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IMDb rating
7.4
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7.8

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Critic Adam Smith
rated 8

...what distinguishes Scream from the rest of the slew of teen-slashers that still haunt the lower reaches of Blockbuster's shelving is that it's bloody. Bloody funny, that is.

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Ayano Yara
rated 10
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charlottemadsen
rated 8

Classic teen scary movie with the added bonus of movie genre trivia.

1 year ago
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El
rated 8

Love this movie, but im giving it an 8 cause some stuff were a bit excessively.

1 year ago
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Cast & Crew

Wes Craven
As Fred the Janitor (uncredited)
Wes Craven
Director
Liev Schreiber
As Cotton Weary
David Arquette
As Dewey Riley
Drew Barrymore
As Casey Becker
Matthew Lillard
As Stu Macher
Ray Liotta
As Video Customer (uncredited)
Henry Winkler
As Principal Arthur Himbry (uncredited)

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In the small town of Woodsboro, California, a string of murders takes place, targeting high school students who are fans of horror movies. The killer taunts his victims with questions about horror films before brutally killing them. Sidney Prescott, whose mother was murdered just a year ago, becomes the killer's next target. As the body count rises, Sidney must navigate a web of suspicion and deception to uncover the killer's identity before it's too late. With a cast of potential suspects, including her boyfriend Billy, her best friend Tatum, and the investigative journalist Gale Weathers, the tension builds until the shocking revelation of the killer's true identity. Will Sidney be able to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse, or will she become the killer's next victim?

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What movies are similar to Scream? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Scream include The Others, The Devil's Advocate, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, The Gift, Event Horizon, In the Mouth of Madness.

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Scream was released in theaters on December 20, 1996.