Scream
1996 · Movie · R · 112 min
★ 7.4(8,371)unSUB Rating
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends. Using horror movies as part of a deadly game, the threat turns their everyday fears into a nonstop fight to survive.
Also known as Scary Movie
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-12-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 112 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.4/10 (8,371 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Scream if you want scary fun with plenty of suspense and self-aware humor, plus a mystery built around horror movie tropes; Not for you if you want nonstop gore or a straightforward, trope-free slasher like Black Christmas or The Faculty.
Pros: suspense over gore; clever horror cliches; fun meta thrills | Cons: limited memorable kills; a bit bloated; slash violence tame
Themes
- high school
- small town
- california
- killing
- halloween
- house party
- serial killer
- school
- slasher
- whodunit
- killing spree
- phone
- +8 more
Awards & recognition
- Saturn Award — Best Horror Film
- Saturn Award — Best Actress
- Saturn Award — Best Writing
- MTV Movie Award — Best Performance · nominated
- MTV Movie Award — Best Movie · nominated
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- Saturn Award — Best Supporting Actor · nominated
- Saturn Award — Best Supporting Actress · nominated
- Saturn Award — Best Director · nominated
Cast & crew
Neve Campbell
as Sidney
Skeet Ulrich
as Billy
Rose McGowan
as Tatum
Matthew Lillard
as Stuart
David Arquette
as Deputy Dewey
Courteney Cox
as Gale Weathers
Jamie Kennedy
as Randy
Drew Barrymore
as Casey
W. Earl Brown
as Kenny
Joseph Whipp
as Sheriff Burke
Directed by Wes Craven