1996, it's the year of "The Craft" and "Independence Day" — and Wes Craven's first "Scream" movie .

It's the one that introduced the world to Ghostface, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) , and the franchise's signature meta-take on horror movies.

"Scream" took the horror rule book and ripped it up, with the characters aware of what would happen if they were in a horror movie, which they were (unfortunately).

But because it seems so predictable for Sidney's boyfriend, Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) , to be the killer, he gets a pass for quite some time in "Scream."

But when that final act comes around, and Billy unmasks himself as the killer, it's a brilliant twist, especially when the wacky Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard) is revealed as his accomplice.

Billy's murder spree all stems from the fact that his mother abandoned him when she discovered that Sidney's mother, Maureen Prescott, was having an affair with his father.

Billy and Stu brutally killed Maureen and framed her other lover, Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber), for her death. But when Billy targets Sidney and her friends, the plan is to frame her father for Ghostface's murder and mayhem in Woodsboro.

Thankfully, Sidney, Dewey Riley (David Arquette), and Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) put a stop to that.

But the Ghostface mantle would live on.

Nancy Loomis and Mickey Altieri, "Scream 2" (1997)

In Stu Macher's own words, "Ya gotta have a sequel!"

Just over a year after the first film, "Scream 2" arrived in theaters with its scathing take on sequels and how they can ruin a franchise by attempting to go bigger and better — so what does Craven do? He goes bigger and better.

Yes, this one may as well be called "Scream 2: Ghostface Goes to College," but it keeps things fresh rather than constantly having the action take place in Woodsboro.

Here, Sidney tries to move on and have a normal life with a normal boyfriend, Derek (Jerry O'Connell), and fellow survivor, Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy).

Unfortunately, a new Ghostface surfaces and causes havoc on campus, even killing fan-favorite hero Randy.

In the movie's dramatic climax, the new killer is revealed as film geek Mickey Altieri (Timothy Olyphant), who actually wants to get caught so that he can blame horror movies for his crimes at trial. 

But he isn't alone in the killings, as the mastermind this time was actually Billy's mother, Nancy Loomis (Laurie Metcalf). She wants revenge on Sidney for killing her son — even though she left him in the first place, which ultimately turned him into a murderer.

Roman Bridger, "Scream 3" (2000)

After "Scream 2," Ghostface tried to make it big in Hollywood with "Scream 3."

The franchise got even more self-referential by the third film, leaning harder into the movie-within-a-movie idea with the in-universe "Stab" franchise.

While it takes shots at movie trilogies (thanks to a posthumous video tape from Randy), the film sees the production of "Stab 3" plagued by a new Ghostface who kills various cast members and people involved with making the sequel.

As with all the "Scream" films, it's always the last person you'd suspect because the culprit is "Stab 3" director Roman Bridger. So, why is he offing his own cast members? Unsurprisingly, it all comes back to Sidney, because he's her long-lost brother! 

Blimey. He was born after Sidney's mother tried to make it big in Hollywood, but was raped by producer John Milton (Lance Henriksen), and she gave Roman up due to the trauma of the incident and went home to Woodsboro.

When Roman tried to reconnect with Maureen, she rejected him, which is when he filmed her having affairs with Cotton Weary and Harold Loomis — showing the footage to Billy Loomis and persuading him to get his own revenge on Sidney's mother. Yes, Roman is secretly the mastermind behind the original trilogy!

Jill Roberts and Charlie Walker, "Scream 4" (2011)

Like any good slasher villain, the franchise rose from the dead in 2011 with "Scream 4," which sees Sidney return to Woodsboro on a book tour after a decade away from her hometown. She takes the opportunity to reconnect with her aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell) and cousin Jill Roberts (Emma Roberts).

Predictably, a brand new Ghostface rears its hooded head to make the most of Sidney's return and kicks off a new wave of murder in Woodsboro — upping the mayhem by filming each kill.

"Scream 4" rewrites the horror rule book for a new era with the finale taking place at the after-party of a "Stabathon" movie marathon. There, Jill and resident movie expert friend Charlie Walker (Rory Culkin) unmask themselves as Ghostface.

Jill's motivation stems from feeling like Sidney stole her childhood because the focus and attention was always on what she went through. 

So, with a bit of movie-inspired mania, she and Charlie devised a plan where they would be the new survivors of the Ghostface killings — and get all the fame that comes along with that. But then Jill kills her accomplice in a genuinely surprising second twist because she knows that everyone loves a "sole survivor."

Ultimately, the carnage continues in the hospital when Jill discovers that Sidney survived the chaos of the after-party. Jill tries to finish the job but is killed by the hero with a defibrillator to the head, as well as a gunshot to the heart (just to be safe).

Richie Kirsch and Amber Freeman, "Scream 5" (2022)

A decade after fans last saw Ghostface in theaters, he returned in 2022's "Scream" to hunt a whole new class of teens.

"Scream 5" introduces Sam (Melissa Barerra) and Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega), who are at the center of the new spate of murders, largely because Sam is the illegitimate daughter of Billy Loomis. 

No, she's not the one carrying out all the killings — it's actually her boyfriend, nice guy Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid), and Tara's best friend, Amber Freeman (Mikey Madison). Their motive? 

They're furious that "Stab 8" was a disaster, and want to give the writers of the movie franchise better material for the next movie. Oh yes, this one's all about toxic fandom.

Because Mindy Meeks-Martin (Jasmin Savoy Brown) dubs these events a "requel" (remake and a sequel), the film pays homage to the original by having the final climax place in the same place as the first "Scream" movie: Stu Macher's house.

Sidney and Gale get revenge on Amber for killing Dewey in the hospital by burning her alive, while Tara puts her down with a headshot. But Sam's the one to put an end to the whole thing by stabbing her now ex-boyfriend Richie over 20 times before slitting his throat. 

Like father, like daughter.

Bonus round: Jason Carvey and Greg, "Scream 6" (2023)

"Scream 6" kept things fresh by reinvigorating its opening kill, which instantly set the tone for the sequel.

The opening sees Laura Crane (Samara Weaving) waiting for her date in a bar, only to get lured out to a dingy alleyway by Ghostface before being brutally carved up. 

But in a "Scream" first, Ghostface immediately unmasks himself after Crane's death, revealing himself as film student Jason Carvey (Tony Revolori).

Jason goes back to his apartment and chats with his roommate Greg about their plot to kill Sam and Tara, only to find Greg's body stuffed in the fridge. 

Unsurprisingly, he's murdered by the film's main Ghostface moments later. It's a truly fun way to keep audiences on their toes, that's for sure.

Detective Bailey, Ethan, and Quinn, "Scream 6" (2023)

This brings us to 2023's "Scream 6," which is basically Ghostface takes New York.

Yes, the killer makes his way to the Big Apple alongside Sam and Tara, who try to get a fresh start at college one year after their ordeal. They live with their close friend Quinn Bailey (Liana Liberato) whose father, Wayne Bailey, is a detective.

Unfortunately for the gang, the online discourse surrounding Richie and Amber has led many online to believe that Sam was actually the real Ghostface killer and framed Richie. Oh, dear.

So when a vicious new Ghostface starts slaughtering people close to Sam, she's at the top of the suspects' list.

But by the time the final showdown takes place in Richie's shrine to all things Ghostface, Woodsboro, and the "Stab" movies, it's revealed that Detective Bailey is actually Richie's father .

Not only was Bailey the one who circulated the rumor that Sam framed Richie, he even convinced his children to join him in becoming Ghostface.

Both Quinn and friend of the gang Ethan (Jack Champion) are Richie's siblings, and they're just as twisted as he is.

Tara gets in touch with her inner killer and stabs Ethan to death, while Sam executes Quinn with a headshot. But Wayne gets the special treatment.

Sam follows in her father's footsteps and dons the Ghostface robe herself, hunting the detective through the building before brutally stabbing him around 37 times — including once in the eyeball. Ouch. To be fair, he deserved it.

Scream: Every Ghostface Killer’s Motive Explained

There are 9 Ghostface killers in the popular slasher franchise Scream, but why do they go on killing sprees?

It's rare for a slasher franchise to remain consistently good, but Scream has definitely managed to do just that. When Scream 6 comes to theaters in March 2023, new life will be breathed into the franchise, with Ghostface hanging out in New York City and an even bigger threat than ever before. With a large cast of characters and only Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) returning from the original cast, it will be interesting to see what motive the new killer has.

When reflecting back on every Ghostface killer in Scream , there are two main types of motivations that these villains have had, and the movies do a great job of offering up clear and logical explanations. While sometimes the endings of horror movies can be vague or confusing, Scream has always mastered the art of the big reveal. There have been 9 Ghostface killers, but why do they kill?

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Scream: Billy Loomis And Stu Macher

Although Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard) is the best Ghostface , it's interesting to note that it isn't actually his idea to begin the killing spree in the original 1996 Scream. He goes along with the revenge plan of his best friend Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich), whose father had an affair with Sidney Prescott's (Neve Campbell) mother Maureen. Billy wants Sidney to pay for what he believes Maureen did to his family, but as Sidney is wise enough to realize, she isn't responsible for the actions of her parents.

Given that Billy is Sidney's, serious boyfriend, the reveal that he is Ghostface is an important one, and it sets up the fact that every future Ghostface is related to Sidney. She shows her strength when she kills both Billy and Stu, able to stand up for herself and her family, and she thankfully saves her father Neil (Lawrence Hecht) as well.

Scream 2: Debbie Salt And Mickey Altieri

Scream continued its trend of having two Ghostface killers with the great horror sequel Scream 2 : Debbie Salt, who is really Billy's mother Mrs. Loomis (Laurie Metcalf), and Mickey Altieri (Timothy Olyphant). Mrs. Loomis wants revenge because Sidney killed Billy, and Mickey is looking for fame, so he agreed to team up with her in order to achieve this goal.

Never one to sit back and let life happen to her as she's a true survivor, Sidney tells Mrs. Loomis that Billy deserved to die because he killed many people in their hometown of Woodsboro, California, and she doesn't regret what she did. This Ghostface reveal stands out as even when she's physically fighting off yet another team of killers, Sidney never stops standing up for herself. Like the best final girls in horror movies , she doesn't let anyone tell her what to do or who to be.

Scream 3: Roman Bridger

By Scream 3 , a pattern emerged, as the Ghostface killers either want revenge or fame. In the third entry in the franchise, Roman Bridger (Scott Foley) is revealed to be Sidney's half-brother, and he wants to achieve celebrity and notoriety because he believes that he has always lived in her shadow.

Although the Scream franchise will repeat this motive, and although Scream 3 has a bad opening sequence and isn't generally considered one of the better films in the franchise, this reveal stands out... although not for the best reasons. Roman is thought to be one of the weakest Ghostfaces and he isn't the most interesting character. It's too easy to think that he should focus on living his own life instead of obsessing over Sidney's dark story. Instead of being scary, he's fairly lackluster.

Scream 4: Jill Roberts And Charlie Walker

While some think that Scream 4 is the best movie in the franchise and others don't like that it repeats a motive yet again, it's impossible to ignore the impact of Sidney's own niece Jill Roberts (Emma Roberts) trying to kill her. Charlie Walker (Rory Culkin) goes along with the plan because he is a fan of the Stab franchise and wants to commit murders. These two might be the most shocking Ghostface killers as they appear innocent throughout the film.

Once Jill is revealed as one of the Scream 4 Ghostfaces , she shows that she has been angry for a long time, as she doesn't want Sidney to be more well-known than she is. Both characters are intense, dark, and terrifying, as they have absolutely no regrets about what they have done.

Scream (2022): Richie Kirsch And Amber Freeman

Scream (2022) also features two Ghostface killers, with Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid) and Amber Freeman (Mikey Madison) loving the Stab movies and looking for fame. They team up together and come up with a master plan, and they are especially sneaky as Richie is dating Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera).

In some ways, Scream (2022) is too similar to Scream 4 , and it's also possible to say that it borrows from Scream as Richie is an evil villain pretending to be a final girl's partner. But the movie manages to stand on its own and tells an entertaining story that proves the impact of the Stab franchise-within-a-franchise, along with an interesting commentary on how too many people hope for celebrity without thinking about the downsides of that lifestyle.

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