Scream (film)

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Scream is a film from the United States by Wes Craven. It was released in 1996. The actors in the film include David Arquette, Drew Barrymore and Neve Campbell. The film is a mix of styles being a slasher, horror and comody. The theme song for the film is "Red Right Hand" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

[edit] Plot

A young woman is stalked by a killer wearing a mask. She tries to find out who the killer is and learns secrets about the town. Along the way the characters also talk about how the events would usually be shown in a slasher horror film. This is the source of the comody.

[edit] Impact

The film was very sucessful. People who judge films liked it ([1], [2], [3], [4]) and two other films were made in the series. Scream 2 was released in 1997 and Scream 3 was released in 2000.

After this success many other films copying Scream's style were also released including I Know What You Did Last Summer.


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