Film

Scream 1996

Directed by Wes Craven

  • Crime, Horror, Mystery
  • 112 min
  • R

Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder.

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.

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Nostalgic, spare, plot-driven and meticulous.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • sparerichly built
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • rawmeticulous
  • effortlessdemanding

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 77The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 4The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 34 / 3The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 3The Sincere: disliked by 33 / 3The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 2The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 42 / 4The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 4The Empath: disliked by 14 / 1The FormalistThe Formalist: disliked by 40 / 4The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 1The Cartographer: disliked by 21 / 2The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 33loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

70 profiled raters. Loved most by The Thrill Chasers; disliked most by The Formalists.

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  • “Is this Wes Craven's best work?”

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  • “Is it actually scary?”

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  • “Is the nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?”

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