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Scream (1996)

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 40m
  •  (1)
  • 65

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Wes Craven

Producer:

Stuart M. Besser, Dixie J. Capp, Cathy Konrad

Writer:

Kevin Williamson

Release Date:

Dec 20, 1996

Runtime:

1hr 40m

Synopsis

The sleepy little town of Woodsboro just woke up screaming. There's a killer in their midst who's seen a few too many scary movies. Suddenly, nobody is safe, as the psychopath stalks victims, taunts them with trivia questions, then rips them to bloody shreds. It could be anybody... Sidney, the quiet high school beauty with an ugly past... Billy, her faithful boyfriend with a frustrated sex life... Tatum, her cute best friend with a answer for everything... Casey, the lovely blonde who knows her thrillers... Geeky Randy, the scary movie fanatic... Stuart, the wild partier... Gale, the overeager TV reporter... even Dewey, the syrupy-sweet police officer. The only hope is to stay one step ahead of this crazed slasher--know your trivia. The clues are there; are you good enought to see them?

Cast

  • Drew Barrymore
  • Roger Jackson
  • Kevin Patrick Walls
  • David Booth
  • Carla Hatley
  • Neve Campbell
  • Skeet Ulrich
  • Lawrence Hecht
  • Courteney Cox
  • W. Earl Brown

Did You Know?

Trivia

  • The bathroom in which Sidney (Neve Campbell) is attacked is the same one used on the "Stab 3" set in Scream 3 (2000).
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Goofs

  • (at around 1h 18 mins) The white car disappears when running Dewey and Gale off the road.
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Quotes

    • Tatum: Well, you're not going to be alone any more, right? If you pee, I pee. Is that clear?
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Based on 25 Critics
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USER SCORE (618)

Universal acclaim based on 618 Reviews
75

What did I think about this movie? As a film critic, I liked it. I liked the in-jokes and the self-aware characters. At the same time, I was aware of the incredible level of gore in this film. It is really violent.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
75

Scream is a rarity: a horror movie spoof that succeeds almost as well at provoking scares as laughs.

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Metacritic review by James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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