NECA Ultimate Ghostface

The other figure I picked up at Target along with MEGO's The Reptile was the NECA Ultimate Ghostface from the Scream films. I enjoyed the first 2 movies, especially Scream 2, which is a great sequel. Scream 3 was so-so, and I never bothered to watch the 4th one. The new one is scheduled to drop in January of 2022, and will feature the return of Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courtney Cox, back to battle the masked assassin. I always found the costume worn by the killer(s) very simple yet memorable, especially the face inspired by the famous Munch painting, and NECA went all out to give us a great figure.

Ghostface comes with 4 head sculpts (regular, blood splattered, green glow-in-the-dark and greyish worn), 3 different sized bloody knives, a scythe, a voice changer box, and 2 pairs of hands, each to hold his weapons and box. The body is covered by a soft cloth robe, with a hood that can fold over the head. All the faces are nicely detailed, as are his weapons. Ghostface was given just about everything needed to make him the definitive figure of this character.

His articulation includes his neck on a ball joint, ball jointed swiveled shoulders and thighs, single jointed elbows and knees, ball jointed upper torso, swivels on the ankles and on each of the hands. I was able to get him into some one-legged stands, though that was challenging, and I had more success balancing him with his right leg. You can easily get him into various slasher poses, which is most important. His thighs can kick out to the sides very far to a perfect T, though you'd have to inch up the skirt of his robe to do that. Underneath his robe, his mold is very basic, but that's ok.

His green face glows very brightly. I simply held the figure in front of light for a few seconds, then voila! He glowed like radioactive ectoplasm. I don't recall him having a glow-in-the-dark face (though I never saw the 4th film), but it's a cool gimmick that works well.

He's in the 7 - 8" scale, like most of NECA's horror releases, and he'll scale well with MEGO and McFarlane figures. I've amassed quite a decent collection of horror characters, so he's at home with my Freddy Krueger, Jasons, Pinhead, Leatherface, etc. Like past Ultimate figures, NECA's Ultimate Ghostface is a fantastic release that's essential if you're a fan of this slasher ghoul. Once again, NECA hits a homerun.

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