All 'Scream' Ghostfaces, Ranked by How Easy They Are to Figure Out

In 1996 Casey Becker answered a phone call, Drew Barrymore lit up one of the genre's most iconic openings, and the Ghostface mask became a mystery audiences everywhere wanted to solve. Thirty years on, with Sidney Prescott now living in Pine Grove, Indiana alongside her daughter Tatum and husband Mark, the franchise has introduced a long parade of killers.

This piece ranks those Ghostfaces from the toughest puzzles to crack to the most obvious culprits. At the harder end of the list sits Stu Macher, a silly, teasing presence who proved one of the trickiest to pinpoint. Roman Bridger, the director of Stab 3, surprised viewers with his role as a secret half-sibling, a twist that reads differently now than it did at release.

Nancy Loomis, posing as reporter Debbie Salt in Scream 2, delivers a chilling finale that underscores Sidney’s lingering trauma.

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