<P> In the original Scream , the identity is used by a killer stalking the fictional town of Woodsboro , California . After the murder spree begins , Sidney Prescott ( Neve Campbell ) begins receiving taunting and threatening phone calls from Ghostface , who claims knowledge of her mother Maureen Prescott ( Lynn McRee ) 's brutal murder , one year prior to the events of the film , a murder that was blamed on Cotton Weary ( Liev Schreiber ) . The Ghostface disguise allows suspicion to fall on many people , including Sidney 's boyfriend , Billy Loomis ( Skeet Ulrich ) , her father , Neil Prescott ( Lawrence Hecht ) , her friend , Randy Meeks ( Jamie Kennedy ) , and her schoolmate , Stu Macher ( Matthew Lillard ) . Ghostface is revealed in the finale as both Billy and Stu , who reveal that they murdered Sidney 's mother and framed Cotton . Billy cites his motivation as abandonment by his mother ( Laurie Metcalf ) , brought about by his father 's affair with Maureen , while Stu cites `` peer pressure '' . Sidney is able to gain an advantage against Billy and Stu , temporarily adopting the Ghostface persona herself to taunt them before killing Stu . Gale Weathers ( Courteney Cox ) shoots Billy to stop him from killing Sidney , who then finishes Billy off with a bullet to the head , citing the fact that `` They ALWAYS get back up , '' a common horror cliche , and now her catchphrase . This is most likely one of the many tropes taught to her by Randy Meeks , who is obsessed with horror , and openly lists these cliches earlier in the film , during a party . </P>
<P> In the original Scream , the identity is used by a killer stalking the fictional town of Woodsboro , California . After the murder spree begins , Sidney Prescott ( Neve Campbell ) begins receiving taunting and threatening phone calls from Ghostface , who claims knowledge of her mother Maureen Prescott ( Lynn McRee ) 's brutal murder , one year prior to the events of the film , a murder that was blamed on Cotton Weary ( Liev Schreiber ) . The Ghostface disguise allows suspicion to fall on many people , including Sidney 's boyfriend , Billy Loomis ( Skeet Ulrich ) , her father , Neil Prescott ( Lawrence Hecht ) , her friend , Randy Meeks ( Jamie Kennedy ) , and her schoolmate , Stu Macher ( Matthew Lillard ) . Ghostface is revealed in the finale as both Billy and Stu , who reveal that they murdered Sidney 's mother and framed Cotton . Billy cites his motivation as abandonment by his mother ( Laurie Metcalf ) , brought about by his father 's affair with Maureen , while Stu cites `` peer pressure '' . Sidney is able to gain an advantage against Billy and Stu , temporarily adopting the Ghostface persona herself to taunt them before killing Stu . Gale Weathers ( Courteney Cox ) shoots Billy to stop him from killing Sidney , who then finishes Billy off with a bullet to the head , citing the fact that `` They ALWAYS get back up , '' a common horror cliche , and now her catchphrase . This is most likely one of the many tropes taught to her by Randy Meeks , who is obsessed with horror , and openly lists these cliches earlier in the film , during a party . </P>
who ends up being the killer in scream
who ends up being the killer in scream
both Billy and Stu
both Billy and Stu