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Scream (1996)

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All Time

of 190,116

639

1990's

of 24,698

85

1996

of 5,228

10
Horror
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  39
  
  Horror of 1996
  
  of 75
  
  1
  
  Horror of the 1990's
  
  of 875
  
  2
Mystery
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  of 3,090
  
  47
  
  Mystery of 1996
  
  of 30
  
  3
  
  Mystery of the 1990's
  
  of 306
  
  6
Teen
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  of 332
  
  12
  
  Teen of 1996
  
  of 6
  
  1
  
  Teen of the 1990's
  
  of 33
  
  1
Thriller
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  of 7,007
  
  151
  
  Thriller of 1996
  
  of 196
  
  2
  
  Thriller of the 1990's
  
  of 1,628
  
  21

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Scream (1996) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.0869

Avg Critic Score:3.0153

Scream (1996) Rank 4 Reviews

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Scream (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arrow in the Head (

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DVD Talk (Jeremy Kleinman)

Simply stated, this a great film. Frightening and frighteningly self-aware, this film represents the best that the horror film has to offer, as well as a tremendous exposition of the patterns and themes prevalent in "slasher" films. It is quite violent ...read the complete Scream movie review at DVD Talk (Jeremy Kleinman)

IMDB.com

Scream centers on Sydney Prescott (hottie Neve Campbell), a high school student in the small town of Woodsborrow. Syd has a little problem, there is a serial killer on the loose and she is his next intended victim. But Syd and her friends aren't about ...read the complete Scream movie review at IMDB.com

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After the opening tension the film settles down into a group of teenagers stuck in a horror film (al a Halloween, Friday the 13th, etc.) and gives them satirically smart dialogue and a darkly comic surrounding in their High School. The group consists of ...read the complete Scream movie review at IMDB.com

Scream (1996) Critic Reviews continued...

Dallas Observer (Andy Klein)

Craven's other accomplishment here, besides resuscitating the genre, is the way he keeps things scary even when they're at their funniest. The grand finale, while thoroughly bloody and tense, has some genuinely hilarious shtick. ...read the complete Scream movie review at Dallas Observer (Andy Klein)

The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)

Finely crafted, tense, scary thriller from start to finish. ...read the complete Scream movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)

LA Weekly (Paul Malcolm)

A meta-horror film that hilariously parodies the genre's clichés with smarts to spare. It's also the scariest f**king movie Craven has made since the first "A Nightmare on Elm ...read the complete Scream movie review at LA Weekly (Paul Malcolm)

Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)

It's sensational in both senses of the word: a bravura, provocative sendup of horror pictures that's also scary and gruesome yet too swift-moving to lapse into morbidity. ...read the complete Scream movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)

IMDB.com

Then I actually saw the movie and the first twenty minutes, involving Drew Barrymore and a nailbitingly intense phone conversation, completely changed my attitude. Scream is not only a clever parody of your standard horror flick, it's also a pretty ...read the complete Scream movie review at IMDB.com

SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Scream would have to be the singlemost influential horror film of the 1990s. It inspired a whole host of (mostly inferior) copycat teen horror films and created a new fad for the postmodern slasher film, where characters are constantly ironically ...read the complete Scream movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

IMDB.com

But in all seriousness, "Scream" is a surprisingly great flick. Instead of focusing on a group of horny teenagers, "Scream" puts its focus on a surrealistic group of teens who have grown up watching the 80s slasher flicks, can name any cliche out of it ...read the complete Scream movie review at IMDB.com

IMDB.com

The plot is a simple as any horror movie. A psychopath with a machete or a knife or some sharp weapon preys on the youth of a small, quiet, rural town. In this movie, someone takes their love of movies one step too far.The film bled talent, no pun ...read the complete Scream movie review at IMDB.com

IMDB.com

"Yeah, sure," says the bored girl who's getting real sick of this persistent wrongnumber weirdo. She gets fed up with him calling her and pestering her about scary movies. So she hangs up. And in he comes with a knife the size of a hatchet.And with that ...read the complete Scream movie review at IMDB.com

IMDB.com

I expected one thing when I rented Scream and got some something entirely different when I watched it. Which isn't really a bad thing, as you can tell from my giving it ***1/2. So what's so different about this movie? One main thing: it turns from a ...read the complete Scream movie review at IMDB.com

IMDB.com

Despite the gruesome conclusion that this scene eventually reaches, "Scream" is really more of a camp sendup than anything else. What makes it work better than most spoofs, and helps it to establish at least some amount of suspense, is that the script ...read the complete Scream movie review at IMDB.com

Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)

I once watched a film teacher suffer a meltdown after a classroom screening of The Last House on the Left. Last House was Wes Craven's debut feature, an exruciatingly graphic rape-revenge film shot almost documentary-style in 16mm, and something about ...read the complete Scream movie review at Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)

Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)

Aaaaaarrrrgggghhhh!!! (That's supposed to represent a scream, in case you're ...read the complete Scream movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)

Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)

Scream, the movie that revived a market for teen-slasher films while mocking them at the same time, has entered discount theaters. Of course, it will be released on video shortly, but I always prefer to see a movie in a theater when given a chance. For ...read the complete Scream movie review at Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)

ToxicUniverse.com (Mike Bracken)

In the end, it�s very easy to look back on Scream in a less than flattering light. Because of the success of ...read the complete Scream movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Mike Bracken)

Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)

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