Scream (1996)

Release date: 1996-12-20
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Wes Craven
Production Co: Dimension Films, Woods Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Rating: 7.2/10
Length: 1h 51min

Storyline

A year after her mother's death, Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell), and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of many questions, the main one being: Whats your favorite scary movie? Along with many scary movie trivia, ending with bloody pieces of innocent lives scattered around the small town of Woodsboro.

Plot Keywords

slasher, serial killer, masked killer, damsel in distress, media coverage, husband wife relationship, near death experience, wrongful imprisonment, wrongful arrest, investigation, crushed to death, power outage, escape attempt, high school teacher, mother daughter relationship, haunted by the past, shot in the head, shot in the forehead, coming of age, abandoned car

Short Review

No one will ever consider Wes Craven's Scream Oscar fodder, but this funny and scary little experiment in terror from the man who invented "Nightmare on Elm Street" puts some fun back into a very tired genre.