Billy Loomis

Lore & Background

Billy Loomis is a Woodsboro teenager and the boyfriend of Sidney Prescott. He is also an avid fan of horror films. After a series of murders, Billy becomes a suspect when he is found at Sidney's house with a cellphone shortly after she is taunted and attacked by a masked killer. Evidence points to other characters, and Billy is removed as a suspect. At a party at Stu Macher's home, Billy and Sidney reconcile and kiss, but they do not have sex on screen, before Billy is stabbed by Ghostface. Later, after a series of attacks, Billy is revealed to be alive and tries to help Sidney, obtaining a gun which he then uses to shoot at Randy Meeks, but Randy is stabbed by Ghostface (Billy and Stu) and survives the first film. Billy then reveals himself to be the killer, having feigned the injury, with Stu confessing to be his accomplice. The pair admit to having murdered Sidney's mother, Maureen Prescott, one year previously, after she had an affair with Billy's father, causing Billy's parents to divorce and his mother to abandon him. Billy and Stu's plan to frame Sidney's father for their killing spree backfires when Sidney escapes and calls the police, taunting them. Billy is beaten by Sidney and Gale Weathers, and dies after Sidney shoots him in the head. In Scream 2, Billy's mother seeks revenge on Sidney for Billy's death. In Scream 3, Roman Bridger reveals that he provided Billy the evidence of his father's affair and gave him advice on how to kill Maureen. In Scream (2022), it is revealed that Billy cheated on Sidney during the events of the first film, fathering a daughter named Sam Carpenter (whom he wasn't aware of). Billy appears in her visions throughout that film and Scream VI, encouraging her to fight back against the killers trying to murder her, appearing both as the good man Sam wished he was, and also tempting her to become Ghostface herself.

In Their Own Story

Billy Loomis sat on the edge of the bed, watching Sidney sleep. He held a phone in one hand, the cord trailing across the floorboards. The silence was heavy, broken only by her steady breathing. For a moment, he looked at her with genuine affection before his expression hardened into cold resolve. Tomorrow would change everything.

Reader's Guide

Billy Loomis appears in Scream (1996), Scream (2022) (as a hallucination), and Scream VI (as a hallucination). He is portrayed by Skeet Ulrich. Kevin Patrick Walls and Justin Whalin were final contenders for the role before it was won by Skeet Ulrich. Walls was instead cast in the minor role of Steve Orth. In "Stab", the fictional film within a film based on the murders, Billy is portrayed by Luke Wilson. The character is parodied in the film Scary Movie as Bobby Prinze, portrayed by Jon Abrahams.

Did You Know?

• Kevin Patrick Walls and Justin Whalin were final contenders for the role of Billy Loomis before it was won by Skeet Ulrich; Walls was instead cast in the minor role of Steve Orth.
• In Scream (2022), it is revealed that Billy cheated on Sidney during the events of the first film, fathering a daughter named Sam Carpenter (whom he wasn't aware of).
• In Scream 3, Roman Bridger reveals that he provided Billy the evidence of his father's affair and gave him advice on how to kill Maureen.
• In "Stab", the fictional film within a film based on the murders, Billy is portrayed by Luke Wilson.
• The character is parodied in the film Scary Movie as Bobby Prinze, portrayed by Jon Abrahams.