The first modern slasher movie classic, which, for better or worse, reinvented the horror genre and spawned two sequels (with a third currently in production) and numerous sub-par imitations.
Combining a cute awareness of horror movie logic and a sexy young cast, this scary tale of small-town America finds a fright-masked knife maniac stalking high-school students in the so-far uneventful town of Woodsboro. At first they're more thrilled than frightened, but tensions rise with the body count while the resourceful killer homes in on the vulnerable but no-so-defenceless Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell).
Directed by horror movie maestro Wes Craven, this is a slasher movie like none other, mixing irony, black comedy and genuinely scary moments to create a truly original take on a genre that had grown stale.
Scream is a Film programme that first aired in 1996 and has been classified a 18 certificate.
