Scream (DVD) Reviews

Last night the quest to make me like scary films continued, the latest offering being 'Scream.' As reluctant as I was (hiding behind my coat for the first 5 minutes or so) my friends stuck to their word and didn't deliberately jump at me to scare me, and I ended up quite enjoying this gory thriller. 'Scream' (1996) is the first film in ...  Read the complete review

I'd like to start my review by clearing something up, Scream is not a cheesy horror like some people have claimed. The Urban Legands and I Know what you did trilogies are cheesy but Scream is simply tongue in cheek. It does play on all the old slasher movie stereotypes but not in the same way such films as 'Scary Movie' have, Wes Craven's aim ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Scream is the start of a very successful trilogy of comedy horror films that were welcomed as very refreshing antidotes to the normal horror formula of a masked killer perfunctorily killing off a set of annoying teenagers. Whilst this film included those elements, it did so ...  Read the complete review

Scream in a horror slasher movie that was released in 1996. It was directed by Wes Craven, who is well known for directing the 'A Knightmare on Elm Street' movies. I noticed not many reviews make reference to the DVD itself, so I've added some information about the extras. OPENING SCENE The opening scene is very typical for a ...  Read the complete review

Scream was released in 1996, is a teen slasher film, and is the first in a trilogy. It revived this genre in the 90's and paved the way for more films like this to be released. Scream is rated 18 due to occasional strong language, mild sexual references and lots of horror, blood and gore. It is 111 minutes long. Plot In the small ...  Read the complete review

I can't believe this film is already over 12 years old! I thought I'd review this as despite it's criticism and mocking by other films (ie. Scary Movie), it was a classic of its time. Scream was released on DVD in 1997 and is rated certificate 18 due to violence, gore and language. It was directed by the famous Wes Craven, and has ...  Read the complete review

Nearly a year ago in the small town of Woodsboro a woman was brutally raped and murdered, since then the town has returned back to serenity and nothing significant and since happened; until now... Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), daughter of the aforementioned woman has been mentally scarred after the harrowing event from a year ago and ...  Read the complete review

For me, Scream is the film that re-defined the horror genre at the beginning of the 90s. It's set in the fictional small American town of Woodsboro where a masked murderer is terrorising the high school kids. The murderer's costume is excellent, with the distinctive mask based on Edvard Munch's famous painting 'The ...  Read the complete review

Scream is classed by most people as a comedy horror. It was made in 1997, before the likes of Scary Movie and other spoof horror movies, and for its time it was unusual and interesting, and therefore very popular. It is a film that does its best to make fun of the conventions of horror movies that have gone before it, whilst also being a ...  Read the complete review

---Now Chewable--- Another day, another box set. I love horror movies and though I've seen them all before, I felt compelled to buy this one (mostly due to the fact it was rather cheap at £10 for the whole set) to add to my collection. Who needs a life when you have box sets!? I have been kind (and sneakily greedy at the same time) by ...  Read the complete review

'Scream' is probably one of the defining horror films of recent times. Directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson and released in 1996, the movie revived the 'slasher genre' with a tongue in cheek approach and clever language.I must admit I only saw the film for the first time, last year and having saw the much distasteful spoof in ...  Read the complete review

Horror movies are often done incorrectly, without taught, too much anticipation and violent scenes and bloody scenes used excessively with directors thinking the more the better, but that's not always the case. During the last twenty couple of years the best horror films and franchises include of course Scream, Scary Movie, Halloween, Night My Elm ...  Read the complete review

Scream is essentially a teenage horror flick,Wes Craven directs with Neve Campbell starring as sydney,is basicly tells the story of a girl who is pursued by a masked murder and her attempts to escape,it has a great cast of Courtny Cox Drew Barrymore and David Arquette aswell to join in the fun. Neve is quite young in this original and it ...  Read the complete review

Love it or hate it, there's no denying that Scream is one of the key Hollywood films of the 1990s. It fundamentally altered not just mainstream horror cinema, but also mainstream comedy and most every genre that features as a constant a group of teenagers doing teenage things in teenage-centric settings. Post-Scream (and Dawson's ...  Read the complete review

This review is on one of my favourite horror films, the reason I was so into this film because it was modern, and was so different to the common ideology about what horror films should be about. Im reviewing the 1996 smash hit horror "Scream", directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. For me the film revolutionised the ...  Read the complete review

When Wes Craven isn't directing Freddy Krueger and his latest horrors, he manages to ocassionally hit the nail on the head with other creations. Most of his monsters in the past have been of the scarcely-human ilk. Freddy was the perfect example of his bastardisation of the human being. However Scream gave him the opportunity to make his ...  Read the complete review

Don't Answer The Phone Don't Open The Door Don't Try To Escape. Is the Tag line for this movie and you can really see why. Wes Craven Scream has got to be one of the best horror films his ever made. Back in 1997 when I first saw this movie (underage I might add but who hasn't) I was shocked and fell in love with it. This film ...  Read the complete review

About the Film: Where to start with a review on Scream. FIrstly I should say that I DO NOT like Horror movies. This is mainly because I do not like any film that is about Dreams and you cannot kill. I however LOVED Scream. I have always counted Scream more as a Thriller / Slasher movie than a Horror film. Basically I will watch anything ...  Read the complete review

Since the large success of The Nightmare On Elm Street series Wes Craven once more cashed in on the idea of teens getting brutally murdered. The film is kick started by the infamous line "What's your favourite scary movie?" and within 5 minutes Drew Barrymore has unfortunately met the killer. Neve Campbell stars as the vulnerable Sydney ...  Read the complete review

So what’s you favourite scary movie? Scream was originally called Scary Movie, did you know that? All the best ones have a main character, don’t they? Friday 13th has Jason, nightmare on Elm Street has Freddy, Halloween has Michael and the Exorcist has Margaret Thatcher. (Not really, the poor girl in the ...  Read the complete review