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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Gore Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 12/03/1997 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 51 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy, Horror, Slasher Film, Teen Movie See Also: Scream [Widescreen & Director's Cut], Scream [Blu-ray]

Scream is at once a slasher film and a tongue-in-cheek position paper on the "dead teenagers" movies of the late 1970s/early 1980s that plays as half-parody, half-tribute. Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is having a rough time lately: she's still getting over the brutal rape and murder of her mother a year ago, and now one of her friends (Drew Barrymore) has been killed by a lunatic who harassed her with terrifying phone calls, then stabbed her to death while wearing a Halloween costume. Soon Sydney is receiving similar phone calls, quizzing her on the arcane details of such films as Friday the 13th and Prom Night, and is attacked by the same cloaked maniac. With her father missing, she has hardly anyone on her side except her best friend Tatum (Rose McGowan) and Tatum's brother Dewey (David Arquette), a half-bright cop. As for the murderer, it could be any number of people: Syd's father; her cute but overly intense boyfriend Billy (Skeet Ullrich); Tatum's goofball boyfriend Stuart (Matthew Lillard); or Randy (Jamie Kennedy), who works at the local video store and seems to like horror movies just a little too much. Much like Halloween, Scream spawned a series of sequels and inspired a large number of similar films -- its original working title, Scary Movie, became the title of the 2000 parody film by Damon Wayans. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Neve Campbell - Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox Arquette - Gale Weathers
David Arquette - Dewey Riley
Skeet Ulrich - Billy Loomis
Rose McGowan - Tatum Riley
Jamie Kennedy - Randy Meeks
Matthew Lillard - Stuart
Drew Barrymore - Casey Becker

Wes Craven delivers spine-tingling chills as he skewers horror movie conventions in this funny and frightening take on the teen-slasher genre, arriving on DVD from Walt Disney Video. Presented in 2.35:1 widescreen and featuring a closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio mix with optional English subtitles, be sure to watch it with a light on and someone you trust. Insightful extra features take you into the mind of one of the silver screen's most potent purveyors of terror with a director's audio commentary track in addition to a bonus commentary track with writer Kevin Williamson, theatrical trailers, and more. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide