A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
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Scream
Overview:
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
Cast:
- Dewey Riley: David Arquette
- Sidney Prescott: Neve Campbell
- Gale Weathers: Courteney Cox
- Stu Macher: Matthew Lillard
- Tatum Riley: Rose McGowan
- Billy Loomis: Skeet Ulrich
- Randy Meeks: Jamie Kennedy
- Kenny Brown: W. Earl Brown
- Sheriff Burke: Joseph Whipp
- Cotton Weary: Liev Schreiber
- Casey Becker: Drew Barrymore
- Ghostface (voice): Roger L. Jackson
- Steven Orth: Kevin Patrick Walls
- Casey’s Father: David Booth
- Casey’s Mother: Carla Hatley
- Neil Prescott: Lawrence Hecht
- Mrs. Tate: Lois Saunders
- TV Reporter #1: Lisa Beach
- TV Reporter #2: Tony Kilbert
- Hank Loomis: C.W. Morgan
- Mrs. Riley: Frances Lee McCain
- Expelled Teen #1: Troy Bishop
- Expelled Teen #2: Ryan Kennedy
- Cheerleader in Bathroom: Leonora Scelfo
- Girl in Bathroom: Nancy Anne Ridder
- Reporter with Mask: Lisa Canning
- Young Girl in Video Store: Bonnie Wood
- Party Teen #1: Aurora Draper
- Party Teen #2: Kenny Kwong
- Teen on Couch: Justin Sullivan
- Bored Teen: Kurtis Bedford
- Girl on Couch: Angela Miller
- Principal Arthur Himbry (uncredited): Henry Winkler
- Obnoxious Reporter (uncredited): Linda Blair
- Fred the Janitor (uncredited): Wes Craven
Crew:
- Director: Wes Craven
- Screenplay: Kevin Williamson
- Producer: Cathy Konrad
- Executive Producer: Marianne Maddalena
- Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein
- Executive Producer: Harvey Weinstein
- Producer: Cary Woods
- Conductor: Marco Beltrami
- Director of Photography: Mark Irwin
- Editor: Patrick Lussier
- Casting: Lisa Beach
- Production Design: Bruce Alan Miller
- Art Direction: David Lubin
- Set Decoration: Michele Poulik
- Foley Artist: Stan Fiferman
- ADR Mixer: Lee Tinkham
- Scoring Mixer: Tim Boyle
- Location Scout: James Marlowe
- Stunts: Dane Farwell
- Makeup Artist: Melanie Levitt
- Makeup Artist: Kris Ravetto
- Unit Production Manager: Stuart M. Besser
- Co-Producer: Dixie J. Capp
- First Assistant Director: Nicholas Mastandrea
- Assistant Production Coordinator: Andrew Durham
- Stunts: Lynn Salvatori
- Stunts: Kathy Marshall
- Stunts: Christine Anne Baur
- Art Department Coordinator: Gerald Lehtola
- Costume Supervisor: Mathew Hooey
- Costume Supervisor: Gary J. Saldutti
- Script Supervisor: Annie Welles
- Sound Mixer: Richard Bryce Goodman
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom E. Dahl
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Rick Alexander
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Leslie Shatz
- Sound Effects Editor: Sam Gemette
- Sound Effects Editor: Scott A. Tinsley
- Boom Operator: Sean Rush
- Special Effects Supervisor: Frank Ceglia
- Music Supervisor: Jeff Rabhan
- Music Editor: E. Gedney Webb
- Still Photographer: David Moir
- Steadicam Operator: Dan Kneece
- Steadicam Operator: Kirk R. Gardner
- Steadicam Operator: Mark Van Loon
- Costume Design: Cynthia Bergstrom
- Construction Coordinator: Robert J. Carlyle
- Greensman: James Burke
- Painter: Robert Burg
- Standby Painter: Victoria Carlson
- First Assistant Camera: Scott Andrew Ressler
- Grip: Joseph J. Allen
- Hairstylist: Lynn Marie Curreri
- Key Hair Stylist: Barbara Olvera
- Makeup Artist: Karen Bradley
- Property Buyer: Lori Harrison
- Additional Music: Craig Braginsky
- Carpenter: Braxton Bragg
- Craft Service: Mary Ellen Leonard
- Driver: Moore Brian
- Post Production Assistant: Ryan Krayser
- Second Second Assistant Director: Daniel K. Arredondo
- Production Office Coordinator: Dean Wright
- Property Master: J.P. Jones
- Sound Recordist: Steve Kohler
- Stand In: Theresa Donahoe
- Stunt Coordinator: Anthony Cecere
- Transportation Captain: J.T. Thayer
- Transportation Coordinator: Derek Raser
- Unit Publicist: Claire Raskind
- Video Assist Operator: Doug Hunt
- Color Timer: Mike Mertens
- First Assistant Editor: Peter Devaney Flanagan
- Lighting Technician: Jason Boccaleoni
- Rigging Grip: Ron Diggory
- Executive In Charge Of Production: Cary Granat
- Location Manager: Eric Klosterman
- Production Accountant: David Crockett
- ADR Supervisor: John K. Adams
- Orchestrator: Pete Anthony
- Dialogue Editor: Marla McGuire
- Dialogue Editor: Bob Goold
- Dialogue Editor: John O. Wilde
- Dialogue Editor: Vic Radulich
- ADR Editor: Pat Somerset
- Costumer: Ricki Fournier
- Second Assistant Director: Lucille OuYang
- Assistant Property Master: John ‘Skip’ Weaver
- ADR Mixer: Beau Biggart
- Foley Artist: Roy Baker
- Foley Mixer: Paul Benedici
- Sound Assistant: Tom Ketterer
- Sound Supervisor: Paul B. Clay
- Stunt Double: Deborah Alexander-Lee
- Additional Director of Photography: Peter Deming
- BTS Videographer: Don Starnes
- Camera Loader: Egor Davidoff
- Dolly Grip: Charles J. Schray
- First Company Grip: Charles M. Smallwood
- Second Assistant Camera: Jeffrey N. Civa
- Second Company Grip: Kevin Ball
- ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris
- Casting Assistant: Sarah Katzman
- Assistant Editor: Paul Kieran
- Assistant Location Manager: Thomas M. Harrigan
- Location Assistant: Michael D. Gillis
- Music Consultant: Ed Gerrard
- Art Department Production Assistant: Charlene Barr
- Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Scott Medcalf
- Chief Lighting Technician: Jay W. Yowler
- Production Assistant: Paul Boettiger
- Production Secretary: Katherine Zilavy
Catogories:
Crime,Horror,Mystery
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Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder.
Language:
English
Production:
United States of America
Company:
Dimension Films,Woods Entertainment
Popularity:
119.776
Date:
1996-12-20
Year:
1996
- The Movie Mob: **Scream was the first of its kind that redefined horror with new rules, a meta plot, and rebellious unexpected twists.**
Scream followed all the rules and simultaneously broke them in a brilliant self-aware genre reinvention that leveraged every horror movie trope to set up and subvert every expectation. Scream is a love ballad to horror movie fans that intimately knows and zealously honors the legacy of terror-filled films that came before while creating something new, innovative, bold, and surprising. Scream’s dark humor and admiration of overused horror plot points resulted in one of the first meta films in history. Characters know they are living a real-life horror film and yet make dumb and predictable horror movie decisions tricking the viewers into a sort of safety before breaking all the rules and surprising with unexpected twists and turns. Scream was the first of its kind and welcomed a whole new horror sub-genre and a movie franchise that still has no end in sight over 25 years later.
- Nathan: **_Scream delivered a breath of fresh air into the slasher franchise and holds up rather well nearly 30 years later._**
The plot of this film follows a cookie-cutter structure that models nearly all of the great slasher franchises of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but that is entirely the point. Scream is completely aware of the tropes of horror movies and utilizes them in a creative way by adding commentary and subtle comedy delivered by the characters throughout the film. It is not a full-fledged comedy by any means; there is no forced humor or jokes, but it is more of a dark comedy that pokes fun at itself in the background.
The performances from our main cast were great. Neve Campbell delivers an excellent badass performance and is the perfect lead for the franchise. She is capable of fighting back in a brutal way and rivals Laurie Stroud from Halloween as my favorite final girl of all time. Courtney Cox was quite good as well; she had limited screen time but was able to really make the most of it. David Arquette was okay; he did not blow me away by any means, and he is quite replaceable in my opinion. Matthew Lillard was my favorite of the film; his performance was over the top and quite mentally deranged, which worked really well. Skeet Ulrich was also quite good, but took a backseat to Lillard in my opinion.
The direction of this film was great. Wes Craven did an excellent job delivering unique shots and utilizing the camera angle and height quite well. I do think this movie needs a little more gore and violence for it being a slasher film. There was really only one kill that was quite memorable to me. For it being a homage and critique of the slasher genre, it was lacking quite a bit in the slash department. In addition, the runtime felt a bit bloated, and I think if this was cut down to maybe ten minutes, the viewing experience would have been better.
Overall, I do think this movie is slightly overrated, but it is still a great film and worthy of its praise (for the most part).
**Score:** _79%_ |
**Verdict:** _Great_