Ghostface (Scream)

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Ghostface is an identity that features in Scream.

Ghostface (Billy Loomis)

Main Article: Billy Loomis

Billy Loomis was the product of an affair between Maureen Prescott and his father Hank Loomis.

Later on, knowledge of the affair resulted in Hank and Billy's mother to divorce. Billy ended up killing 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.

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.

Ghostface (Stu Macher)

Main Article: Stu Macher

Stu Macher was a horror movie fanatic who came to be the best friend of Billy Loomis.

Submitting to peer pressure from Billy, Stu helped murder Maureen Prescott.

A year later, they committed a murder spree in their hometown, planning on recreating their beloved horror movies and becoming heroes for surviving the bloodbath.

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.

Ghostface (Nancy Loomis)

Main Article: Nancy Loomis

Nancy Loomis was the wife of Hank Loomis and the mother of Billy Loomis.

She orchestrated the Windsor College murder spree out of vengeance for Billy's death. She also channelled her hatred for Maureen Prescott, who slept with her husband, onto Sidney. Mrs. Loomis found Mickey Altieri on-line 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 that could not be traced back to her.

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 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.

Ghostface (Mickey)

Main Article: Mickey

Ghostface (Roman Bridger)

Main Article: Roman Bridger

Ghostface (Jill Roberts)

Main Article: Jill Roberts

Overview

At first, the serial killer was known only as the Killer and as Father Death. The name given to the killer came from Tatum Riley who referred to their attacker as Mr. Ghostface. Ultimately, there was no single person who held the persona but was rather a shared identity taken on by many serial killers.

The signature weapon of Ghostface was an 8-inch hunting knife that they used to stab their victims to death.

In their interactions, Ghostface was often shown to taunt his targets where they initially represented themselves as charming and even flirtatious when speaking. Over time, these conversations turned confrontational and intimidating where they used their knowledge of other characters or graphically describing their intentions before appearing to the target physically.

The notorious murders committed by the first Ghostface killings resulted in a franchise being developed with these being adapted into the Stab movies.

Notes

• Ghostface was created by Kevin Williamson where he featured in the setting of the Scream universe.

In other media

Television

Video games

Appearances

• Scream:
• Scream: Resurrection:

External Links

• Scream
• Wikipedia Entry

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