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TIL that the Ghostface mask was developed for novelty Halloween stores between the 1991/92 season by Fun World employee Brigitte Sleiertin as part of a "Fantastic Faces" series. It was eventually discovered by film producer Marianne Madalena and became the mask for the killer of the Scream films.

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