Scream (1996) Movie Overview

Scream is a 1996 horror film directed by Wes Craven from a screenplay by Kevin Williamson, and the first of the Scream series. Filmed mostly in Santa Rosa, California, the film tells the story of the fictional town Woodsboro, California being terrorized by a masked killer who enjoys tormenting his victims with phone calls and movie references. The killer’s main target is Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), a teenage girl whose mother Maureen fell victim to a brutal murder one year earlier. The film takes on a “whodunit” mystery, with many of her friends and townspeople being fellow targets and suspects. Scream revitalized the slasher film genre in the late 1990s, similar to the impact Halloween (1978) had on late 1970s film, by using a standard concept with a tongue-in-cheek approach that combined straightforward scares with dialogue that satirized slasher film conventions. The story is set in motion with the brutal murders of high school students Casey Becker and her boyfriend Steve, classmates of Sidney Prescott. The timing of the tragedy is hard on Sidney, who is attempting to cope with the anniversary of her mother’s rape and murder. The following night she is contacted by the sam… Source

• Scream Movie Details
• Director: Wes Craven
• Tagline: Don't Answer The Phone. Don't Open The Door. Don't Try To Escape.
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 111 min
• Genre: Crime , Horror , Mystery , Thriller

• Cast Overview
• David Arquette as Deputy Dwight 'Dewey' Riley
• Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
• Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers
• Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis
• Rose McGowan as Tatum Riley
• Matthew Lillard as Stuart 'Stu' Macher

Scream Movie Overview – Yahoo Movies

Scream (1996): Sidney has more than her share of teenage angst to cope with. Her mom was murdered a year ago, her dad is perpetually away on business, and her boyfriend Billy is pressuring her to go all the way. As if that werent enough, a brilliant serial killer has begun to terrorize Sidneys quiet hometown, including her highschool classmate Case… Source

Scream Movie Review from New York Times

Scream is at once a slasher film and a tongue-in-cheek position paper on the “dead teenagers” movies of the late 1970s/early 1980s that plays as half-parody, half-tribute. Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is having a rough time lately: she’s still getting over the brutal rape and murder of her mother a year ago, and now one of her friends (Drew Barr… Source

Scream Movie Details from Imdb

One year after the death of Sidney Prescott’s (Campbell) mother, two students turn up gutted. When a serial killer appears, Sidney begins to suspect whether her mother’s death and the two new deaths are related. No one is safe, as the killer begins to pick everyone off one by one. Everyone’s a suspect in this case. Written by FilmFanUK… Source

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