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Scream (1996)

Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder.

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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.

Release Date
December 20, 1996
Runtime
1h 52m
Rating
7.4/10 (7897 votes)

Director: Wes Craven

Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, W. Earl Brown

Collection: Scream Collection

Production: Dimension Films, Woods Entertainment
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Budget
$14M
Revenue
$173M
Full Cast (36 people)

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The Movie Mob - 10/10

**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 th...

September 3, 2022

Nathan - 8/10

**_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 ad...

March 5, 2023

Scream

Scream

Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder.

Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder.

7.4
112 min

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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StatusReleased
Original LanguageEnglish
Release Date12/20/1996
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Cast

David Arquette

as Dewey Riley

Neve Campbell

as Sidney Prescott

Courteney Cox

as Gale Weathers

Matthew Lillard

as Stu Macher

Rose McGowan

as Tatum Riley

Skeet Ulrich

as Billy Loomis

Jamie Kennedy

as Randy Meeks

W. Earl Brown

as Kenny Brown

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I still have a thing for ya, Sid.

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Scream Movie Trailer 1996 - TV Spot

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Scream about?

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.

How long is Scream?

1h 52m

When was Scream released?

December 20, 1996

Who directed Scream?

Wes Craven

Who stars in Scream?

David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox

What genre is Scream?

Crime, Horror, Mystery

What is Scream rated?

R

Is Scream available to stream?

Yes, on fuboTV and Paramount Plus Premium