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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Dimension
Salesrank: 12787
Released: December 8, 1998 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A crowd-pleasing smash hit with a sizzling cast -- critics are calling SCREAM the hippest thriller of the year! Afer a series of mysterious deaths, a seemingly peaceful community becomes a place where no one is safe ... and everyone is suspect! That's when an offbeat group of friends rally to unlock the town's deadly secrets ... and get caught up in a lively mix of thrills, chills, and surprises! With hot stars Drew Barrymore (CHARLIE'S ANGELS), Courteney Cox (TV's FRIENDS), Neve Campbell (54), Skeet Ulrich (AS GOOD AS IT GETS), and David Arquette (BEAUTIFUL GIRLS).
Description of Scream (Dimension Collector's Series):
With the smash hit Scream, novice screenwriter Kevin Williamson and veteran horror director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) revived the moldering corpse of the teen horror picture, both creatively and commercially, by playfully acknowledging the exhausted clichés and then turning them inside out. Scream is a postmodern slasher movie, a horror film that cleverly deconstructs horror films, then reassembles the dead tissue, and (like Frankenstein's monster) creates new life. When a serial killer starts hacking up their fellow teens, the media-savvy youngsters of Scream realize that the smartest way of sticking around for the sequel is to avoid the terminal behaviors that inevitably doom supporting players in the movies. They've seen all the movies, and the rules of the genre are like second nature to them. One of the scariest/funniest setups features a kid watching John Carpenter's seminal Halloween on video. As Jamie Lee Curtis is shadowed by Michael Meyers and the kid on the couch yells at her to turn around, Craven reverses his camera and we see that the kid should be taking his own advice. The fresh-faced young cast (including Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette) is fun to watch, and their tart dialogue is sprinkled with enough archly self-conscious pop-culture references to make Quentin Tarantino blush. --Jim Emerson
Scream (Dimension Collector's Series) Reviews:
movie 5 stars dvd 1 star 
2009-11-06 - Let me say at the beginning of this review that I love this movie. As far as the movie go's this is a classic horror movie but the version that the Disney corporation has put out an ok DVD that badly needs to redone. I'll list the reason's which I have problem are listed here: this film is not enhanced for 16:9 TV's, it's not the 20 second longer director's cut with extra gore (which has only been released on laserdisc in the US and Canada) and have a second disc of extra's like the other major studios have done. So, Disney please give the fan's what they really want for once.
A SCREAMING GOOD HORROR FILM 9 OUT OF 10 
2009-10-24 - Ah, good times. I really miss these kinds of slasher films, especially in this day and age. I have seen some good slasher films this generation, but very few. In a day and age where the teens are raving about Prom Night (Unrated) (Which is still one of the ten worst films I've ever seen), you can't help but shudder and think "Why aren't they actually watching good slashers like Scream?" This is true teen horror, and it's actually pretty damn good even after thirteen years and it hasn't let up a bit. This still serves as the perfect late-night horror film.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: When two high school kids are murdered, the town of Woodsboro is shaken considerably by the horrific crime. We are then introduced to Sidney Prescott, a troubled teen whose mother was brutally murdered a year earlier. One night, when she is at home, the mysterious masked killer who killed the two students tries to kill her and her boyfriend is taken in as a suspect. Then after that incident, she stays with her best friend and her brother Dewy (Who's an amateur police officer) and her life continues to suck with people at school dressing like the killer and discrediting her story including reporter Gale Weathers (Who Sidney despises for her discrediting her testimony about who her mother's killer was). From then on, Sidney, her friends, and Gale Weathers are all pulled into this bizarre string of crimes and a plot to kill Sidney. But who is the killer? This film will leave you guessing all the way till the end thanks to its superbly written plot.
MUSIC: This film has great music, but this is no surprise considering the composer Marco Beltrami also did the music for the Underworld films. It fits the mood well and it's never boring.
ACTION: This film is very entertaining and was almost never boring. Not to mention this film is no slouch in gore factor either. This is slasher fan's dream come true and is the perfect teen horror film (Please don't watch Prom Night, for the love of God!). Another area this film succeeds in, and succeeds in well.
ACTING: Most of the actors are great (Especially main actress, Neve Campbell who delivers one of the few great female performances in horror films) Courtney Cox and David Arquette also put on great performances, and Jamie Kennedy is pretty funny and entertaining as well. However, two actors; Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Lillard drag this film down. Skeet Ulrich sounds like he's on drugs or half asleep, while Matthew Lillard over-acts and is generally not believable. For the most part, this area is good, but because of two actors this film gets dragged down.
HUMOR: Believe it or not, this film actually has quite a bit of humor in it aside from the gruesome violence. Jamie Kennedy is the main person behind the humor for his main character's extensive knowledge of horror film cliches and what not to do in a horror situation. The other actors are also pretty funny for their witty dialogue and they actually make you believe that they are teenagers.
OVERALL: Looking for a great slasher? Great, look no further. Scream is a great film that definitely should be in every horror fan's collection and should be the film a teenager should be watching instead of the God-awful Prom Night remake. It has a smart plot, a great sense of humor, fun facts about big-name horror classics, pokes fun at horror film cliches, and has great actors as well. This is a definite must-have.
THE GOOD: A superb plot, great acting, great music, a good sense of humor, and horror film fun facts.
THE BAD: Two actors suck badly.
"Do You Want to Play Psycho Killer?"
2009-10-13 - The town of Woodsboro is being haunted by a series of brutal murders. But the focus seems to be Sidney Prescott (Never Campbell). But this isn't your normal serial killer. Instead, the killer has been influenced by the horror movies he or she has watched over the years. Disguised with a Ghostface mask, the killer calls and daunts the victim before arriving to slice and dice.
While most of the high school takes it as a joke, Sidney is taking it seriously. But who around her might be the killer. Maybe it's reporter Gail Weathers (Courtney Cox) looking for her next story. What about film geek Randy (Jamie Kennedy). Boyfriend Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) is a suspect, so that makes him innocent, right? Then again, any of these people might become the next victim. Will knowing the rules of the horror genre help them make it out alive?
Okay, so this is so NOT my normal genre of film. And yes, it definitely earns its R rating with brutal violence and horrid language. But I have always had a fascination with the genre, so when this movie became a surprise hit, I wound up checking it out. And the mystery fan in me loved it. The clues and red herrings are everywhere. However, the jump factor had me going from the start as well. Yes, I jump quite easily. My roommate used to laugh at me watching this film, in fact.
The thing that sets this apart from other slasher films is that we actually do get to know some of the victims before they die. These aren't just the stock characters you'd normally find, but real people.
Okay, so the other thing that set it apart is the humor. These characters know they are in a horror fan and talk about how to make it out alive. Of course, convention is thrown on its head (at times). But that wink at the audience as it attempts to scare us silly adds to the fun.
While most slasher movies still don't entertain me, I keep coming back and watching this franchise. If you want your scares with a post modern edge, this is the place to turn.
Yes....I think it's worth 5 stars
2009-10-03 - I'm sure in this day and age it's appropriate to give "Scream" less than 5 stars. Plenty of folks will say how "unoriginal" the movie is, or how it's just a rip-off of a bunch of 80's flicks......and I say Bull***t.
"Scream" jump started the horror movie genre in the 1990's. Without "Scream" we woudn't have flicks like "I Know Whay You Did Last Summer" or "Urban Legend". Without "Scream" we might not have "Inside" or "Martyrs". Sure "Scream" ushered in the 90's version of slasher flickes, but it also ushered in an era of self referential horror films. Wes Craven was able to poke fun of the genre he helped create....and the "Scream" audience was in on the joke.
So many horror films since "Scream" have come to rely on the horror converntions set forth in "Scream" that it actually feels original.
"Scream" is meant to be fun, the cast, and the soundtrack both indicate that this is a fun film, not to be taken too seriously. If you've seen "Terror Train" or "Prom Night" or "Hell Night" than you are the target audience for "Scream", as an homage to 80's horror, you won't find a better film. It plays on the viewer's recollection of Jamie Lee Curtis' early film work, and updating the horror genre beyond what is found in the latest "Halloween". If you are a fan of 80's horror this is a must see.
Even if you don't like horror/slasher movies..... 
2009-09-13 - You will like Scream. In my late teens and twenties, I stopped going to see the slasher movies of that era
because they were plotless, had gratuitous violence and gave me nightmares. So I was reluctant to see Scream. I waited until it came out on video tape (Yeah, its been that long) however I enjoyed it and didn't feel scared because of the tongue in cheek nature of the film and the funny moments that lessen the shock of the violence But , the suspense kept me on the edge of my seat and the twists and turns keep you guessing who is the killer and why are they trying to kill Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell). The revelation of the killers was surprising, since it seemed that someone older was doing the killings.
Since I enjoyed Scream I made it a point to see Scream 2 in the theater, followed by Scream 3. I recently read the filming of Scream 4 began this Summer. I wonder if Sidney, Gale and Dewey will finally be killed off?
I am going to order the trilogy on DVD since I don't own any of the series in this format.
