Hook Man

Hook Man (Luther Thompson), was a recurring character in the third season of the television series Scream. He was portrayed by Tony Todd.

Appearances (3/6)
Season 3 (3/6)


 * The Deadfast Club
 * The Man Behind the Mask
 * Endgame

Biography
Luther used to be an elite soldier in The Vietnam War. At one point during his service, Luther dropped from the army due to post-traumatic syndrome disorder. His years as a veteran were spent at a secluded territory next to a parking lot. No one in Atlanta knew for sure about the circumstances behind Luther's dropping. However, there were insistent rumors about a children murderer named Hook Man, and the possibility that Luther is Hook Man was enough to prevent anyone from getting near his house at night.

On Halloween night of 2010, Luther encountered the Elliot Brothers, Marcus and Deion, who unwittingly entered his turf to retrieve a lost candy. The two children had split up and eventually found the candy, only for Luther to arrive, and stab Deion in the back with his hook, proving the rumors have some base in reality.

8 years later, Marcus, companied Liv and Amir, sneaked into Luther's turf for finding clues about Hook Man and the disastrous night of Deion's death. Luther found Amir, kidnapped him and was about to kill him with the hook, like he did to Deion 8 years ago. Marcus tackled him at the last minute, ready to strike him with his bat. Marcus and his friends confronted him about the incident. Luther's response led to a heated argument, which concluded after Luther showed them Deion's resting place inside a trunk. He pretended he mistook Deion for an intruder due to his Ghostface custom and invoked Marcus' guilt for hating him all these years.

Marcus and his friend left the scene. Luther went back to his business, but being assaulted by Ghostface. Marcus heard Luther's shouting and was warned about Ghostface's presence. Luther and Ghostface clashed with Luther's hook against Ghostface’s knife. Ghostface overpowered him and chained him to the inside of a car compactor. Marcus attempted to help him, but Ghostface has sabotaged the machine so it won’t turn off and Hook Man is crushed to death.

In Endgame, Jamal Elliot revealed that he was the Ghostface who stabbed and killed Hook Man.

Quotes

 * ”No, I got you.” (to Deion Elliot)

Trivia

 * He is responsible for the death of Deion Elliot. While he felt no joy doing so, he still let Deion trap himself in the car and die of starvation.
 * His death would make him the first character and first male, to be not only trapped but crushed by a car crusher and be crushed all the way to death and killed off this way in the franchise, similar to how Tatum Riley was the first to be killed and crushed by the garage door in the original Scream, as well as how Jenny Randall was temporarily crushed by her garage door by Ghostface in an homage to Tatum in Scream 4.
 * His death by Ghostface would also pay irony to how Hook Man killed his previous victim, Deion, similar to how Ghostface may or may not have intentionally done with other victims in the franchise whose individual deaths pay homage to deaths of past victims as well, even if having no connection, in order to prove their points (example: the events of Scream 2 and Scream 3, which sees characters being killed off like past ones, due to relation to original or to association with killers main target, Sidney Prescott).
 * He is one of the few characters who manages to hold his own against Ghostface, due to his military background.
 * Hook Man is portrayed by Tony Todd. Ironically, Tony Todd portrays a famous horror icon, the "Candyman", who also uses a hook to kill people.
 * He's is the first African-American killer in the both the TV series and in the franchise overall, followed by Jamal Elliot, who later killed him.
 * He is one of the many Black characters in the franchise who despite putting up a fight with Ghostface, dies, and is also the fourth out of five Black male characters to die in a brutal fashion, the first being Phil Stevens, second Tyson Fox, third being Anthony Perkins, and the fifth being B. Westbrook, with the Black actors potraying them being well known as well as guest stars.
 * Despite his lack of sadism, Luther is still considered to be a bad man. He could've easily reported to the cops about the death of Deion Elliot and not being held legally responsible due to being a former war hero, yet chose to keep it to himself until being forced to admit it after a confrontation with Deion’s surviving twin brother, Marcus Elliot (who took on his identity) and his friends (“The Man Behind The Mask”).
 * Hook Man also shares some similarities with Brandon James from Season 1-2 of the TV series in that they were both responsible for the deaths of some people at their hands and whose behavior and actions led and caused for  a series and chain of events (unbeknownst to them) to unfold. This is also similar to how the death of the first victim of the Scream franchise, aka Maureen Prescott.
 * His cause of Deion's death led to the chain reaction that resulted with Jamal's vendetta toward Marcus. Said chain reaction also laid the groundwork for Beth's partnership with Jamal, and therefore Luther is the main abs heavy influence of the third season, much like how Brandon James was to Piper Shaw’s (with the final girl’s Emma’s boyfriend Kieran Wilcox being her accomplice) spree against to Emma Duval and whose actions lead into Season 1 and 2.
 * Luther’s neglect was also how Jay got to him just like how Maureen’s neglect led to Roman unfolding the events of the film franchise, such as convincing Billy Loomis to kill his and Sidney’s mother and lure his best friend, Stu Macher, as an accomplice.