Ghostface AI prompts (free, copy-paste)
These are the exact prompts this site uses to make the Ghostface AI trend photos. Copy one, open Gemini (or any image tool that accepts a photo), upload a clear selfie, paste, and send.
Before you start
- Use a sharp selfie, face to the camera, in daylight. No sunglasses, no heavy filter.
- Paste the prompt in the same message as your photo.
- If the face drifts, reply "Keep my face exactly like in my photo" and try again.
1. The classic: bedroom phone call
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference. Keep this person's face (or every person's face), facial features, skin tone, eye colour, hair colour and hairstyle exactly the same, so friends recognise them at once. Do not beautify or change their age. The person lies on their stomach on a bed in a cluttered 1990s teenage bedroom at night, holding a translucent corded landline phone to their ear and twirling the curly cord, looking slightly worried. Plain posters of abstract shapes (no words, no band names, no logos) and fairy lights on the wall, a CRT TV glowing, a lava lamp, a half-open closet door. In the dark doorway behind them stands a tall silent figure in a long black hooded robe with a plain smooth white mask with dark empty eye holes, partly hidden in shadow, watching. The person has not noticed. Late-1990s Y2K look: shot on a cheap point-and-shoot film camera with on-camera flash, slightly low resolution, soft focus, heavy film grain, faded warm colours with green-blue shadows, a small horizontal orange date stamp in the bottom right corner. Photorealistic photo, not CGI, not a cartoon. Vertical 3:4. Exactly one person in the scene (the person from the photo, shown once) plus the masked figure. No other people. Only one date stamp.
2. Mirror selfie with the figure behind you
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference. Keep this person's face (or every person's face), facial features, skin tone, eye colour, hair colour and hairstyle exactly the same, so friends recognise them at once. Do not beautify or change their age. The person takes a mirror selfie in a small 1990s bathroom at night with a silver digital camera, flash firing, a playful pose. In the mirror, just behind their shoulder in the dark hallway, stands a tall silent figure in a long black hooded robe with a plain smooth white mask with dark empty eye holes, partly hidden in shadow. Steam on the edges of the mirror, pink tiles, a hair dryer on the counter. Late-1990s Y2K look: shot on a cheap point-and-shoot film camera with on-camera flash, slightly low resolution, soft focus, heavy film grain, faded warm colours with green-blue shadows, a small horizontal orange date stamp in the bottom right corner. Photorealistic photo, not CGI, not a cartoon. Vertical 3:4. Exactly one person in the scene (the person from the photo, shown once) plus the masked figure. No other people. Only one date stamp.
3. Couch and TV
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference. Keep this person's face (or every person's face), facial features, skin tone, eye colour, hair colour and hairstyle exactly the same, so friends recognise them at once. Do not beautify or change their age. The person sits curled up on a floral couch in a dim 1990s living room at night, eating popcorn from a bowl, lit by the blue glow of a CRT TV playing static. A cordless phone on the cushion. Behind the couch, in the dark by the window with half-open blinds, stands a tall silent figure in a long black hooded robe with a plain smooth white mask with dark empty eye holes, partly hidden in shadow, leaning in. The person has not noticed. Late-1990s Y2K look: shot on a cheap point-and-shoot film camera with on-camera flash, slightly low resolution, soft focus, heavy film grain, faded warm colours with green-blue shadows, a small horizontal orange date stamp in the bottom right corner. Photorealistic photo, not CGI, not a cartoon. Vertical 3:4. Exactly one person in the scene (the person from the photo, shown once) plus the masked figure. No other people. Only one date stamp.
4. Dark hallway
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference. Keep this person's face (or every person's face), facial features, skin tone, eye colour, hair colour and hairstyle exactly the same, so friends recognise them at once. Do not beautify or change their age. The person walks down a narrow dark upstairs hallway of a 1990s suburban house at night, holding a cordless phone and looking back over their shoulder toward the camera, startled. At the far end of the hallway, half in a doorway, stands a tall silent figure in a long black hooded robe with a plain smooth white mask with dark empty eye holes, partly hidden in shadow, holding one hand up to wave slowly. Patterned wallpaper, framed family photos, one weak ceiling light. Late-1990s Y2K look: shot on a cheap point-and-shoot film camera with on-camera flash, slightly low resolution, soft focus, heavy film grain, faded warm colours with green-blue shadows, a small horizontal orange date stamp in the bottom right corner. Photorealistic photo, not CGI, not a cartoon. Vertical 3:4. Exactly one person in the scene (the person from the photo, shown once) plus the masked figure. No other people. Only one date stamp.
5. Couples and friends version
Upload one photo with everyone in it. This version of the phone call prompt keeps every face.
Use my uploaded photo as the identity reference. Keep this person's face (or every person's face), facial features, skin tone, eye colour, hair colour and hairstyle exactly the same, so friends recognise them at once. Do not beautify or change their age. The person lies on their stomach on a bed in a cluttered 1990s teenage bedroom at night, holding a translucent corded landline phone to their ear and twirling the curly cord, looking slightly worried. Plain posters of abstract shapes (no words, no band names, no logos) and fairy lights on the wall, a CRT TV glowing, a lava lamp, a half-open closet door. In the dark doorway behind them stands a tall silent figure in a long black hooded robe with a plain smooth white mask with dark empty eye holes, partly hidden in shadow, watching. The person has not noticed. Late-1990s Y2K look: shot on a cheap point-and-shoot film camera with on-camera flash, slightly low resolution, soft focus, heavy film grain, faded warm colours with green-blue shadows, a small horizontal orange date stamp in the bottom right corner. Photorealistic photo, not CGI, not a cartoon. Vertical 3:4. The photo shows two or more people. Put every one of them in the scene together, each face exactly as in the photo, each person shown once, plus the masked figure. No other people. Only one date stamp.
6. Video prompt (photo to video)
For an image-to-video tool: use your finished phone-call photo as the first frame, vertical 9:16, about 8 seconds, with sound on.
A short spooky late-1990s horror-movie moment, shot on grainy film with a slow handheld camera and flickering light. Keep the person's face, hair and clothes exactly as in the image in every frame. The person talks quietly on the corded phone, then slowly turns their head, sensing something. Behind them, the silent figure in the long black hooded robe and plain white mask tilts its head slightly and raises one gloved hand in a slow wave. The person freezes, eyes wide, and the lights flicker. Audio: a low ominous drone, a soft phone line hiss, a faint whisper of breath and one sharp music sting at the end. No dialogue, no text, no logos. No violence, no weapons.
Why these prompts work
- Face lock first. The opening sentence tells the model to keep your face, skin tone and hair. Without it, you get a stranger.
- A generic figure. We describe "a figure in a long black hooded robe with a plain white mask" instead of naming a film character. That avoids refusals and trademark trouble.
- Camera details. "Point-and-shoot film camera, on-camera flash, grain, orange date stamp" is what makes it look 1998 rather than glossy AI.
- "The person has not noticed." That one line gives the photo its story.
Common problems
| Problem | Fix |
|---|---|
| Face looks like someone else | Use a sharper front-facing selfie. Ask again with "keep my face exactly the same". |
| Gemini refuses | Remove any film or character names and anything about knives or blood. |
| Too clean, looks like AI | Add "low resolution, heavy film grain, soft focus, flash photo". |
| You appear twice | Add "exactly one person plus the masked figure, no other people". |
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Make my Ghostface photosFAQ
What is the best Ghostface AI prompt?
The bedroom phone call prompt is the classic and the most reliable. Copy it from the top of this page, upload a clear selfie, and send it in Gemini.
Why does Gemini change my face?
Faces drift when the prompt does not tell the model to keep them. Every prompt here starts with a "keep my face exactly the same" instruction. A sharp, front-facing selfie in good light also helps a lot.
Why does Gemini refuse my Ghostface prompt?
Gemini sometimes blocks prompts that name a film character or describe violence. Our prompts describe a generic masked figure in a black hooded robe and avoid weapons, which gets refused far less often.
Can I use these prompts in ChatGPT?
Yes. They work in ChatGPT image generation and other image editors that accept a reference photo, though the face match varies by model.