ivo-cobra8 Scream is the best teenage horror slasher film in the 90's and it is my all time personal favorite film in the horror genre. I love this film I always did and I love to death! It was really the first movie that introduced me in to "horror" genre slasher films. It was directed from my favorite horror master Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. It is a horror mystery like was Friday the 13th and April Fool's Day. Scream deserve legendary status. The movie spawned three sequels and the TV series that I did like. Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox and Rose McGowan work for me. It is about a high school teenage student in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, who becomes the target of a mysterious killer known as Ghostface who kills teens and who uses his obsession with scary movies. The first one is the best in the series and it is still one of the best horror films of all time. Wes Craven borrowed and used Halloween, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street mostly scenes for this movie. It mentions a lot of cult classic horror movies and till it's day it is still praised by fans. I enjoy this film I always do. This is my movie and my personal opinion! Scream follows the teenage girl Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) who becomes targeted by a psychotic killer dressed in a ghostface mask who uses his obsession with scary movies. David Arquette plays police deputy, Dewey Riley who helps protect Sidney and Courtney Cox plays tabloid reporter, Gale Weathers. This is one of Craven's best along with "A Nightmare on Elm Street" that redefined the genre and Ghostface has become another popular slasher since. "What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?" Ghostface is one of the most popular and really scary character. The mask is so scary before new year on Halloween day I saw the mask putted on a front seat in the car and i was so scared, I thought it was the killer waiting on me but it was only a mask but a scary one. The Story begins after two high school students are murdered by the serial killer. Sidney Prescott becomes next victim of intelligent serial killer, Gale Weathers reporter and journalist is shure that serial killer is the same person who murdered Sidney's mother one year ago and now he's terrorizing Sidney her self. Deputy Sheriff Dewey wants to investigate the murders by himself, but attractive Gale seduced and confused him, so it's up to Sidney to find the killer, before he kills again to find the truth, she will must kill. I love also the characters: Matthew Lillard as Stu Macher, Rose McGowan as Tatum Riley and Jamie Kennedy as Randy Meeks. Great story and great soundtracks. I watch this movie thirty times and is still the best, I watch with my mom as a teen good times. I love the script the dialogues in this movie, I love Drew Barrymore as Casey Becker in here.10/10 Scream deserves a legendary status it is my personal favorite horror slasher film from Wes Craven in the franchise. I have the whole collection on Blu-ray discs and I have the first three movies on VHS tapes. I love this film to death I love it!

pkollmeier I re-watched Scream last night with my girlfriend for the first time in a couple of years. She had just watched Scary Movie the night before with her roommate and had a scary movie in mind for the both of us to watch together. Before viewing, I could tell that she didn't remember much about Scream and the fact that it is actually a scary slasher movie. I couldn't wait to see her reactions.From the onset, the opening scene with Drew Barrymore is still one of the best in horror/film history. It's absolutely terrifying. The music? 10/10. The cinematography? 10/10. Writing? 10/10. Suspense? 10/10. Hitchcock elements? 10/10. It hits on all cylinders and then some. When Barrymore's character is attempting to scream for her parents in front of a tilted, uneasy camera, with the killer right behind her...that is horror movie magic right there. Now, don't get me wrong. Scream is a brutal film. That opening scene could emotionally scar you, especially if you are a young woman in this world. That said, Scream plays on itself and other horror movies throughout, and plays the exact same game that the killer plays with his victims, with its audience. Horror movie tropes are a real thing, just like action movie tropes and romantic comedy tropes and suspenseful film tropes and cliches. The list goes on and on. I always find it funny when people think horror movies are the only films with these scores and scenes that can be predictable for the audience. How about Tom Cruise hanging out of a car door 565 feet in the air with machine guns firing at him, a beautiful woman by his side, and the fate of the world in his hands? Yeah...I think you get my point.What Scream does so well is relish in its self-awareness and then some. As I watched the movie a second and third time, it's so blatantly obvious who the killer is, it's hard to believe I ever thought that was the point of the film in the first place. Yet, there is still a twist. Just like in Pyscho, we know something is off about Norman Bates, yet we don't know the entirety of it. We're just scratching the surface. Now, does Scream have its faults? Sure. I'm not really going to dwell on them. From the tilted camera and quick zooms used in the film, I felt uneasy and slightly off throughout. Wes Craven has a way of making you feel uncomfortable just like he did with Freddy. The killer is a bit clumsy...but when you watch Nightmare on Elm Street, so was Freddy. He knows how to ride that line so well. The last few scenes are also pretty disturbing to watch, but with the music and the strange acting and horror movie games and cliches, it's just bloody fun. So many movies copied Scream that it can be hard to take it serious at times. When I tried to explain to my girlfriend that they are self-aware in their horror movie cliches and rules, she didn't seem to agree with me. "It's just being a horror movie." Which is true. It is. But, it's also playing on itself and so many that came before it, and now, so many that came after it. I can't imagine reading the script for Scream (originally titled Scary Movie). It is seal-vacuum tight. I am a firm believer in catching the viewer from the opening scene and with no cuts for the first 10-15 minutes, I was on the edge of my frickin' seat! Isn't that the joy in seeing a movie in the first place? I can't imagine seeing this in theaters and I hope it is re-released soon. It would be worth a visit to see on the big screen.

a_chinn 21 years later (wow, I can't believe it's been that long) "Scream" still holds up. Neve Campell plays a teen who's mom was murdered a year earlier by Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber) and she and her friends are now being stalked by a new killer wearing a ghostface mask inspired by Edvard Munch's The Scream. What made this film stand out at the time was it's self referential humor that called out the many over-used tropes of 70s and 80s horror films. Jamie Kennedy's video store clerk character actually names some of them at one point in the film when the group is watching John Carpenter's "Halloween," stating that in order to survive a horror movie you must 1.) never have sex, 2.) never drink or do drugs, and 3.) never say "I'll be right back." "Scream" came out at a time when horror films were getting pretty tired and formulaic, so a film that called out the formula while also being scary and exciting in it's own right deservedly became a major hit, spawning three sequels and a TV series. Most horror films at this time were the likes of bad Chucky, Freddy, Jason, Howling, Omen, Amityville, Leprechaun, and too many other unwanted sequels to mention, so something original was very welcome (okay, the early 90s also had some good horror films too; Misery, Night of the Living Dead, Nightbreed, Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Tremors, Body Parts, Candyman, Lord of Illusions, In the Mouth of Madness, and The Frighteners, but far more of this era were garbage). This film does get credit and/or blame for spawning a spate of imitators that were equally self referential and winking at the audience, which itself got very tired and thankfully ended when more straight-faced of horror films took over again following Eli Roth's intense "Hostel" in 2005. "Scream" was directed by Wes Craven, who actually gets credit for helping establish the formulas Kevin Williamson's script mocks. Although the script is clearly making fun of these well worn horror formulas and cliches, it also has an affection for them, gleefully embracing the horror topes of everyone's-a-suspect, the-final-girl, or the-killers-not-dead to name just a few. The film also features a terrific cast, who were great at the time and is even better now, including Neve Campbell as the final-girl, Courteney Cox as a pushy reporter, David Arquette as a dopey cop, Henry Winkler as the principal, Linda Blair in a cameo as another obnoxious reporter, director Wes Craven as Fred the Janitor, and various teens include Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, and Rose McGowan. There's also voice artist Roger Jackson as the memorable scary voice on the phone and Drew Barrymore is great in a Marion Crane-like cameo for the opening sequence of the film. Looking through the film's other credits, it was edited by Patrick Lussier, who'd go on to direct the underrated "Drive Angry" and co-write the surprisingly good "Terminator Genisys." The film was shot by Mark Irwin (who also photographed my kids' current favorite movie "Descendants 2"), brining sharp fluid photogrpahy to the picture, along with a nicely consistent color scheme that's vibrant and also muted in a way that recalls the VHS horror films of the 70s and 80s. My main complaint about the film is that I personally do not like films that are so overly self referential and break the third wall. I prefer my horror film to be straight-faced, but this is forgivable given state of horror films at this time and also how sharp Williamson's script is at times. Overall, "Scream" is a suspenseful, clever, and witty mystery with a strong cast and loads of fun gory scares along with way.

Ilikehorrormovies I hope no one compare this movie to the show even though I like that show. This movie has their own flow of a horror movie like it's better than They (2002) (We don't talk about that movie ever). A thriller in the 90s are great including 70s and 80s. Just cause they mention a lot of horror movies doesn't mean it's going to be bad like some horror movies mention other horror movies but I'm not mentioning it right now because I can't remember. Overall a good film most 90 slashers are good including this one.