Why Ghostface Is Different In Scream VI

7. The Legacy Mask

Surely the most immediately startling thing about the new killer is that, at least for some of the movie, they're using a damaged, weathered mask, instead of the usual brilliant white Ghostface visage.

This of course suggests that the killer has somehow obtained a vintage mask used in some of the actual killings themselves.

This is backed up later in the trailer when we see a shrine apparently belonging to the killer, containing nine Ghostface robes seemingly belonging to each of the nine killers to date.

Given the series' focus on legacy and the last film revealing that Sam (Melissa Barrera) is the daughter of killer Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich), it makes the most sense that this mask is taken from the original Woodsboro murders, belonging to either Billy or Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard).

The mask will almost certainly play into the killer's identity in some form or another - perhaps they're a relative of Stu - but given that the trailer also shows Sam holding the damaged mask and Ghostface using other masks, clearly it won't be the primary one throughout the whole movie.

Even so, for a while it'll immediately differentiate the new killer from their predecessors and help them stand out.