Most people met the AI Ghostface trend as a video, not a single picture: a few grainy Y2K bedroom stills cut to music, ending on the masked figure in the doorway. Ghostface Call gives you the still. This plan covers what to do next, if you want to turn that still into a short reel, and what is actually known about where the format and its sound came from.
If you have not made the image yet, start with the companion post on premises, captions and carousels for the Ghostface phone call photo. It covers the photo choice and the joke; this one covers the edit.
Make your Ghostface-style phone call image
Upload one clear photo of your face and upper body and get the grainy 90s bedroom scene, ready to cut into a reel.
Where the AI Ghostface trend came from
According to Know Your Meme's entry on the AI Ghostface Trend, the earliest known example is an Instagram post by cortneydryden on September 25, 2025, showing an AI image of her on the phone in a Y2K-style bedroom while Ghostface stands in the doorway. She made it with Google Gemini and shared the prompt. Within days, TikTok and Instagram Reels compilations spread the format, and parodies followed, including one where Ghostface steals popcorn. The entry is still marked as being researched, so treat the details as the best available record rather than settled history.
Coverage soon moved beyond meme sites. Mexican outlet adn40 reported on the "Ghostface AI" photos on October 6, 2025, describing pink satin sheets, a 90s corded phone and the masked figure in the shadows, with some versions swapping in other horror icons. App blogs such as YouCam's guide to the Y2K Ghostface trend and Kapwing's Ghostface AI trend page added school-hallway and other variants.
Ghostface Call follows the original bedroom version only: satin bedding, a translucent corded phone, lamp light, heavy grain and a hooded figure in a white ghost mask standing still in the doorway. It is an unofficial, Scream-inspired look with no connection to the films, their makers or the mask's rights holders.
What song is used for the Ghostface AI trend?
Know Your Meme says the videos are typically set to a remix of "Deceptacon" by Le Tigre. That is the most specific claim we found, and we could not confirm it from a second independent source. Posts embedded in tutorial sites also use other audio, including original sounds, so there is no single official track.
Two practical points follow:
- Your image is silent. Ghostface Call returns a still picture, so any sound comes from the app where you post.
- Use the app's own sound library. Search for the track or a remix inside TikTok or Instagram and check it is available to you, instead of downloading music from somewhere else.
Turn the still into a Ghostface trend slideshow
Short is better. Three or four slides with quick cuts let the reveal land before viewers scroll.
Slide plan
- The setup (about one second). A tight crop of just you on the phone, smiling. Viewers should not see the doorway yet.
- The widen (about one second). The full 4:5 image, so the doorway figure appears behind you.
- The stare (one to two seconds). A slow push-in or crop toward the doorway, so the mask fills more of the frame.
- Optional closer. Your original selfie labelled "before", or a text card with the AI label.
Timing the reveal
If the sound you choose has an obvious drop or beat change, place slide two on it. That is where the joke turns, and cutting to the doorway on the beat makes the figure feel like it was always there. Keep the whole thing under about eight seconds so it loops cleanly.
Framing for vertical video
The image is 4:5, and reels are usually 9:16. Fill the extra height with a blurred copy of the image or a plain dark background rather than stretching it. When cropping, keep you and the doorway in the same frame for the main slide; the result check for the doorway and your face explains why that matters.
Captions and on-screen text
On-screen text should be one short line from the caller's point of view, for example "on the phone with my bestie for 3 hours" over slide one, with nothing over the reveal. Put the AI label in the caption or use the platform's AI-content tag. More caption lines are collected in Ghostface-style AI photo captions.
What to leave out
- No real names, addresses or locations in the text, since the joke is someone watching you.
- No suggestion that the clip is from Scream or approved by anyone connected to it.
- No weapons or blood added in editing; the original image has none, and the eerie version is the one this trend is known for.
For where the format started in more detail, read the AI Ghostface trend origin guide. For other seasonal looks, see the Halloween trends hub or the Halloween AI photo trends guide.
Frequently asked questions
What song is used in the AI Ghostface trend?
Know Your Meme says trend videos are typically set to a remix of "Deceptacon" by Le Tigre. Other posts use different sounds, and the Ghostface Call image itself has no audio, so you choose the sound in the app you post to.
Can Ghostface Call make a video?
No. It makes one still 4:5 image. A reel is something you assemble afterwards from that image, crops of it and, if you like, your original selfie.
Who started the AI Ghostface trend?
The earliest known example listed by Know Your Meme is an Instagram post by cortneydryden on September 25, 2025. The entry calls it the earliest known post, not a confirmed first.
