Ghostface is often shown to taunt his targets, initially representing himself as charming and even flirtatious. He occasionally asked his victims horror movie trivia, and stalked them. The character is used primarily as a disguise for the antagonist of each film to conceal their identity while conducting serial murders. The Ghostface of the first movie. Billy blamed Sidney's mother for destroying his family, and one year prior, he and Stu Macher murdered her and framed Cotton Weary for it.