Scream (film)

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Scream is a film from the United States by Wes Craven that was released in 1996. The actors in the film include David Arquette, Drew Barrymore and Neve Campbell. The film is a mix of styles being a slasher, horror and comedy. The theme song for the film is "Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

[change] Plot

A young woman is stalked by a killer wearing a mask. She tries to find out who the killer is and learns secrets about the town. Along the way the characters also talk about how the events would usually be shown in a slasher horror film. This is the source of the comedy.The film was incredibly well received globally, after the genre of horror films had somewhat vanished from mainstream Hollywood the genre was revamped and made to be a 'typical' horror movie and was named the defining horror movie of the 90's. it's main characters are known to the public, before in the 80's horror movies had tiny budgets e.g. Halloween which was made for $30,000 although the budget for Scream isn't large it is substantially larger than that of other movies of the same genre. The movie is popular with teenagers and adults alike, teenagers enjoy the action while adults as well liking the horror movie humour.

[change] Impact

The film was very successful. People who judge films liked it ([1], [2], [3], [4]) and two other films were made in the series. Scream 2 was released in 1997 and Scream 3 was released in 2000. It has been recognised as the most successful horror series ever after the films combined takings earned over $500 million!

After this success many other films copying Scream's style were also released including I Know What You Did Last Summer. And the horror genre has being replenished with many re-makes occurring even a re-make of Halloween after audiences are still attracted to the genre mainly due to the Scream series.