Scream with Neve Campbell: DVD Cover

    Scream Director: Wes Craven Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich

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    • DVD Release Date: 12/03/1997
    • Original Release: 1996
    • Rating: Rated R

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    Features

    Complete audio commentary by director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson; Original theatrical trailer; Chapter search

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    Scene Index

    Side #1
    0. Chapter Selection
    1. Program Start/Opening Credits [:18]
    2. Wrong Number [8:21]
    3. It's Only Billy [4:18]
    4. Sidney's Turn [4:12]
    5. Questions [1:30]
    6. Story With A Punch [6:31]
    7. A Call For Sidney [7:40]
    8. Confrontation [:12]
    9. Someone's Knocking [2:49]
    10. Beer Bust [1:15]
    11. The Rules [2:51]
    12. Not The One [:49]
    13. No Help Here [8:25]
    14. Final Setup [1:53]
    15. Thwarted Plan [6:09]
    16. Face-Off [7:01]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Scream is at once a slasher film and a tongue-in-cheek position paper on the "dead teenagers" movies of the late 1970s/early 1980s that plays as half-parody, half-tribute. Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is having a rough time lately: she's still getting over the brutal rape and murder of her mother a year ago, and now one of her friends (Drew Barrymore) has been killed by a lunatic who harassed her with terrifying phone calls, then stabbed her to death while wearing a Halloween costume. Soon Sydney is receiving similar phone calls, quizzing her on the arcane details of such films as Friday the 13th and Prom Night, and is attacked by the same cloaked maniac. With her father missing, she has hardly anyone on her side except her best friend Tatum (Rose McGowan) and Tatum's brother Dewey (David Arquette), a half-bright cop. As for the murderer, it could be any number of people: Syd's father; her cute but overly intense boyfriend Billy (Skeet Ullrich); Tatum's goofball boyfriend Stuart (Matthew Lillard); or Randy (Jamie Kennedy), who works at the local video store and seems to like horror movies just a little too much. Much like Halloween, Scream spawned a series of sequels and inspired a large number of similar films -- its original working title, Scary Movie, became the title of the 2000 parody film by Damon Wayans. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    A perfect horror movie for me, when it first came out.by seattle1985

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    February 27, 2009: When the Scream trilogy was orginally released, I was in middle school, and they were the best scary movies for a slumber party full of 13 year old girls. They were just scary and gross enough to get everyone screaming, but not bad enough to make anyone cry or have nightmares. I will agree with the previous reviewer that this is not Wes Craven's best movie, but I don't believe it was meant for the same audience as Last House on The Left. I have never been able to sit through that. Not that its a bad movie, its just waaay to much for me. Totally on a different level of Horror than Scream. They really should not even be compared.

    Anyway, if you are looking for a good scary movie for a pre-teen slumber party, I recommend this one. Its funny in parts, really scary in parts, and really really gross in parts. Just remember, the last time I saw this, I was 13, and that's who I'd recommend this movie to.

    This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen / Dolby 5.1 / Stereo edition.

    Such a stupid movieby Suesie

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    October 16, 2008: Really people i have no clue why this movie even was popular. It is such a waste of film. Everyone knows the "formula" for a good horror movie, but what the point of watching a movie that is so predictable the characters even know when how and who will die. the dialoge is crap trying to break down horror movies by saying if you say be right back you die, or the girl alwasy runs up the stairs instead of the front door, and then what they end up doing that and being killed. sure the gore was ok, but please it was crap and killed the horror movie for good, for a man who directed last house on the left this is just such garbage

    This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen / Dolby 5.1 / Stereo edition.


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    What to watch out for

    • Language:

      Abundant profanity.

    • Messages

    • Violence:

      Savage stabbings and throat-slittings, close-range shootings, lots of hand-to-hand fights with the killer. One casualty has her neck broken by a rising garage door. Another is electrocuted by a toppled television set.

    • Sex:

      The young characters speak frankly about sex and nudity. Though the act isn't explicitly shown, the heroine becomes intimate with her treacherous boyfriend, giving up her virginity, apparently (another frequent topic). Her late, offscreen m... More

      The young characters speak frankly about sex and nudity. Though the act isn't explicitly shown, the heroine becomes intimate with her treacherous boyfriend, giving up her virginity, apparently (another frequent topic). Her late, offscreen mother is repeatedly described as a promiscuous home-wrecker, and apparently she was. Close

    • Drugs:

      Alcohol flows abundantly (before the blood does) at a teen party. Another character referred to as drunken enough to be framed for a killing.

    • Consumerism:

      Primarily references to other highly rentable horror movies.

    What Parents Need to Know

    About Scream

    Parents need to know that this movie nearly got an NC-17 rating for violence. Be aware especially that the "unrated" home-video editions contain the extra frames of bloodshed, usually mutilation by knife. Despite the (often foulmouthed) dialogue's flirtation with self-awareness and satire, the gore here really comes across as intended -- brutal and intense.

    Families Can Talk About

    Families can talk about why the film was so popular. Do fans consider it a realistic movie, a dark comedy, or a hip whodunit with post-modern twists? Why are teens in particular so interested in horror movies?