Production Details
Scream, 1996, USA.
Directed by Wes Craven
Screenplay by Kevin Williamson
Filming Locations: Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Sonoma and Tomales (California) + Our visit to the locations
Runtime: 111 minutes
Working Title: Scary Movie
Budget: $15 million
Filming Dates: April 15, 1996 – June 8, 1996
Release Date: December 20, 1996
Opening Weekend: $6.35 million (across 1,413 screens)
Total Gross (Worldwide): $173 million
Official Site: Dimension Films
Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott)
Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers)
David Arquette (Dwight “Dewey” Riley)
Jamie Kennedy (Randy Meeks)
Liev Schreiber (Cotton Weary)
Drew Barrymore (Casey Becker)
Rose McGowan (Tatum Riley)
Skeet Ulrich (Billy Loomis)
Matthew Lillard (Stuart Macher)
Roger Jackson (The Voice)
Kevin Patrick Walls (Steven Orth)
Joseph Whipp (Sheriff Burke)
W. Earl Brown (Kenny)
Lawrence Hecht (Neil Prescott)
David Booth (Mr. Becker)
Carla Hatley (Mrs. Becker)
Frances Lee McCain (Mrs. Riley)
Lisa Beach (Reporter)
Linda Blair (Reporter)
Wes Craven (Fred, The Janitor)
Henry Winkler (Principal Himbry)
Produced by: Stuart M. Besser, Dixie J. Capp, Cathy Konrad, Marianne Maddalena, Nicholas Mastandrea, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Cary Woods.
Music by: Marco Beltrami.
Director of Photography: Mark Irwin.
Prop Master: John ‘J.P.’ Jones.
Editor: Patrick Lussier.
Still Photographer: David Moir
Company: Dimension Films.
MTV Movie Awards (1997): Best Movie
Saturn Award (1997): Best Movie
Saturn Award (1997): Neve Campbell/Best Actress
Saturn Award (1997): Kevin Williamson/Best Writer
Rules for Surviving a Horror Movie
“There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie. For instance: Number one, you can never have sex. Big no-no! Big no-no! Sex equals death, okay? Number two, you can never drink or do drugs. The sin factor! It’s a sin. It’s an extension of number one. And number three: Never, ever, ever, under any circumstances say, ‘I’ll be right back,’ because you won’t be back.” – Randy Meeks
Plot Overview
Woodsboro, a quiet town in California, is gripped by terror. A masked killer is systematically targeting the local teens, using horror movie tropes as his twisted inspiration. To survive, the residents must follow the unwritten rules of the genre.
At the center of the chaos is Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), a high school student facing more than just the usual teenage troubles. As the anniversary of her mother’s tragic murder approaches, Sidney finds herself the primary target of the killer. Adding to her distress, her boyfriend Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) is pressuring her to take their relationship to the next level, and a sensationalist tabloid reporter, Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), returns to Woodsboro determined to uncover the secrets surrounding the murders—no matter what it takes, even if it means digging into Sidney’s painful past.
Sidney’s only comfort comes from her close-knit circle of friends: the feisty Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan), her boyfriend Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard), the horror-savvy Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy), and the well-meaning but clumsy Deputy Dewey Riley (David Arquette). But as the body count rises and secrets unravel, solving the mystery may prove as deadly as the killer’s blade.
Solving this mystery is going to be murder.
