Key Takeaways
- The identity of one of three Ghostface killers added to Mortal Kombat 1 in the new Kombat Pack 2 DLC has been revealed.
- The main Ghostface is Billy Loomis from the original Scream film, as the killer’s facial model resembles a young Skeet Ulrich.
- Fans believe that the other two killers are Kobra and Kira from Mortal Kombat Deception.
Mortal Kombat 1’s Ghostface DLC is now live, and fans now know the identity of at least one of the killers behind the mask. The dreaded Ghostface killer of Scream fame is one of three special guest characters coming to Mortal Kombat 1 as part of the Kombat Pack 2 DLC, and players have been buzzing at the idea of stepping into the arena as one of cinema’s most iconic horror villains. Ghostface’s Mortal Kombat 1 moveset is packed with references to the Scream movies, and NetherRealm even paid homage to the fact that there is more than one culprit behind the classic Ghostface costume at any given time.
Just like 2023’s Scream 6, Mortal Kombat 1 has three Ghostfaces working together to spread fear and death among the game’s roster, sparking plenty of fan speculation about who they could be ahead of the DLC’s release. In a clever twist, one of the culprits is from the original Scream, recruiting two Black Dragon members as the other Mortal Kombat 1 Ghostface killers. Players have spent the past week or so picking apart the most recent Kombat Kast livestream for clues about the identities of these two, called The Enforcer and The Assassin, but now the truth about the one commanding them has been brought to light.
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Whenever a masked character falls victim to a Fatality or Fatal Blow in Mortal Kombat 1, their mask inexplicably disappears, and this also rings true for Ghostface. As shown in a clip shared by Twitter user BoogieBoysGoBoo, this reveals that the main Ghostface is Billy Loomis from the original Scream film, as the killer’s facial model resembles a young Skeet Ulrich. In the movie, Billy and his partner Stu Macher were the ones who originated the Ghostface legacy, terrorizing the town of Woodsboro out of revenge for their troubled lives and to gain infamy as serial killers.
Original Ghostface Billy Loomis Returns in Mortal Kombat 1
Bill Loomis is ultimately killed by Sidney Prescott at the end of the original Scream movie, but his shadow would fall over the rest of the series. His mother, Nancy Loomis, sought to avenge him as one of the Ghostface killers of Scream 2, and his estranged daughter, Sam Carpenter, was one of the main protagonists in the two most recent Scream movies. His appearance in Mortal Kombat 1 is filled with references to the Scream movies, with one pre-fight interaction ending with him saying that “movies don’t make psychos, they make psychos more creative,” a line he tells Syndey in the first film.
Now it seems that Billy Loomis has pulled another page from the classic slasher villain playbook by inexplicably returning from the dead to kill again in Mortal Kombat 1, with his identity serving as a treat for fans of the long-running Scream film franchise. It still isn’t clear who the other two Ghostface killers are in Mortal Kombat 1, but the most popular fan theory is that they are Kobra and Kira from Mortal Kombat Deception due to certain moves they pull off in-game.
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