Jake Banyon
- "How can I prove to him that I'm not scared? That I’m as brave as he is?"
The son of Emory Banyon, who is sick of his father's constant pressuring to admit his fear, and wishes he could just prove to him that he's not actually scared.
- A Birthday, Not a Break: His father invites him to his movie set on Jake's birthday, only for it to be a set-up to scare him. Emory does his job too well, as Jake is absolutely horrified by the actors Emory instructed to scare his son.
- Calling Parents by Their Name: He'd prefer to call his father Dad, but Emory insists on him calling him by his first name since he prefers to think of him as a buddy rather than a son.
- Calling the Old Man Out: "That's for ruining my birthday party! That was for trying to terrify me every minute! Now you know that anyone can be scared!"
- Ironic Echo: His father spends most of the time terrifying him and then pressuring him to admit that he's scared. After Jake's prank terrifies him: "Come on, Emory. Admit it. Admit you were scared."
Emory Banyon
- "I want Jake to be able to admit when he's scared. It isn't healthy to do what he always does. It isn't healthy to hold your true feelings in."
An award winning horror director, creator of the Scream School franchise, and self-proclaimed King of Horror. While Emory is by no means murderous or evil, he's a self centered egotist and a terrible father, to the point that he is frequently trying to terrorize his son Jake into admitting he's scary. Emory is one of the realest villains in the entire franchise, due to the fact that, while there's nothing supernatural about him, he still antagonizes his son.
- Abusive Parents: One of the worst. Though amazingly, Jake gets revenge twice over.
- Broken Ace: Thanks to the pranks Jake pulls on him.
- Calling Parents by Their Name: He forces Jake to do this, since he considers them buddies instead of father and son.
- It's All About Me: Emory has a massive ego he's constantly feeding by scaring people and getting them to admit he's scared them. He keeps going after Jake because Jake refuses to give him the satisfaction.
- "Just Joking" Justification: His main justification for terrorizing Jake all the time.
- Nightmare Fetishist: From the way he enjoys inciting fear and terror into people in order to feel good about himself. He's not "The King of Horror" for nothing.
- Parental Neglect: He'd rather think of Jake as a buddy then as a son, which seems to be his attempt to justify the torment he puts Jake through.
- Parents as People: He does care about Jake, but he's still a pretty horrible father.
- Smug Snake: He loves patronizing his son by giving him false reassurance that it's okay to admit he's scared.
