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Feb 23, 2023 · That’s 15 studio-produced remakes that all came out in the decade between the release of Scream 3 and the production of Scream 4. While they aren’t all bad movies, the trend in horror of the ...
Oct 26, 2021 · Where Scream’s aim was to use the horror genre against itself, Get Out used horror to illustrate and explain aspects of modern racism.
- Aja Romano
- "Hello, Sidney"
- An Instant Hit
- That Opening Scene
- The Sequels
- Its Impact
On the one-year anniversary of her mother's death, Sidney Prescott, played by Neve Campbell, and her friends are taunted by a killer in a white mask named Ghostface. The unknown killer haunted and hunted them by asking the victims horror movie trivia over the phone, ultimately picking the people of their town of Woodsboro off one by one. The late C...
Scream was an immediate success. Even though the slasher was released the weekend before Christmas, it had legs at the box office. The film earned over $6 million in its opening weekend, but had huge momentum, earning over $9 million in its second weekend and over $10 million in its third — a feat of increase that doesn't happen much anymore. The f...
When we talk about what makes Scream signature, however, we can't fail to talk about its opening sequence. Casey, played by Drew Barrymore in a legendary wig and white cashmere sweater, is home alone and about to watch a scary movie when the phone rings and things take a turn. She is Ghostface's first victim, killed within the first 10 minutes of t...
Scream's runaway success meant a sequel was on its way: Scream 2 came out in December of 1997 and it broke the rules again. The follow-up satirized the rules of sequels: This time, Ghostface was doubling up on the kills from the first movie and trying to make a sequel. "By definition alone, they're inferior films," Randy says in Scream 2. Things we...
Following the success of Scream in 1996, the slasher genre was momentarily revived. A slew of slashers likeI Know What You Did Last Summer, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,The Faculty and Urban Legend were released soon after. It also revamped dormant franchises. The House on Haunted Hill remakeand Halloween: H20followed within the next few y...
Oct 1, 2021 · By the time Scream 4 was released in 2011, the genre once again had worn out its welcome with the onslaught of mediocre sequels and remakes. However, looking back on the estranged fourth installment of the Ghostface legacy, it has aged with a surprising amount of grace while remaining a time capsule of a bygone era.
- Sarah Truesdale
Jan 13, 2022 · Now on its fifth film, the franchise started by Wes Craven has gone from changing the language of a genre to chasing its own legacy
- Adam Nayman
Mar 9, 2023 · Eventually retitled Scream, the single movie launched a hit franchise including four theatrical releases and a television show – but after nearly twenty years, things changed in a major way ...
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Dec 20, 2016 · Entertainment. How Modern Horror Has Changed Since 'Scream' by Amy Roberts. Dec. 20, 2016. With it's witty self-awareness and sharp deconstruction of modern horror tropes, Scream was a...
