| | | Someone's taken their love of scary movies one step too far!
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1)
A crowd-pleasing smash hit with a sizzling cast - critics are calling Scream the hippest thriller of the year! The sleepy little town of Woodsboro just woke up screaming. There's a killer in their midst who's seen a few too many scary movies. Suddenly, nobody is safe, as the psychopath stalks victims, taunts them with trivia questions, then rips them to bloody shreds. It could be anybody... Sidney, the quiet high school beauty with an ugly past... Billy, her faithful boyfriend with a frustrated sex life... Tatum, her cute best friend with a answer for everything... Casey, the lovely blonde who knows her thrillers... Geeky Randy, the scary movie fanatic... Stuart, the wild partier... Gale, the overeager TV reporter... even Dewey, the syrupy-sweet police officer. The only hope is to stay one step ahead of this crazed slasher--know your trivia. The clues are there; are you good enought to see them? Featuring all-star talent, including Drew Barrymore, Courtney Cox, Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, and David Arquette, this strikingly original and entertaining motion picture delivers nonstop edge-of-your-seat excitment... and fun!
"...snappy horror thriller, one of Craven's best." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"...amusingly twisted...plays lively games with the macabre." Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
"...playfully tweeks the cheeks of teen slasher pics..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
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 thriller from the creator of "A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET." The deluxe version contains a behind-the-scenes featurette and running audio commentary from Craven.
Plot Summary
The teenage denizens of a quiet small town find their calm lives shattered when a brilliant, twisted psycho killer uses his love of horror movie conventions to set up his victims. A clever, often funny thriller from the creators of "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Don't open the door!
| Features | Film Facts | | Widescreen format | | Behind-the-Scenes Footage | | Q & A With Cast and Crew | | Special Effects Gallery | | Commentary by director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson | | Theatrical trailer(s), TV spot(s) | | Production Featurette |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 9/5/2006 |
| Running Time: 111 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1996 | | Catalog ID: 15638 | | UPC: 00717951000835 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
MTV Award (1997) | | | Neve Campbell, Nominee, Best Female Performance |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...In addition to a strong surface sheen, Craven has put together a strong ensemble cast..." 12/16/1996Entertainment Weekly
"...A deft, funny, shrewdly unsettling tribute..." 01/10/1997 p.39 Los Angeles Times
"...It's sensational in both sense of the word: a bravura, provocative sendup of horror pictures that's also scary and gruesome..." 12/20/1996 p.F14 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The movie itself, for all of its ironic in-jokes, also functions as a horror film -- a bloody and gruesome one, that uses as many cliches as it mocks..." 12/20/1996 p.34 Total Film
"SCREAM revived a genre that had been dead since the late '80s." 01/01/2004 p.134-5 Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
...What did I think about this movie? As a film critic, 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. It is REALLY violent. Is the violence defused by the ironic way the film uses it and comments on it? For me, it was. For some viewers, it will not be, and they will be horrified. - Roger Ebert
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