"Scream", released in 1996, is a great horror film that stars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox (now Cox-Arquette), David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy, Drew Berrymore, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, and others. This film pays homage to many horror film classics that many horror film fanatics never forget. Two sequels proceed. Its release started a new frenzy of horror film fans. It encouraged its audiences to watch the classics that influenced this film. This later became Wes Craven's highest grossing film to date. It received critical acclaim, including a consideration for an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay (which was overlooked).

"Scream" desplicts a group of people in a town that is terrorized by a "serial killer" whose obsession with horror films goes too far. He, she, or they call the intended victim, alters their voice through a machine, flirts with them, threatens them, and attacks them. The police force's only lead to the killer's identity is a ghost mask. Sidney Prescott (Campbell) seems to be the main target to this killer. Does it connect to the brutal slaying of her mother a year before? Does the killer want revenge, or does the killer to play copycat? Until the questions are answered, everybody is a suspect. And those who break any of the horror film rules become a target.

Director Wes Craven certainly knows the true meaning of horror as he combines these films into this film, yet, fitting wonderfully. He doesn't spoof any of them. Rather, he creates his own horror film that is truly chilling. He occassionally includes non-horror projects that fit the film well, including "The Ricki Lake Show". Meanwhile, he adds the occassional teen humor that relates well to that age group. Despite branching off other horror films, his creativity is expressed greatly as in his past films. He takes the typical horror film traditions, mixes them, and makes them his own. He makes every chase scene a roller coaster ride, every suspicious scene suspenseful, and every bloody violent scene intense.

Horror film commemorations include "Friday, the 13th", "Halloween", "Carrie", "The Exorcist", and his own "Nightmare On Elm Street". Wes Craven plays a cameo as the janitor "dressed as" Freddy Krueger. Through these various homage scenes, the main storyline of people being stalked by the killer is never distracted. Meanwhile, he gives this film its own legacy beyond the now-infamous ghost mask. While many other previous blockbuster films have tried paying homage to other films like it, this is the first that has succeeded in high quality.

Through this storyline, the actors finely express the crutial points of the film that make it more entertaining. They scream wonderfully, they express their terror wonderfully, and they offer their own sense of humor through the perfect scenes. Campbell expresses the terrorizing theme the highest while stretching Jamie Lee Curtis's legacy as Laurie Strode from "Halloween". Cox and Arquette offer the sense of humor the most as an annoying news reporter and a police officer. The actor or actors who play the killer or the killers offer their terrorizing moments greatly that make their character or characters more chilling.

"Scream" begins an unforgattable fine trilogy that will hold its position in film history for a long time. Those interested in this trilogy must watch this edition first. Otherwise, they will not understand the storyline. This will surely continue pleasing its audiences as it has since its release.

I first saw Scream in 1998. I was 10 years old at the time and it really did amaze me. I'm a film buff with a really weird taste in movies. My top 10 favorite movies are Halloween, Scream, Casper, I know What you did last summer, Hocus Pocus, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unforunate Events, Night of the Living Dead, Jurassic Park, The Thing, and Alien. I'm 16 now and not really the popular kid in scholl. I get picked on all the time. I don't go to parties or anything and I Hate Sports so me and my loser friends like to stay home and watch movies we even make movies of our own just like Dawson Leary and his friends on Dawson's Creek. I hang out with Goth chicks and nerds. We watch this all the time and it is still a favorite Great Script very clever and it still is a scary movie I still somtimes don't get any sleep. It also has great caracters and really great sequels. I recommend it to anyone no matter what kind of movies you're into. It will always be a favorite.

So this is the movie that every 90's teen thought was an awesome horror flick. Make a teen horror film that not only makes fun of pervoius slasher flicks but at the same time is a slasher flick itself. MMMMMM. Great Idea.

With this film being the first of its kind in 90's teen horror films. It hits the nail right on the head. We get great camera angles the make the scenes a little more scary, along side great music to give the movie great teen horror tone. With great acting from all that are involved. A great ending that is hard to just throw into the garbage, although its the kind of an ending that you kind of saw coming. Wes Craven did a great job at reviving the teen horror genre with this movie. Thumbs up!

All horror movies are the same old predictable thing right? They're all about the blood and gore and horny teenagers right? Well, Scream doesn't disprove that, but it does manage one thing: to make fun of the horror movie genre while at the same time being a horror movie itself!

Scream, I'm sure you all know, is one of the movies that redefined the horror genre. Still bloody and gory (and sorry to say but too much blood and guts ruin the scare of the movie), but the way the film is crafted is beyond genius.

A group of teens who are being chased by a killer don't realize they're in a horror movie! In short, it's a cliched horror film in which the main characters are a bunch of teenagers getting killed. But there's more, these are teens who know the secrets to surviving through a horror film. From the rules of "Don't have sex" to "Don't say, 'I'll be right back'."

Yet "Scream" manages to break the rules. The Killer also knows the rules of a horror movie, and at the same time those who seem to follow the rules are the ones who seem to get it the worst. There's also a very clever twist at the end, and while it gets old to see it, the way "Scream" pulled it off is better than most other films.

However, I'll have to say this. "Scream" is in-fact overrated as a horror film. It IS a genius film by making fun of the horror genre as well as being a part of it, but it's not scary. I mean come on, this is Wes Craven, meaning nothing is really scary, there's just going to be a lot of blood and gore. Who gets scared by blood and gore? Really, it ruins most of the creepy parts and it quickly looses its scary motive and becomes the movie about guessing who's going to die next.

"Scream" is good, but again, it's ruined by too much blood that just isn't needed. Horror movies are always better when they don't need to be hack and slash. Unfortunately, that's what "Scream" is. A slasher film.

See it though, you'll be quite surprised at how good the movie is. It somehow redefined the horror genre, but it'll never hit the mark that "The Sixth Sense" left.

Cute girls are murdered in this movie. It doesn't matter how well-written or well-acted this movie is. Cute girls should never be killed. It's depressing. Avoid this movie and buy something else.