As Sidney is checking to see that Billy is dead, Randy reveals he is injured but still alive, crediting it to the fact that he is a virgin. Also injured but still alive, Billy gets up and punches Randy to the floor. He begins to choke Sidney to death, trying to stab her as well, before being shot down by Gale. Randy, now back on his feet, warns Sidney and Gale that -according to horror movie law- he'll "come back to life" for one last scare.
To their surprise, Billy opens his eyes and makes a grunt, only to be shot in the head by Sidney right after, finally killing him. Sidney's father comes out of the closet due to the commotion. Sidney unties him, and Randy assists her. Dewey, who also appears to have been killed, is then shown being carried away on a gurney. Gale then makes an impromptu report on the events of the previous night as the authorities finally arrive on the crime scene and the movie comes to a close A signature device, started in Scream and continued in Scream 2 and Scream 3 , was the typical "rules" for the slasher subgenre of horror movies being stated by the characters.
In Scream , those rules as described by Randy are:. The film features numerous in-jokes and references to other horror projects. The victims in Scream are quite self-aware: they each make clear their familiarity with, and poke fun at, teen slasher and horror flicks, which sets up their fairly ironic responses to the film's situations. In the audio commentary for the DVD, Craven says that he almost took out the line where Casey Becker says the first A Nightmare on Elm Street was good but the rest sucked, because he thought it would make him seem egotistical.
However, it was pointed out to him that he had co-written the third film and also wrote and directed the seventh. A Nightmare on Elm Street is also referenced in the high school janitor. Fred, played by Craven, wears an outfit resembling Freddy Krueger's. Later in the film, Tatum tells Sidney that she is "sounding like a Wes Carpenter flick", a fictional name created from compounding the names Wes Craven and John Carpenter co-producer of the first three installments in the Halloween film series, co-writer of the first two, and director of the first.
At one point Billy sneaks into Sidney's room through her window, startling her, in a way that quotes Glen sneaking into Nancy's room in A Nightmare on Elm Street. The similarity between the scenes is emphasized by the physical resemblance Skeet Ulrich , who plays Billy's character, bears to the young Johnny Depp, who played Glen's character.
In addition to its director, Halloween is referenced many times throughout the film. When Ghostface asked Casey what's her favorite scary movie and she told Halloween , when Casey's parents come home and see that something is wrong, her father says to her mother, "Drive down to the Mackenzie", which is a quote from Halloween.
During the party scene, Randy Meeks , Stu Macher and the other party - goers are watching the horror film. They watch many famous scenes such as Michael Myers murdering Bob, as well as Laurie Strode discovering her friend's dead bodies scattered in the bedroom. The song that Billy puts on when he and Sidney are making out in her room is a cover version of "Don't Fear the Reaper" which was featured in Halloween in the scene where Laurie and Annie are driving to their babysitting jobs.
Billy's surname, Loomis, is the same as that of Donald Pleasence's character in Halloween , which in turn was the name of Marion Crane's lover in Psycho. Referring to Crane's similar premature murder, Robin Wood writes of the "alienation effect" of the killing of the "apparent center of the film. As Stu and Billy reveal themselves to Sidney as the killers, they stand head to head, echoing a famous still photo from the film The Thing With Two Heads When Casey Drew Barrymore is dragged across the lawn by her murderer it strongly resembles a scene from Dementia Many films are briefly mentioned during a scene in which Billy and Stu visit Randy at work at a video store.
Frankenstein is showing on the monitors. During the party scene, the partygoers are struggling with which movie to watch. Clerks is seen as a videotape on top of a television. During the party scene, when Billy arrives, Randy exclaims "What's Leatherface doing here? Leatherface is the antagonist in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In addition to mentioning several horror films throughout the film, many minor characters were portrayed by actors that have worked with Wes Craven before and have also appeared in prominent horror films.
For example, Linda Blair, who played Regan in The Exorcist , also plays the obnoxious reporter who approaches Sidney when she first returns to school. Frances Lee McCain, playing Mrs. Riley, also played the part of Billy's mother, Lynn Peltzer, in 's Gremlins. Scream is very much aware that it is a movie, and has fun with this. During the opening scene, Casey discusses movies, sequels, and trivia with the killer on the phone.
Randy seems almost unable to tell the difference between a movie world and his own world. He constantly compares what is going on to situations in horror films, and at one point even says: "If this was a scary movie, I would be the main suspect. Billy also comments that life is just "one big movie.
Only you can't pick your genre. Most notable of all, the climactic scene of the film revolves around the characters watching the movie Halloween , unaware that they themselves are being watched on a hidden camera with a time delay. At one point Randy played by Jamie Kennedy yells at the movie: "Look behind you, Jamie", unaware that there is also a killer behind him. Kenny watches this from inside the news van, and also yells: "Behind you, kid.
The result is a movie character Kenny watching what the hidden camera in the room shows, giving advice to another movie character Randy , also watching a movie, also giving advice to a movie character in the movie he's watching.
In addition to this, the movie features cameos, such as Linda Blair and Henry Winkler and general references to Hollywood figures, such as Sharon Stone and Richard Gere. The Richard Gere scene mentions the well-known gerbil urban legend. Craven stated that he received calls from agents telling him that if he leaves that scene in, he would never work again.
It peaked at number 3 in the U. The film's success made it the highest grossing slasher movie as of The reaction to Scream was generally very positive amongst film reviewers, who appreciated the shift from the teen slasher films of the s and their "endless series of laborious, half-baked sequels.
Roger Ebert appreciated "the in-jokes and the self-aware characters", but was confused over whether the level of violence was "defused by the ironic way the film uses it and comments on it? Not even horror fans who can answer all this film's knowing trivia questions may be fully comfortable with such an exploitative mix. The film ranks nd on Empire magazine's list of the greatest movies of all time. Trivia The party scene near the end of the film runs forty-two minutes long.
It was shot over the course of twenty-one days from the time the sun set to the time it rose. The cast and crew jokingly called it "The longest night in horror history. Goofs at around 1h 14 mins When Gale Weathers leaves the cameraman in the back of the truck she is heard to say "I'll be right back", but her lips say something like "keep watching". Quotes Stu : Did you really call the police?
Crazy credits Henry Winkler, who played Principal Himbry, was asked to go uncredited because the producers did not want to detract any attention from the younger, lesser known actors. User reviews 1K Review. Top review. Thrilling, refreshing horror tale. Watching this film for the first time in the basement of a four story house, with no-one else in was the perfect setting for this film.
From the very first scene I was gripped and I could not wait for the climax to discover the murderer and his motives. The script was extremely original, as they had purposely set out to parodie the typical slasher style movie.
It was written in a way that deceived and tricked and had you jumping out of your seats but also laughing at the paradoxical black humour. For anyone looking for a good horror film with a twist, you won't find a better one than Scream. Overall I give it 9. FAQ 5. Is "Scream" based on a book? Why is having a cell phone suspicious?
Who killed whom? Details Edit. Release date December 20, United States. United States. Official Facebook Official site. Scary Movie. Dimension Films Woods Entertainment. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 51 minutes. The Ghostface Killer may have many identities across the four installments, with a fifth on the horizon for a January release, but one thing always stays the same: Sid relives her trauma, and fights back. Original leads Campbell, David Arquette as gullible cop Dewey Riley, and Courteney Cox as reporter Gail Weathers have appeared in the whole franchise , spanning two decades.
This will be the first follow-up that Craven has not directed as the auteur died in I loved the man very much.
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