Scream (movie)
Scream is the name
of a horror/dark comedy film directed by Wes Craven and written by Dawson's Creek
creator Kevin Williamson in 1996. The film revitalized the slasher film genre
in the mid 1990s by introducing a somewhat standard concept (teens getting brutally
killed off) with a tongue-in cheek approach. In the film, a teenage girl named
Sydney (played by Neve Campbell) is approaching the anniversary of her mother's
brutal rape and murder. At the same time, two teenagers at her school (including
Drew Barrymore) have been eviscerated and killed. The next night, while at home
alone, the killer, who calls his victims on the phone and taunts them before attacking,
invades her house and attempts to kill her. He wears a Halloween costume remniscent
of the painting "The Scream."
Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers
Sydney tries to sort through the trauma of being attacked
and, because of circumstantial evidence, points an accusatory finger at her boyfriend
Billy (played by Skeet Ulrich). She goes to stay at the home of her friend Tatum
(played by Rose McGowan) and Tatum's brother Dewey (played by David Arquette),
a local policeman. While there she receives a call from the killer, and since
Billy couldn't have made the call from prison, he is released. As
if all of this weren't enough, Sydney must deal with the scandalization of her
own attack by ambitious local television newswoman Gale Weather (played by Courteney
Cox.) Gale is also responsible for a tell-all book revealing the promiscuous affair
that Sydney's mother had with her convicted killer, Cotton Weary (played by Liev
Schreiber.) When the school principal is murdered, some of the local students
decide to throw a party. (Attending are all of the above mentioned teens plus
Randy ((played by Jamie Kennedy,)) a horror movie buff, and Stu ((played by Matthew
Lillard.)) ) The party quickly becomes a bloodbath as the killer invades, quickly
dispatching of Billy and Tatum. |
