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Following *Scream 6*, the Scream killers have been expanding and practically 20 different people have donned the Ghostface mask. The Ghostface mask has been worn by many characters in the six films and their television series spin-off; this amazing count is much enhanced by the TV series of the franchise. While some were more like masterminds or distractions, others were personally involved in the murders.
What drives *Scream VI* is the enjoyment of looking at the actors of the movie and trying to identify Ghostface before the ultimate unmasking.
The world first saw a new Horror icon in Wes Craven's *Scream*. Rather than the same crazy person attacking random people and would constantly returning—like icons Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, or Craven's own Freddy Kreuger—the villain was a mask worn by murderers on a specific objective that always resulted in Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell). Every Scream film left a great riddle about Ghostface's identity. The Scream 6 Ghostface killer reveals let viewers realize how much fun it is to find out which actor or actors are the Scream killers.
The first *Scream* film followed genre norms. Knowing the clichés, the first film accepted the reality that viewers would doubt Billy from the start.
Playing Sidney Prescott's quirky friend, Stu Macher never seemed scary. The second of the Scream killers in the original movie, Stu was Billy's Ghostface's collaborator in their killing charade was rather unexpected.
Stu said he agreed to assist Billy in getting retribution on Sidney out of "peer pressure". Sidney antagonized Stu's weak-willed personality to finally kill him while Billy was unconscious. *Scream 6* maybe supports the Stu idea since he is still alive.
In the first film, Billy Loomis is introduced as Sidney Prescott's dark and gloomy boyfriend; he was the conventional bad lad. After surprisingly confessing himself as the Ghostface killer alongside Stu Macher in the first *Scream*, he elevated it.
Billy intended to kill Sidney and accuse his father for the deaths, including Maureen Prescott. Since Maureen was having an affair with Billy's father, Billy resented her for sending his mother away. Sidney escaped Billy's onslaught a few times before Gale and Randy helped him kill him at last.
Sidney wore the mask momentarily as she turned the tables on her attackers; she was not among the Scream murders. Gale created a diversion that let Sidney flee once Billy and Stu unveiled their scheme. Billy went about the house searching for her as he was furious she left. Sidney jumped out dressed in the Ghostface mask and stabbed Billy several times with an umbrella when he opened the closet door; this actually hurt Skeet Ulrich.
Love to challenge clichés especially the final girl cliches Sidney does across the series. Her moment of flipping the script on the would-be killers is a crowd-pleasing scenario that helps to confirm her as one of the most iconic Horror heroes and the most crucial character in the Franchise.
Though they did not eclipse the original dynamic pair of Billy Loomis and Stu Macher, the Scream successors brought additional Ghostface killers who kept improving the series with their own agendas and different kill techniques. Mrs. Loomis shows up from the shadows of her son's acts in Scream 2, bearing a cold-blooded, measured revenge. Her past gave richness and highlighted how the events in the first movie affected the relatives left behind. Behind one of the most famous sequences in the series was her warped boyfriend Mickey. Ghostface killer at his most sadistic, vengeful, and cleverest, the sound-proof chamber scenario was
Roman Bridger in *Scream 3* stood out not only for his direct family links to Sidney but also for his dual Stab series directing role. That offered an interesting meta-commentary on how fiction and reality might coexist. Besides that Roman deserves recognition for being the only Scream murderer without a sidekick and for being so successful. Roman is leading Ghostface killer since the villain was also the genius behind the past films.
Though none of the villains are quite clever and are somewhat inept Scream killers, even if they are not wearing the vision-obscuring mask, the new period of *Scream* movies beginning with *Scream V* also contains fascinating approaches to the Ghostface killers. Fans of the Stab series, *Scream V*'s Richie and Amber met online and had a hazy plot. *Scream VI* saw the most Ghostface killers yet, but even with three persons wearing the mask, they still couldn’s fulfill their goal of exacting revenge by killing Sam and Tara Carpenter.
Still, the best Ghostface killers are surely Billy Loomis and Stu Macher, the original Scream killers. Their motivations were shockingly intimate and unsettling. Billy's resentment sprang from his mother leaving him following his father's affair with Sidney's mother. Stu was more erratic and frenzied than Billy, who changed from Sidney's beloved sweetheart to her most horrible enemy. The Franchise's strongest signature is the two's camaraderie and play with the self-awareness of the horror genre. In the end, the original Scream killers created the element of surprise as well as the unique troublemaking and prankster approach of the Ghostface killer.
The Scream films are among the best ones since they both remark on the genre itself and provide a great horror experience. Among all the classic horror movie killers of all time, Ghostface has become somewhat famous. Unlike other icons like Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers, though, it is a mantle to be adopted by fresh killers with every new film rather than a single figure that continues returning. This has let *Scream* and its successors to be Slasher films as well as whodunit mysteries.
Ghostface does, however, also give the film more chances for meta-commentaries. Every new person choosing to carry on Ghostface's legacy allows the films to remark on the legacy of the series itself. There is no better example of this than the opening of *Scream 2* with a theater filled with people in Ghostface masks. Though it speaks to how much of an icon Ghostface has evolved since the first *Scream*, they are all lovers of the Stab films within the movie.