Thursday, February 10, 2011

Ghostface

It's been awhile since i last add an entry here. Our first entry for this year would be Ghostface from the movie Scream!

Ghostface is the name collectively used to refer to the series of fictional main antagonists in the Scream franchise. The character was created by Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson. There have been five people to assume his mantle (from Scream, Scream 2, and Scream 3), with a new killer(s) set to portray the character in the upcoming Scream 4. A serial killer, he often dresses up as a variation of a ghost, or the Grim Reaper (The name given to his costume in the film is 'Father Death'). He also uses a device to disguise his voice (the killer from the third movie took this even further and used a model that can imitate other voices as well as the signature Ghostface voice).

Ghostface is named after the comment made by Tatum in the first film just before she is murdered. It is also inspired by the Edvard Munch painting The Scream. He is also known as the Woodsboro Killer, after the town where he commits his murders.

Ghostface often calls his victims on the phone, taunting or threatening them before killing them with a 6 inch hunting knife. Even though he is usually known for asking his victims horror film trivia while stalking them, he only does this six times in the Scream Series. (Casey's call in Scream, Sidney's call in Scream, Randy's call in Scream 2, Cici's call in Scream 2, Cotton's call in Scream 3, and Sarah's call in Scream 3).

Overall, Ghostface is responsible for 23 deaths in the Scream franchise so far.