A pointedly knowledgeable, frequently funny satire on slasher conventions and a terrifically scary, joyously suspenseful horror picture.
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10/15/08
Scream (1996)
84 %
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Reviews Counted: 51
Fresh: 43
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Consensus: A great mixed of bone chilling suspense and witty dialogues.
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich
Director: Wes Craven
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Reviews for Scream
It's not stupid, it's not wussy and it pulls off a couple of pretty nasty jolts.
09/21/07
The pic's chills are top-notch, but its underlying mockish tone won't please die-hard fans.
09/21/07
Top Critic The assumption that there's something inherently clever about a slasher movie making reference to both its genre and the filmmaking process is a fundamental flaw of this tiresome, blood-filled comedy.
09/21/07
Top Critic Fans of the genre can enjoy the way it plays with horror's conventions. Others can just chew their fingers in fright.
09/21/07
Witty, tightly structured, and often effective as a straight horror film.
08/18/07
Ironically, the predictability is actually one of the film's virtues.
09/15/05
It's been a long time since a teen-slasher movie has offered up anything but dull buckets of gore. With Scream, the genre reclaims its roots.
10/15/02
The film was written by Kevin Williamson, and his screenplay is smart as it is hip.
09/10/02
Scream's most effective scenes are those involving the most dire peril.
06/05/02
O que há de mais interessante neste filme (e o que o torna tão divertido) é o fato dele ser capaz de criticar e, ao mesmo tempo, seguir todas as regras básicas do gênero.
05/31/02
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Top Critic Kevin Williamson has managed to make a movie that is both genuine scary movie and arch parody of scary movies.
06/14/01
It appeared to be clever, dangerous, witty, and fresh, but it sadly became victim to the movies it mocked, even before it had ended.
05/30/01
a nineties-style teenage slasher movie with just enough tongue-in-cheek understanding of its own silliness to make it gruesomely fun without being insulting
02/27/01
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