It appeared to be clever, dangerous, witty, and fresh, but it sadly became victim to the movies it mocked, even before it had ended.
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05/30/01
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 CriticFans of the genre can enjoy the way it plays with horror's conventions. Others can just chew their fingers in fright.
09/21/07
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
Clever, quick and bloody funny. 'Bloody' being the operative word.
01/01/00
Top CriticAt last, a horror movie to shout about!
06/24/06
Top CriticSelf-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
Scream is so hip and irreverent that you almost forget it's a slasher movie. Almost.
01/01/00
Craven is obviously having a ball here, and it's impossible not to sit back and go grinning into this dark, gory ride.
01/01/00
Scream's most effective scenes are those involving the most dire peril.
06/05/02
Strap in and enjoy the ride.
01/01/00
Craven has expressed a desire to get out of the horror business. Maybe that's why he's set out to make more than a horror movie. He's contributing to a long tradition of reflexive films, going back as far as the turn of the century.
01/01/00
The 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
I liked it. I liked the in-jokes and the self-aware characters. At the same time, I was aware of the incredible level of gore in this film.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt'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
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
It breaks new ground, and hopefully, it opens us up to new formulas and creative situations in these movies.
01/01/00
The end product, while predictable and gory, does manage to be as good as prior slasher films...it just could do a lot better.
01/01/00
Kevin Williamson has managed to make a movie that is both genuine scary movie and arch parody of scary movies.
06/14/01
The image of Barrymore on her portable phone, with her sweater sleeves draped over her palms, in the house with the big picture windows, has already become one of the great indelible images of the 1990's.
01/01/00
First, it's not scary, and second, after seeing it, you may scream at yourself for wasting your time and money.
01/01/00
Latest News for Scream
September 25, 2009:
Neve Campbell Returning for Scream 4? 
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June 09, 2009:
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June 03, 2009:
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