Scream (1996)

Scream rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 439K votes

Rotten Tomatoes78%

Metacritic66%

TMDb7.43/10· 8K votes

With 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 66/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Scream

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

Cast of Scream

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  Neve Campbell

  as Sidney

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  Skeet Ulrich

  as Billy

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  Rose McGowan

  as Tatum

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  Matthew Lillard

  as Stuart

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  David Arquette

  as Deputy Dewey

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  Courteney Cox

  as Gale Weathers

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  Jamie Kennedy

  as Randy

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  W. Earl Brown

  as Kenny

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  Joseph Whipp

  as Sheriff Burke

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  Liev Schreiber

  as Cotton Weary

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  Drew Barrymore

  as Casey

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  Roger L. Jackson

  as Phone Voice (voice)

Scream facts

Budget

$14M

Box office

$173M

Collection

Scream Collection

Our take on Scream

Wes Craven's 1996 horror mystery reinvented the slasher by letting its teenage victims know the genre's rules as well as the killer does. A year after her mother's murder, a young woman is stalked by a masked figure who turns scary movies into the framework for a lethal game, targeting her and her friends. Craven balances real suspense with sly, self-aware humor about horror clichés, so it works as both a genuine scare machine and a knowing comedy. Fans of whodunits, sharp teen ensembles and horror that comments on itself will find it clever and quotable, though the violence keeps it firmly adult.