Revenge Of The Slashers: Ghostface

“Do you like scary movies????“

Ghostface needs no introduction. If you’ve been on this planet since 1996, there’s no doubt in my mind that you have seen at least one Scream film. When the original Scream movie hit the big screen, it turned the slasher genre on its head, directly referencing other films in the genre, establishing the “rules” of slasher films, and playing with those rules for the entirety of the film and for most of its sequels. Arguably the savior of the slasher genre, Scream breathed new life into a genre that was dead at the time of its release.

Considering that Ghostface is ranked right up there with the big three of Michael Myers, Freddy Kreuger, and Jason Voorhees, he (and she) will get the bullet point treatment. Here we go:

• Ghostface has been portrayed by twelve actors across six films.
• In almost every film, Ghostface is revealed to be not one, but two killers.
• Scream 3 was the first film to not feature two killers. There was only one Ghostface in the film despite the script initially calling for two slashers.
• Scream 6 features three Ghostfaces and two copycat Ghostfaces who are murdered by the real deal.
• Ghostface uses a voice changer to taunt his victims over the phone. The voice changer voice is provided by Roger Jackson in all six of the films.
• Ghostface’s primary target in the first four Scream films is Sidney Prescott. Sidney is portrayed by Neve Campbell in all four of the films.
• In the fifth film, Scream (2022), Ghostface returns to Woodsboro to attack one of the original Ghostface killers’ daughter, Sam (Melissa Barrera) and her half-sister, Tara (Jenna Ortega). This brings Sidney (once again portrayed by Campbell) back home to fight Ghostface one more time.
• Sam Carpenter is Billy Loomis’ daughter.
• In the sixth film, Sidney is mentioned in passing but Sam Carpenter and Tara (Jenna Ortega) become the main protagonists and primary targets of Ghostface.

Each Ghostface from all of the films so far:

1. Scream: Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) and Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard)
2. Scream 2: Mickey Altieri (Timothy Olyphant) and Debbie Salt (Laurie Metcalf), who is actually Billy’s mother
3. Scream 3: Roman Bridger (Scott Foley), Sidney’s half-brother
4. Scream 4: Jill Roberts (Emma Roberts), Sidney’s cousin, and Charlie Walker (Rory Culkin)
5. Scream (2022): Amber Freeman (Mickey Madison) and Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid), Tara’s boyfriend
6. Scream 6: Wayne Bailey (Dermot Mulroney), Quinn Bailey (Liana Liberato), and Ethan Landry (Jack Champion), the father and siblings of Richie Kirsch from the previous film

• Ghostface’s signature weapon is a Buck 120 knife.
• Ghostface’s signature move is holding the knife in front of himself and wiping it clean.
• Each Ghostface has a unique motive for killing.
• Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) and Dewey Riley (David Arquette) are secondary targets of Ghostface in the film series. Only Gale Weathers has appeared in all of the films in the franchise.
• Other significant characters that appeared in more than one Scream film include Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy), Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber), Judy Hicks (Marley Shelton), Martha Meeks (Heather Matarazzo), and Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere).
• Seventeen stunt actors have portrayed Ghostface while under the mask. Lee Waddell was the first onscreen Ghostface.
• The Ghostface costume’s mask varies slightly across each film.
• The film-within-a-film, Stab, gets progressively worse across the Scream franchise. It also features Ghostface.
• Ghostface was created by Kevin Williamson. Williamson is also known for Dawson’s Creek, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and The Vampire Diaries.
• A very forgettable television series entitled Scream was released that was inspired by the film series.
• Ghostface can be found on t-shirts, mugs, posters, as an action figure, in video games, and is referenced throughout pop culture.

Ghostface’s popularity shows no signs of slowing down. A seventh Scream film is in development and the costume and its Stab variations are consistently in the top costume sales each Halloween. Are you a fan of Ghostface? Let me know in the comments.

Thanks for checking out today’s Revenge Of The Slashers post! Tomorrow is the FINAL DAY of Thirty-One Days O’Horror for 2023! Can you guess who our final slasher might be?????