Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder.
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.
Scream (1996) is a crime, horror and mystery film directed by Wes Craven, released on December 20, 1996 with a runtime of 1h 52m. It stars Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan and Matthew Lillard. Viewers rate it 7.4 out of 10 across 8,203 ratings.
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Neve Campbell
as Sidney
Skeet Ulrich
as Billy
Rose McGowan
as Tatum
Matthew Lillard
as Stuart
David Arquette
as Deputy Dewey
Courteney Cox
as Gale Weathers
Jamie Kennedy
as Randy
Drew Barrymore
as Casey
W. Earl Brown
as Kenny
Joseph Whipp
as Sheriff Burke
Liev Schreiber
as Cotton Weary
Roger L. Jackson
as Phone Voice (voice)
Directed by Wes Craven, written by Kevin Williamson, produced by Cathy Konrad and Cary Woods.
Average viewer score of 7.4/10 from 8,203 ratings.
**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…
Reviewed on September 3, 2022
**_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…
Reviewed on March 5, 2023
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Scream (1996) is available to stream on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz and Starz Apple TV channel, and to rent or buy from JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand and Plex. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Scream (1996) includes Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard and David Arquette. The film was directed by Wes Craven. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Scream was released on December 20, 1996 and runs for 1h 52m.
Scream (1996) holds an average rating of 7.4 out of 10 from 8,203 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy crime, horror and mystery films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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