Ghostface/Costume

Scream
In the original Scream, Ghostface wears a sparkly robe with square arm tatters and pointed frills on the bottom edges. During production, more Ghoulish masks were considered before finally settling on the peanut-eyed ghost mask. A second mask that's wider, has thinner eyes, a smaller nose and smaller mouth, along with a lighter neck piece is also worn by Ghostface, who uses a voice-changer to conceal his identity and taunt his target, Sidney. As victims gradually get picked off, Sidney ultimately faces her tormentor, who reveals himself to be both her boyfriend, Billy Loomis, and his peer-pressured friend, Stu. They explain that her philandering mother broke up Billy's parents, so they took her out and plan to finish Sidney off, too – but Stu gets a TV tossed on him and Billy is taken out by multiple shots.

Scream 2
In Scream 2, a copycat appears. His robe has more circular arm tatters, squared-off rips on the bottom hem, and a more pronounced neckline. His mask has a less curved right-eye, a creased mouth, and more pronounced cheeks. He also wears a secondary mask featuring squinty eyes and a larger mouth, and at one point he changes into civilian clothing and an ancient Greek-style robe. The copycat eliminates Sidney's college classmates, and reveals himself to be both her crazy acquaintance Mickey and Billy Loomis's revenge-seeking mother. While Mrs. Loomis decommissions her partner, Sidney is saved by the man once suspected to have slain her mom. Although Mickey rebounds for one last scare, he is promptly taken out for good.

Scream 3
Yet, Ghostface is back in Scream 3. This time, his mask lacks the former's mouth crease and has more curved eyes. Additionally, he wears a secondary mask with larger eyes, and briefly hides inside of a prop body-bag. He also now uses a magical voice-changer that can sound like anyone he wants. He proceeds to execute the cast and crew of Stab 3, and subsequently reveals himself to be the film's Director and Sidney's long-lost half brother Roman – who, apparently, also secretly planned the events of Scream 1 along with Billy and Stu. But in the end, this Ghostface is stabbed by his half-sister and finally defeated by a flurry of bullets.

Scream 4
In Scream 4, Ghostface appears yet agian. This time, his main mask's eyes are slightly spaced apart, and yet another secondary mask is used with wider cheeks, smaller eyes and a smaller nose. After slashing a new generation of victims, this Ghostface turns out to be Sydney's cousin, Jill, and her boy-toy, Charlie, both intent on becoming the famous survivors of their attacks. However, Jill betrays Charlie in order to become the sole victim, but she's later defibrillated and then shot down.

Scream: The TV Series
In the MTV Series, Ghostface dons a rain poncho and a mask that's more human-shaped with uneven eyes, discoloration and golden straps on the edges. He's also now referred to as the Lakewood Slasher. He terrorizes final-girl Emma and her friends, and eventually confesses to being her secret half-sister, Piper, who is shot and falls in a lake. Emma's boyfriend – and Piper's secret lover – becomes the new Lakewood Slasher in season two, but he gets caught and put in jail, before being silenced by a third Lakewood Slasher, never to be revealed...

Scream: Resurrection
… because in Season 3, the original Ghostface returns! This time, the robe is un-sparkled, has a floppier hood, loose sleeves and no open neckline, while his mask is shinier and features a more prevalent jawline. He harasses Football loving Deion before revealing himself to be his half-brother Jamal, who holds a grudge at Deion for stealing their departed brother's identity. But Jamal is soon betrayed by a second Ghostface – their goth friend Beth – who apparently just likes horror movies, and that makes her evil. However, in the climax she's pushed through a glass roof and miraculously survives before finally being shot down.

Scream (2022)
In Scream 2022, the Ghostface robe has had a major makeover since the events of Scream 4. Ghostface's mask is similar to the one used in Scream 4, but with a thicker latex material and a more deluxe hood. In some cases, the actors who played the killer had masks custom molded to their faces. The robe is made of a new material which still features the sparkle of other Ghostface robes but it isn't as noticeable. The gloves are detached from the robe and the ends are ripped. This was done intentional as the costume designer believed it would make sense that the store bought costume would have had major changes in the last 10 years.

Parodies
Outside of the original Scream series, a Ghostface parody also appears as the emotive villain in Scary Movie, causing confusion among casual movie fans who still mistake the two franchises for one another.

Another parody, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th, features a Jason-Voorhees -like villain that accidentally melts his hockey-mask into a lumpy Ghostface appearance.

And in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, a wide-cheeked Ghostface appears, but turns out to be an orangutan on the set of the then make-believe Scream.

Boots
Part of Ghostface's look is that the person under the mask is always wearing a pair of, usually black, boots. Each killer wears a different pair at different times and costume designers usually have multiple characters wear boots at different times to set them up as suspects. The Killer's boots have always been a desirable item for fans to identify.

Scream
Ghostface's boots have never been identified, however Sidney sees them during her attack in the Bathroom where Ghostface, Billy Loomis, steps down and lowers the robe over himself. Sheriff Burke also wears a similar pair.

Scream 2
Multiple pairs of boots were used in this film to differentiate the killer between Mickey Altieri and Nancy Loomis. They have never been identified as the only requirement was that the Killer would wear black boots. Ghostface's boots are seen during Sidney and Hallie's attack in the police car. Another pair of women's boots are seen during Randy's death, in which Mrs. Loomis was the killer.

Scream 3
Ghostface, who is revealed to be Roman Bridger, wears a pair of black Rugged Outback boots. They are never seen properly on screen, however were identified by Scream collector, Nate Ragon, as he owns a pair of the screen used boots that were presumably worn by Scott Foley.

Scream 4
In this film, Ghostface wears a pair of Bates Ultra Light Tactical Boots for the most part. However in different scenes where Emma Roberts and Rory Culkin would portray Ghostface as their characters, they wore boots specifically matched for their characters. Jill Roberts wore a pair of Rag and Bone High Heeled Boots and Charlie Walker wore a pair of Toto Brown Leather boots, which had platforms in them to make Rory Culkin appear taller.

Scream (2022)
In this film, Ghostface wore a pair of Doc Martens 1460 Smooth Mono, which were jet black boots and can be seen multiple times throughout the movie. The costume designer of the film ensured that all characters at one point wore similar boots and in multiple scenes throughout Act 3, Amber is seen wearing a similar pair of Doc Martens however they were platformed. The specific model being the vegan Jadon II Mono. Richie is not seen wearing black boots, but does wear a pair of brown boots.