Ghostface’s Fatality in Mortal Kombat 1 Is a Great Scream Reference

Mortal Kombat 1 developer NetherRealm has released the launch trailer for expansion Khaos Reigns that includes a first look at DLC character Ghostface.

Ghostface makes a guest appearance in the gory fighting game fresh from the Scream film franchise, and the character’s Fatality in Mortal Kombat 1 is a direct reference to those movies, specifically 2023’s Scream 6 with its multiple Ghostface killers.

In the Fatality, we see two Ghostface killers work together to tear poor Sub-Zero apart in a gruesome co-op stab. It’s fitting for Mortal Kombat, and certainly in keeping with the Scream franchise.

Mortal Kombat 1 Ghostface Fatality 🔥🔥🔥#MK1 #MortalKombat1 pic.twitter.com/zC3Tllh4zB

— thethiny 🐰🍉 (@thethiny) September 18, 2024

Elsewhere, we get a good look at Noob Saibot’s bone-crunching Animality (Animalities are new for Mortal Kombat 1), and it’s a direct reference to the character’s Fatality in Mortal Kombat 9.

Noob Saibot’s Animality is 1:1 his MK9 Fatality and I LOVE it!
The animations are the same frame by frame, with only the speed being altered.

Here’s the side-by-side sync’d video!#MK1 #MortalKombat1 pic.twitter.com/gtRjr1Qrja

— thethiny 🐰🍉 (@thethiny) September 18, 2024

NetherRealm likes to have fun with references via its Fatalities and other finishers. Fellow DLC character Sektor, for example, has a Fatality that references Marvel’s Iron Man.

And finally, we see the four new character skins available as a bonus for those who pre-order Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns, including Wedding Scorpion, Empress Mileena, and klassic Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 versions of Sub-Zero and Noob Saibot.

Khaos Reigns hits Mortal Kombat 1 after four million sales since launching in September 2023. The expansion adds new story mode chapters available from September 24, along with Kombat Pack 2, which itself includes six new DLC characters: Cyrax, Sektor, and Noob Saibot (available on September 24), and guest fighters Ghostface (Scream franchise), T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgement Day), and Conan the Barbarian (post-launch release timing to be announced at a later date).

Animalities are part of a free update for all Mortal Kombat 1 owners set to go live alongside Khaos Reigns on September 24.

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