Ghostface Not Just a Movie Killer. Every single person alive knows the famous movie serial killer aka Ghostface. Whether it be from the Scream Franchise and its classic line of “Do you like Scary Movies?” or the parody franchise Scary Movie. What people might not realize and I didn’t know this until recently is that the original Ghostface Killer in the Scream movies was inspired by a real-life serial killer named Danny Rolling. The year was 1989 when Danny Rolling, decided to go on a murder spree and kill eight people including five college students. The press gave Danny Rolling the nickname “The Gainesville Ripper” as his last murder was in Gainesville, but he also killed in Shreveport crossing state lines. During the news reports of the killings, a budding screenwriter named Kevin Williamson was housesitting and he had flicked on the TV to see a special on the murders. This inspired him to create a screenplay which later was picked up by Wes Craven to become the famous Scre...