15 Mickey Altieri - Scream 2 (1997)

Played By Timothy Olyphant

Mickey was a close friend of Sidney's at college. It turned out that he was actually a twisted young man that Mrs. Loomis met online. She paid his tuition in exchange for him carrying out the copycat killings as Ghostface. Mickey held up his end of the bargain and shared that he wanted to be caught so he could become famous. Mrs. Loomis then turned on him after the revelation of their motive. He eventually died from multiple gunshot wounds at the hands of Mrs. Loomis, Gale, and Sidney.

Though Timothy Olyphant has a lot of fun embracing Mickey's villainous side in the climax, the character simply doesn't stand out enough in the rest of the movie to make his reveal impactful. He is around in various scenes but is not involved in the story enough. However, his motivation of wanting to go on trial and blame movies for his actions is an interesting one.

14 Roman Bridger - Scream 3 (2000)

Played By Scott Foley

Not only was Roman Bridger revealed to be the Scream 3 killer, but he was also the mastermind behind the previous two movies. Roman was the son of Maureen Prescott, but she wanted nothing to do with him. Roman's jealousy of the Prescott family drove him to revenge, so he filmed Maureen's affairs and showed them to Billy. He then gave Billy the idea of carrying out the first Ghostface killings, which in turn led to his mother's involvement in Scream 2. Sidney ultimately came out on top of her half-brother's murderous plan.

Roman is the only Ghostface killer to work alone but is often viewed as one of the franchise's weakest. There are too many silly elements to his story to make him interesting. The secret half-brother reveal seems like something out of a soap opera, his perfect voice replication technology is ludicrous, and the reveal that he was behind Billy's revenge is a disappointing retcon of a better Ghostface killer.

13 Jill Roberts - Scream 4 (2011)

Played By Emma Roberts

Jealousy must run in the Prescott family because it became the main motivation for Jill's role as the Scream 4 killer. She was the estranged cousin of Sidney and a target of the new killings. It turned out that Jill craved the attention that Sidney always got, so she set up the killing spree of her mother and friends. Jill thought she killed Sidney, but she was wrong, so they had one final showdown at the hospital. Though the original plan had Jill survive Scream 4, Sidney ultimately kills her younger cousin.

While there is a somewhat mixed response when it comes to Scream 4 and its killer reveal, it is actually quite fun when considering that it is playing on the idea of the franchise reboot. Going into the movie, many suspected that Jill and the younger cast would be taking over the franchise from the original heroes. The fact that Jill turns out to be the villain who Sidney has to defeat is a great reversal of those expectations.

12 Charlie Walker - Scream 4 (2011)

Played By Rory Culkin

Charlie played Jill's secret boyfriend, who helped with Jill's Scream 4 murder plan. He portrayed the second Ghostface to make it look like Jill was also being targeted at the time. While Jill wanted attention from the whole world, Charlie seems to have purely been motivated by wanting Jill, something she manipulated effortlessly.

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After they revealed themselves to Sidney, Charlie and Jill were planning to injure each other to act as though they were victims instead of the Scream killers. Instead, Jill realized she would rather be the sole survivor, so she killed Charlie.

Charlie makes for one of the most pathetic Ghostface killers which is quite effective. Seen by his anger when attempting to kill Kirby, Charlie has a lot of pent-up emotions about girls so it is satisfying to see Jill use that against him even if she is just as evil. For someone obsessed with horror movies, he certainly didn't see that obvious twist coming.

11 Amber Freeman - Scream (2022)

Played By Mikey Madison

The first killer in 2022's Scream was Amber, Tara’s friend who lived in Stu Macher’s old house. The location led to her obsession with the original Woodsboro Massacre, and in turn, the Stab movie franchise.

In recent years, Amber felt the franchise fell off track, and she wanted to give the series new material that would honor the original. In doing so, she set up a chain of events that involved bringing back the legacy Scream characters, killing some of her friends, and setting up Tara’s sister, Sam, for the murders due to her being Billy Loomis’ daughter.

The reveal is a solid shock as the audience is initially in the dark about what Amber's motivations could be. There is another lovers angle to this killer duo as well with Amber and Richie being a couple. Mikey Madison delivers a chilling performance following the reveal and interestingly suffers a similar death to her role as a Manson family member in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

10 Richard "Richie" Kirsch - Scream (2022)

Played By Jack Quaid

Amber couldn’t do everything herself, so she enlisted the help of Richie, the second of two Scream killers. Though he was thought to be Sam’s loyal boyfriend, he was actually a sadistic Stab fan who Amber met on a subreddit. Also upset by the recent direction of the Stab movies, Richie agreed to help Amber enact Scream 2022's Ghostface killings to fix the franchise. In reality, he personified the toxic fanbase he claimed to hate. Sam later killed him after a one-on-one showdown.

Jack Quaid delivers one of the best performances of a Ghostface killer. Juxtaposed to the bad boy boyfriend of Billy Loomis in the original movie, Richie comes off as a goofy and genuinely likable guy for most of the movie. Quaid makes the audience hope Richie isn't the killer but then makes him a memorable one in the end.