The latest Scream installment successfully revived the black comedy slasher franchise, became a critical and commercial hit, and honored director Wes Craven’s legacy of the previous four films. But it also calls to mind the much darker inspiration behind screenwriter Kevin Williamson’s script: The Gainesville Ripper.
In August 1990, Danny Rolling brutally murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida — as well as three people in Shreveport, Louisiana in November 1989 — and was sentenced to death in 1994 before being executed in 2006.
According to pop culture lore, Williamson was watching a television program about the murders while housesitting alone. He realized a window was open in the home, became creeped out, and phoned a friend as he investigated the house whilst carrying a butcher knife. The result was the 1996 film that introduced the world to Ghostface.
But in the latest discovery+ “Shock Doc,” Scream: The True Story, available now on the streaming platform,...
In August 1990, Danny Rolling brutally murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida — as well as three people in Shreveport, Louisiana in November 1989 — and was sentenced to death in 1994 before being executed in 2006.
According to pop culture lore, Williamson was watching a television program about the murders while housesitting alone. He realized a window was open in the home, became creeped out, and phoned a friend as he investigated the house whilst carrying a butcher knife. The result was the 1996 film that introduced the world to Ghostface.
But in the latest discovery+ “Shock Doc,” Scream: The True Story, available now on the streaming platform,...
- 1/26/2022
- by Aaron Sagers
- Den of Geek
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