Fans of the genre can enjoy the way it plays with horror's conventions. Others can just chew their fingers in fright.
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09/21/07
Scream (1996)
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Reviews Counted:52
Fresh:43
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A great mixed of bone chilling suspense and witty dialogues.
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: A hyper-intelligent serial killer preys on the teenage denizens of a small town, using their fascination with horror movie conventions to set up his diabolical doings. An intelligent, well-crafted... [More]
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich
Director: Wes Craven
Reviews for Scream
Top CriticAt last, a horror movie to shout about!
06/24/06
Top CriticIt appeared to be clever, dangerous, witty, and fresh, but it sadly became victim to the movies it mocked, even before it had ended.
05/30/01
Top CriticClever, quick and bloody funny. 'Bloody' being the operative word.
01/01/00
Top CriticIf there's a problem with Scream it is that its very success dooms it to spawn a wave of cash-in imitations, few of which will exhibit their predecessors skill and intelligence.
01/01/00
Self-knowing badness is in fact badness; it might actually be worse than just regular old badness because it is, in addition to everything else, smug.
07/12/09
A pointedly knowledgeable, frequently funny satire on slasher conventions and a terrifically scary, joyously suspenseful horror picture.
10/15/08
It's not stupid, it's not wussy and it pulls off a couple of pretty nasty jolts.
09/21/07
Top CriticThe pic's chills are top-notch, but its underlying mockish tone won't please die-hard fans.
09/21/07
Top CriticThe assumption that there's something inherently clever about a slasher movie making reference to both its genre and the filmmaking process is a fundamental flaw of this tiresome, blood-filled comedy.
09/21/07
Witty, tightly structured, and often effective as a straight horror film.
08/18/07
Ironically, the predictability is actually one of the film's virtues.
09/15/05
A fun, scary and entertaining movie
01/25/05
Its commercial success was well-justified.
09/04/03
It's been a long time since a teen-slasher movie has offered up anything but dull buckets of gore. With Scream, the genre reclaims its roots.
10/15/02
The film was written by Kevin Williamson, and his screenplay is smart as it is hip.
09/10/02
Scream's most effective scenes are those involving the most dire peril.
06/05/02
O que há de mais interessante neste filme (e o que o torna tão divertido) é o fato dele ser capaz de criticar e, ao mesmo tempo, seguir todas as regras básicas do gênero.
05/31/02
Worth seeing.
04/17/02
Turns slasher flicks into slapstick.
04/12/02
Latest News for Scream
September 25, 2009:
Neve Campbell Returning for Scream 4? 
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July 15, 2009:
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June 09, 2009:
Wes Craven Talks Scream 4
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June 03, 2009:
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Kevin Williamson is apparently hard at work on a whole new "Scream" trilogy -- and Courteney Cox Arquette and David Arquette are in talks to reprise their roles. More...
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