Scream

Name: Scream
Director: Wes Craven
Released: 1996

Wes Craven

1996

Synopsis

After a series of mysterious deaths befalls their small town, an offbeat group of friends led by Sidney Prescott become the target of a masked killer.

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David ArquetteDewey Riley
Neve CampbellSidney Prescott
Courteney CoxGale Weathers
Matthew LillardStu Macher
Rose McGowanTatum Riley
Skeet UlrichBilly Loomis
Jamie KennedyRandy Meeks
W. Earl BrownKenny Brown
Joseph WhippSheriff Burke
Liev SchreiberCotton Weary

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100
TNT RoughCut
Wes Craven continues to explore (and blur) the lines between reelity and reality with his latest, and perhaps best, cinematic slice of horror.
90
Dallas Observer
Craven's other accomplishment here, besides resuscitating the genre, is the way he keeps things scary even when they're at their funniest. The grand finale, while thoroughly bloody and tense, has some genuinely hilarious shtick.
70
TV Guide Magazine
Compared with most of what passes for scary movies these days, this is golden: It's not stupid, it's not wussy and it pulls off a couple of pretty nasty jolts.
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
May not be the most scary or the grossest horror film you've ever seen, but it has one distinct feature: it actually talks up to the audience. By the conclusion, you won't be shaking in your seat, but you may enjoy the status of someone who has earned a Master's in Slashology.
63
Chicago Tribune
Pretty run-of-the-mill stuff. [20 December 1996, Friday, p.J]
63
USA Today
While Scream has its frights, it feels more like one of those solve-the-mystery jigsaw puzzles than a real movie.
50
Film.com
Doesn't know when to stop with the jokes about other horror movies and settle down to tell a coherent story.
50
Chicago Reader
Tiresome, blood-filled comedy.

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