Ghostface first appeared as the masked killer in Scream in 1996, with different people wearing the costume across the films while keeping the same taunting phone voice. The character later joined Mortal Kombat 1 as downloadable content in 2024, bringing his knife, phone tricks and movie references into the fighting game. Clips of his intro lines spread quickly through gaming edits and horror communities, and this haunt your dreams taunt stayed popular because it works even without gameplay, as a standalone threat, reaction or Halloween sound.