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\"\"<\/a>The first rule of Ghostface in “Scream,” is that it’s always someone you know. No matter what’s happening to the main characters, the killer or killers are always someone within close vicinity that have a personal connection with you. To date there have been multiple people that have taken up the mantle of Ghostface, especially since the “Scream” movie series is six movies in, and on the way to the seventh. So now that “Scream 6” made a big hit at theaters in 2023, I thought I’d break down the Ghost Face killers from favorite from least favorite.<\/p>\n

The list does exclude the killers from the MTV “Scream” series, of course, as I’m sticking mainly to the movie series continuity.<\/p>\n

Feel free to let me know what your ranking would be in the comments.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Billy Loomis, Scream
\n<\/strong>Billy Loomis has probably the most intimate and personal motive for wanting to become Ghostface. Even in spite of everyone else that\u2019s worn the mask and costume. Billy\u2019s mom was left heartbroken after his dad had an affair with Sidney\u2019s mother. This prompted a huge plot of revenge, not only pinning Sid\u2019s mom\u2019s murder on one of her lovers, but also plotting to take out Sidney too. Although Sidney wasn\u2019t at all aware, as far as we know, of her mom\u2019s illicit affairs and infidelity, Billy\u2019s been driven to the point of madness to where he ruins Sid\u2019s life. His effect on her is still felt in the movie series.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Stu Macher, Scream
\n<\/strong>It\u2019s not just that Stu is a sadistic psychopath, but he\u2019s also a charismatic sadistic psychopath. Stu chose to go along with Billy I\u2019m sure for the sake of destroying Sidney\u2019s life, but he was also apparently someone that liked the thrill and acts of murdering people in cold blood. I mean he was an accomplice in helping to murder his girlfriend Tatum, after all. The big reveal in climax of \u201cScream\u201d is still a huge twist that just floored me back in 1995. It\u2019s still one of the great twists in horror movie history. Like Billy, Stu\u2019s impact is still felt in the series today.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Jill Roberts, Scream 4
\n<\/strong>Jill Roberts is probably the first Ghostface to bear a blood relation to Sidney, and probably the only Ghostface whose entire goal is to clout chase and nothing more. Sure Jill is an unhinged psychopath that orchestrated a string of murders, but she\u2019s also someone who misread Sidney\u2019s infamy as pure fame, and she wanted it for herself. Roberts is a conniving and scheming killer who stops at nothing to steer the events in her direction, unapologetically. She\u2019s someone that wants to build a career out of tragedy like so many influencers, and rightfully so, she pays dearly for her efforts to kill her cousin in the end.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Amber Freeman, Scream 5
\n<\/strong>Amber Freeman is an almost too giddy little psychopath who is one part of the pair of toxic fans that not only seek to avenge the legacy of \u201cStab\u201d but also help pave a new legacy and hopefully become a celebrity in the process much like Sid and Claire. She\u2019s devious, calculating and manages to do a damn good job in assembling just about everyone she wants in order to re-stage the events of \u201cScream.\u201d And she almost gets away with it, but sadly underestimates Tara and Sam, in the end.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Richie Kirsch, Scream 5
\n<\/strong>Richie is one of the fame hungry killer that have donned the mask of Ghost Face, and he\u2019s also the series\u2019 representation of the toxic fan. Richie is obsessed with the \u201cStab\u201d series, has an unhealthy love for it, and is so anxious to honor it that he seeks out to stage everything that happened to Sidney, right down to the house that Stu Macher resided in on that fateful night. Richie, like Amber, is pretty much a narcissistic sociopath who really only cares about making his movie even when he\u2019s gurgling to death on his blood. There\u2019s simply no redemption for him.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Charlie Walker, Scream 4
\n<\/strong>Charlie ends up being the reverse of the formula that Wes Craven established in the original film. Wherein Randy Meeks was the movie geek that ended up being a red herring, Charlie is the film geek that actually follows through with his homicidal urges. Craven pegs Charlie as the designated incel who is in it for the thrill, but also because he pretty much resents Kirby for initially rejecting him. His death is a pathetic one as he plays in the hands of Jill Roberts.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Tie: Detective Bailey, Ethan Landry, and Quinn Bailey, Scream 6
\n<\/strong>Richie Kirsch\u2019s family is carrying on Richie\u2019s legacy for reasons not fully clarified, I\u2019ll admit. While I loved \u201cScream 6,\u201d the identity of Ghostface in the film is a nod to the killer in \u201cFriday the 13th<\/sup>\u201d where their whole motivation is avenging the fate of their loved one. Richie\u2019s family is just as sadistic and evil as he is, sadly, and they\u2019re also twice as fucked up and ruthless with their tactics a reflection of modern society. First they killed Tara and Sam\u2019s reputations, and then they tried to \u00a0kill them.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Nancy Loomis, Scream 2
\n<\/strong>I could never get behind Nancy Loomis, Billy\u2019s mother, being one of the Ghost Face Killers in \u201cScream 2.\u201d Aside from the fact that she couldn\u2019t really confront Sidney without using a gun, I\u2019m surprised at no point did Sidney really recognize her or run in to her at her college. In either case, while Nancy Loomis\u2019 motivations are about as personal as Billy\u2019s, her whole motivation, and her planning with Mickey was downright contrived and far fetched.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Mickey Altieri, Scream 2
\n<\/strong>I never liked Mickey Altieri, even though everyone else seems to think he\u2019s great. Aside from being an obnoxious movie geek, he was just a pale imitation of Stu Macher, when all was said and done. Stu was just more entertaining. They even almost had the same motivation for their killing spree and for stalking Sidney. Altieri just felt like they forced his purpose in the movie more than anyone else. It just would have made more sense to make Randy the killer, or maybe go with the more obvious of Sidney\u2019s boyfriend.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Roman Bridger, Scream 3
\n<\/strong>My reaction to the big reveal in \u201cScream 3\u201d was confusion on there being just one ghost face, and then responding with \u201cOh yeah! It\u2019s that guy! That\u2026 guy!\u201d Roman Bridger isn\u2019t in the movie enough to really make him in interesting or valid enough threat, even though he\u2019s technically her half brother. I don\u2019t consider him related to Sidney, to be honest. Plus, I just don\u2019t get why he waited all those years to train Stu and Billy and then just disappeared only to strike on the small possibility that Sidney would travel to Hollywood along with her friends. I frankly don\u2019t buy it, and even his big explanation never brought me around.<\/p>\n