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Scream

  • 19961996
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  • 1h 51m
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Drew Barrymore, Jody Mullins, and Madison Wolfe in Scream (1996)
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A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
349K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
284
60
    • Wes Craven
    • Kevin Williamson
  • Stars
    • Neve Campbell
    • Courteney Cox
    • David Arquette
    • Wes Craven
    • Kevin Williamson
  • Stars
    • Neve Campbell
    • Courteney Cox
    • David Arquette
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    • 65Metascore
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    Neve Campbell in Scream (1996)
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    Neve Campbell
    Neve Campbell
    • Sidney
    Courteney Cox
    Courteney Cox
    • Gale Weathers
    David Arquette
    David Arquette
    • Deputy Dewey
    Skeet Ulrich
    Skeet Ulrich
    • Billy
    Drew Barrymore
    Drew Barrymore
    • Casey
    Roger Jackson
    Roger Jackson
    • Phone Voice
    • (voice)
    Kevin Patrick Walls
    • Steve
    David Booth
    David Booth
    • Casey's Father
    Carla Hatley
    • Casey's Mother
    Lawrence Hecht
    • Mr. Prescott
    W. Earl Brown
    W. Earl Brown
    • Kenny
    Rose McGowan
    Rose McGowan
    • Tatum
    Lois Saunders
    • Mrs. Tate
    Joseph Whipp
    Joseph Whipp
    • Sheriff Burke
    Matthew Lillard
    Matthew Lillard
    • Stuart
    Jamie Kennedy
    Jamie Kennedy
    • Randy
    Lisa Beach
    • TV Reporter #1
    Tony Kilbert
    • TV Reporter #2
      • Wes Craven
      • Kevin Williamson
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    • Trivia
      The party scene near the end of the film runs forty-two minutes long. It was shot over the course of twenty-one days from the time the sun set to the time it rose. After it wrapped, the crew had t-shirts made that read "I SURVIVED SCENE 118" (which was the name of the scene during shooting). The cast and crew jokingly called it "The longest night in horror history."
    • Goofs
      (at around 34 mins) When Gale is attempting to enter the police station with Kenny the cameraman, she is stopped by a police officer and is heard saying "Hey watch the hand, do you know who you're dealing with here?!" But her mouth isn't moving.
    • Quotes

      Stu: Did you really call the police?

      Sidney Prescott: You bet your sorry ass I did.

      Stu: [starting to cry] My mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me!

    • Crazy credits
      Henry Winkler, who played Principal Himbry, was asked to go uncredited because the producers did not want to detract any attention from the younger, lesser known actors.
    • Alternate versions
      German DVD/VHS releases by VCL/MAWA were offered in two versions: the uncut 'Not under 18' version and a cut version which misses 4 minutes and has a 'Not under 16' rating.
    • Connections
      Edited into What Happened to Her (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Don't Fear The Reaper
      Performed by Gus Black (as Gus)

      Written by Donald Roeser

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    8/10
    Clever, scary and funny - a must-see for horror fans
    Making a brilliant, original horror film is pretty hard these days, since practically everything has already been told, and more than once. Using that premise, director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson came up with Scream, whose cleverness derives from the fact that it knows every single stereotype of the genre and satirizes them.

    Take the opening sequence, for example: a young girl (Drew Barrymore) is making popcorn and waiting for her boyfriend when she suddenly receives a phone call. Normally, this would be a huge clichè, only this time the killer decides to play a little game (horror film quiz, naturally) with his victim. In fact, the only reason why he kills her is that she gave the wrong answer to one of his questions (those who haven't seen Friday 13th might want to skip that bit, as it spoils said movie's ending). That scene is both very scary (the murder is quite graphic and disturbing) and at the same time funny (it tests the characters', and the audience's, knowledge of the horror genre), and the rest of the film continues in the same vein: after the first killing, the masked psychopath starts disposing of other teenagers in the town of Woodsboro using the same technique. One of the targets is Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), whose mother was raped and killed the year before. This implies the killer might be the same, but who could it be? Sidney's distant father? Her mother's lover (Liev Schreiber)? Or some random guy, with no motive at all?

    Fortunately, it is not the last category: this murderer has a motive and a plausible identity as well. But it isn't the payoff that makes Scream interesting; it's how Craven and Williamson get to it, by outlining the genre's conventions (some of which were actually invented by the director himself) and using them in a clever, if self-referential, way. The point of the movie is, the more you know of this kind of films (pay attention to the rules, stated by geeky film buff Randy), the more chances you have to survive (although you must take into account that the killer has seen the same movies). The in-jokes that would ruin other films are the very cause of Scream's success, with memorable scenes such as the villain mimicking the movie his victims are watching or Craven's unmissable cameo as a janitor wearing Freddy Krueger's outfit (not to mention priceless lines like "Movies don't create psychos, movies make psychos more creative!").

    In other words, Scream is a smart, effective horror film, which manages to amuse and scare in equal measures. Definitely worth watching, even if the two sequels (especially Scream 3) don't really match the original's intelligence and, forgive the expression, originality.
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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1996 (United States)
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      • 1820 Calistoga Road, Santa Rosa, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Dimension Films
      • Woods Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 51 minutes
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