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Scream

Scream

1996
112 min
Crime Horror Mystery

Plot Summary

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.

7.4
IMDb Rating
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Ratings & Reviews

7.4
IMDb Rating

Technical Details

112 min
Runtime
1996-12-20
Release Date
Movie
Content Type
1996
Year
Genres
Crime Horror Mystery

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User Reviews

Nathan

Nathan

8.0/10
Recent

**_Scream delivered a breath of fresh air into the slasher franchise and holds up rather well nearly 30 years later._** The plot of this film follows a cookie-cutter structure that models nearly all of the great slasher franchises of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but that is entirely the point. Scream is completely aware of the tropes of horror movies and utilizes them in a creative way by adding commentary and subtle comedy delivered by the characters throughout the film. It is not a full-...

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The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

10.0/10
Recent

**Scream was the first of its kind that redefined horror with new rules, a meta plot, and rebellious unexpected twists.** Scream followed all the rules and simultaneously broke them in a brilliant self-aware genre reinvention that leveraged every horror movie trope to set up and subvert every expectation. Scream is a love ballad to horror movie fans that intimately knows and zealously honors the legacy of terror-filled films that came before while creating something new, innovative, bold, and...

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1996-12-20
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