Scream (1996)
83%RT Audience Score: 79%
Awards & Nominations: 3 nominations
Horror icon Wes Craven’s subversive deconstruction of the genre is sly, witty, and surprisingly effective as a slasher film itself, even if it’s a little too cheeky for some
Scream may not be the most serious horror movie out there, but it’s definitely a scream! Wes Craven’s self-aware take on the slasher genre is both funny and scary, with plenty of nods to horror classics. And now, with the 4K UHD release, you can see every drop of blood in stunning detail. So grab some popcorn, turn off the lights, and get ready to scream your head off!
Production Company(ies)
X-Filme Creative Pool Westdeutscher Rundfunk ARTE
Distributor
Miramax Films
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
3871 Tomales Road, Tomales, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language throughout and some sexual references
Year of Release
1996
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital IMAX 6-Track Dolby Atmos
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 51m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 20, 1996 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 8, 1998
Genre(s)
Horror/Comedy
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $140,041,405
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $140,041,405
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 868
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 15,271,691
US/Canada gross: $81,641,405
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $81,641,405
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 849
US/Canada opening weekend: $30,018,805
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $30,018,805
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 463
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $24,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $24,000,000
Production budget ranking: 1,266
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $12,924,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $103,117,405
ROI to date (est.): 279%
ROI ranking: 485
Ingrid Bergman – Ilsa Lund Laszlo
Paul Henreid – Victor Laszlo
Claude Rains – Captain Louis Renault
Conrad Veidt – Major Heinrich Strasser
Peter Lorre – Ugarte
Director(s)
Wes Craven
Writer(s)
Kevin Williamson
Producer(s)
Cathy Konrad, Cary Woods
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
3 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (82) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (65) | Rotten (17)
No one will ever consider Wes Craven’s Scream Oscar fodder, but this funny and scary little experiment in terror from the man who invented “Nightmare on Elm Street” puts some fun back into a very tired genre.
December 7, 2018
David Ansen
Newsweek
TOP CRITIC
By the time Scream arrives at its final twist, Craven has done too many contortions of his own to give the finale much shock value.
October 6, 2013 | Rating: 2/4
Desmond Ryan
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
The picture is so full of cross-references, self-mockery and movies within movies (including a stalking that’s recorded on video) that it can’t help turning into a precious two-hour in-joke.
October 6, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4
John Hartl
Seattle Times
TOP CRITIC
Scream builds to a splattering finale that should leave genre fans highly satisfied. Here’s one of the year’s better thrillers.
October 6, 2013
Dave Kehr
New York Daily News
TOP CRITIC
Scream may be a cut above the gore fests that line the dimly lit back wall at your video store, but it is a far cry from genre classics like Halloween or Craven’s own Nightmare On Elm Street.
October 6, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4
John Petrakis
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
Remains a highly polished piece of meta-slasher mayhem.
May 20, 2011 | Rating: B+
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
TOP CRITIC
From the iconic opening scene to the twist ending that still works, it is a perfectly calibrated machine that serves up horror, comedy, and suspense in equally successful amounts.
June 30, 2022 | Rating: 10/10
Cody Dericks
Next Best Picture
Watching this old favourite again for its 25th anniversary re-release, I was struck less by the multiple references to other horror movies – although they are still a lot of fun – and more by what a neatly constructed whodunnit it is.
November 12, 2021
Catherine Bray
Film of the Week
Through reinvention and self-awareness, Scream brought the slasher genre to new, fun, and bloody heights.
November 12, 2021
Kristy Strouse
Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying
Both a monument to the film that started it all and a tease for what’s to come, Paramount Home Entertainment offers this game-changing horror classic in 4K UHD for the first time.
November 8, 2021
Douglas Davidson
Elements of Madness
While Scream is far from Wes Craven’s worst movie (there are far too many contenders for that title), it’s certainly his most overrated.
November 7, 2021 | Rating: 2/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
When Scream first made its way to theaters it seemed as if it was going to be “just another horror movie” but it proved everyone wrong and has become a beloved franchise.
November 1, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
Allison Rose
FlickDirect…
Plot
Like the original movie 25 years ago, a cute teenage girl is at home alone when the phone rings. A man wants to play a game with her. With the threat of killing her best friend, Tara’s forced to play along. She barely survives the ghost face masked intruder’s stabbing. Her 5 year older sister, Sam(antha), who left home at 18 due to mental problems, Sam’s boyfriend and Tara’s high school friends visit her at the hospital. Later on in a bar, a guy provokes the friends and is later attacked outside in the parking lot by Ghostface. Sam receives a call from him at the hospital and then he unsuccessfully attacks her. She later reveals family secrets to her sister. Sam contacts one of the original victims, Dewey, for help. He warns two other original victims, Sidney Prescott and Gale Weathers, about Ghostface being back. Who is Ghostface? How many more must die?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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