Scream

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R,1hr 50min

Genres:

Comedy,Documentary

Release:

1996

Distributor:

Walt Disney Video

Starring:

Liev Schreiber, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox ... More

Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis

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	Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY A deft, funny, shrewdly unsettling tribute to such slasher-exploitation thrillers as "Terror Train," "New Year's Evil," and Craven's own "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Read Review Metascore ^® from metacritic.com 65 Generally favorable reviews out of 100 Based on 10 critic reviews

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	Neve Campbell Sidney Prescott Courteney Cox Gale Weathers David Arquette Deputy Dewey Riley, Dewey Riley Henry Winkler Principal Himbry

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