Gay ghostface

Scream’s Matthew Lillard sets the record straight regarding OG Ghostface killers Billy Loomis and Stu Macher’s sexuality. Recently, in an interview with The Independent, Williamson confessed that the “Scream” movies are “coded in gay survival,” with Sidney being, essentially, a manifestation of his struggles as a gay person. “Stu and Billy were definitely gay,” Lillard definitively announced.

“You just throw that away like that, you just toss it out,” Billy Loomis actor Skeet Ulrich said with astonishment. The forthcoming film is set to follow Ghostface wreaking havoc on a new generation of teens, including Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sonia Ammar, Jack Quaid and Melissa Barrera. This theory is brought to the test when teen cinephile Robbie Mercer is attacked by Ghostface (video above).

In an attempt to save himself, he crawls away and confesses to being “ it. While watching Scream VI at the cinema for the first time on opening weekend, there was one scene in particular that made me feel uneasy. It comes about halfway through the film and involves Anika Kayoko Devyn Nekoda trying to escape masked killer Ghostface after being brutally attacked, bleeding out while her girlfriend Mindy Meeks-Martin Jasmin Savoy Brown shouts for her to crawl across to safety.

Even now I still find myself wanting to look away, dreading the horrific moment Anika falls to her death while Mindy watches from above. I was hopeful they would both survive, especially with recent genre films like the Fear Street trilogy and Bodies Bodies Bodies that see their sapphic protagonists make it to the end; final girlfriends, if you will.

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But while these movies may have quietly set the bar high for sapphic representation in horror, this also raises an important question— does the genre have a continued responsibility to protect queer characters, or should their survival be determined on a case-by-case basis as dictated by the narrative? There are subtle hints towards her queerness present throughout the film; a shirt emblazoned with a rainbow, a heart-shaped Pride pin.

While the franchise could have easily left it at that and then relegated Mindy to the sidelines for the next instalment, Scream VI instead chose to go the opposite route. However, this also has ramifications when it comes to the censorship of queer media. When the original Scream was released back in , it featured an entirely white and straight main cast; however, the franchise has made much more of an effort in recent years when it comes to diversifying its representation.

Known for her confident persona, sarcastic humour, love of horror movies, and effortlessly cool style, Kirby comes across as relatable yet untouchable— someone queer viewers can both identify with and idolize. Many even believe she has a crush on her best friend Jill Emma Roberts , who turns out to be one of the killers in Scream 4. Especially after revisiting the film recently, I wish they had chosen to go down that route.

The inclusion of a sapphic Ghostface would have been a great way for the Scream franchise to make it clear that all its characters—whether gay or straight—are on a level playing field when it comes to their mortality. Not only does Mindy watch her girlfriend die, she has a brush with death herself, getting stabbed on the subway in a near-fatal Ghostface attack. Aside from the scenes Mindy shares with Anika and the main group, one of her most memorable moments in Scream VI is between her and Kirby, and it would be nice to see more interactions between the two in the future.

And if Mindy continues to survive, maybe even getting to have a new girlfriend who makes it until the end with her, that would make it even sweeter. Hayley Paskevich. Like Loading…. Written by Hayley Paskevich. It comes as no surprise then that she graduated university with an English degree, minoring in Film Studies. Hailing from the Canadian west, Hayley enjoys sharing her passion for the things that move her with anyone who will listen— especially when they involve well-written stories and complex female characters!

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