Scream Reaction
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In the movie Sydney mentions a “Meg Ryan movie” at ( 1: 13: 20) movie count. According to vanity fair magazine, Meg Ryan is the rom-com queen, on the top 42 best rom-coms list, she as the #1, #2 & #16 movies on the list. (#1. When Harry Met Sally (1989). #2. You’ve Got Mail (1998). #16. Sleepless In Seattle (1993).
Dave Walker
2025-04-20 22:34:50 +0000 UTCScary movie
Kris Homeniuk
2024-10-29 19:07:27 +0000 UTCFirst, let me say just how much I enjoy your reactions, especially to horror movies. You all crack me up with your hiding, screaming, and grabbing each other's arms or hands. Although I would probably not want to be in a cinema with you watching one of these! LOL. This one of my all time favorite horror movies because it is a love song to all its predecessors. There are over 30 references to older horror/slasher/thriller movies in Scream. Heida's "novel" below covers many aspects of these with the references to other movies and directors. Here are a few more tid-bits: David Warner, who plays the director for the play Cassandra, was in The Omen. He was the photographer in The Omen who meets a terrible end. Sort of a "pane in the neck" end. The first reporter on the scene at the high school is Linda Blair, who was the actress that played Regan McNeill in The Exorcist. The sheriff was in Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm St as a deputy sheriff. I still say the intro of this movie is one of the best intros of a horror movie ever. It ramps up the tension nicely and has the added twist of killing off the supposed "star" of the movie. No one expected that. I can't wait to see your other reactions!
Jeffrey Roberts
2024-10-25 01:53:50 +0000 UTCGreat reaction, great Movie, I had fun with you Munchies, thanks. My suggestion is Frankenhooker, 1990 ‧ Horror/Comedy ‧ 1h 25m. and don't forget Fright Night, 1985. Good night.
Ervin Cortez
2024-10-19 05:49:55 +0000 UTCThe Blair Witch Project (1999) next, then Scary Movie (2000) 🤠
Daryl
2024-10-18 21:09:17 +0000 UTCLove your reactions. Still a couple more horror movies to go until you hopefully watch "Scary Movie"(2000) 😁
Francisco
2024-10-17 07:42:21 +0000 UTCYes, a lot of references to that one too.
Cornelius P. Stranglefart, Attorney at Law D.D.S.
2024-10-16 18:08:31 +0000 UTCI think so, but they should probably watch "I Know What You Did Last Summer" beforehand.
Brandon
2024-10-16 17:17:22 +0000 UTCIt was amazing. I didn’t know the twist, so I was pleasantly surprised to him act that way. Though he was crazy it was similar to his goofy character in the Scooby doo movies.
Nathaniel
2024-10-16 15:15:58 +0000 UTCThe actress who played the reporter and the actor who played Dewey were married from 1999 to 2013. The reporter, played by Courtney Cox, was Monica in Friends. Friends is one of the most successful sitcoms in the history of television.
BaNkR17
2024-10-16 09:46:41 +0000 UTC"Millennium" means one thousand years. When they were talking about it, it's because 1996 was close to the second millennium. I guess it's because entering a new millennium was a big deal. I was 5 when this movie came out, so I'm not sure. We "millennials" are called that because the oldest of us became adults around the year 2000. The adults who played the teens in this movie were "Gen X," the generation right before millennials, because millennials are "Gen Y."
BaNkR17
2024-10-16 08:48:28 +0000 UTCI enjoy the whole thing for the 90s nostalgia, but your opinion is right too
BaNkR17
2024-10-16 08:39:51 +0000 UTCExcept for the first 10 minutes and last 10 minutes, I find this movie boring.
Imperial Mort
2024-10-16 06:44:17 +0000 UTCHey girls! If you're interested in reading an essay I have some fun facts/interesting details you may have missed for you! Writer Kevin Williamson, who has co-created/written popular teen dramas like Dawson's Creek and The Vampire Diaries, had previously written an adaptation of Lois Duncan's novel I Know What You Did Last Summer in the early 1990s but no studio was interested in it, as slasher movies were considered dead at the time (no pun intended). He then got the inspiration for Scream when a news story about Gainesville Ripper came up, which involved the murders of 5 college students (the character of Cotton Weary was even inspired by the wrongful arrest of a young student). He whipped out the 120 page screenplay for Scream in about 48 hours while listening to the soundtrack for Halloween for more inspiration. When Scream became a major box office hit, he offered his I Know What You Did Last Summer script to Columbia Pictures, who immediately bought it and green-lit its production. Scream's success is credited for bringing back slashers. The Ghostface mask is based on a few things: the painting "Scream" by Edvard Munch, the characters on the cover of the Pink Floyd album The Wall and the ghostly characters that appeared in the 1930s Betty Boop cartoon. It was first developed for novelty stores during the Halloween season between 1991 and 1992 by Fun World employee Brigitte Sleiertin as part of a series titled "Fantastic Faces", the mask itself known as "The Peanut-Eyed Ghost". It was producer Marianne Maddalena who discovered the mask while inside a house during location scouting for the movie and brought it to the attention of director Wes Craven, who tried to obtain the rights to use it and change it up a bit. The final design was approved and Fun World licensing director R.J. Torbert was given the honour of naming the mask, which ended up being Ghostface because he felt it looked like a "ghost in pain". The design and title are owned by Fun World. Also, although it's usually referred to as GF, the costume is actually called "Father Death". Dewey brings a costume in the labelled package into the police station after Sidney is first attacked. Drew Barrymore (Casey, who gets killed in the beginning), the most well-known actor in the cast at the time, was originally cast as Sidney, but then insisted that if she played Casey, a victim in just the opening scene alone, it would make the audience think anything could happen. Sidney was then re-cast (with Neve Campbell) but Drew was still credited as the lead and was front and center on the poster to mislead the audience. Absolutely brilliant marketing and it's all thanks to Drew. Drew Barrymore and Neve Campbell were actually talking to Roger Jackson, the voice of the killer, on the phone during those scenes but they did not meet him until after they shot the movie. In fact none of the cast met him until after. Director Wes Craven thought that would be better to bring out the reactions he needed from everyone when they heard the voice. At one point during the filming of the opening scene, somebody forgot to unplug the phone that Casey used to try and call the cops. This resulted in real 911 operators hearing Drew Barrymore screaming for her life on the other end and the crew were contacted by the police who thought it was real. Dewey was supposed to die from the stab wound to the back. Wes Craven filmed the scene at the end where Dewey is alive and being taken to the hospital, just in case he changed his mind about killing him. The screen test audience loved the character so much that he decided to have him survive. If you watch closely during the part where Gale is knocked out by Billy, you can see that Dewey is not breathing when Gale lands on him because he was supposed to be dead. There are quite a few ad-libs in the movie, mainly by Matthew Lillard (Stu). His line "I always had a thing for ya, Sid!" and Sidney's response "In your dreams!" were ad-libbed by Matthew and Neve Campbell. Matthew also ad-libbed the line "My mom and dad are going to be so mad at me" and "Houston, we have a problem". Kenny's response "My name is not Jesus" to Gail when she says "Jesus! The camera-hurry!" was ad-libbed by W. Earl Brown. When the phone slips out of Billy's hand and hits Stu's head, it was completely unintentional. Skeet Ulrich's (Billy) hands were so slippery due to the fake blood (which was in fact corn syrup). Director Wes Craven kept it in because of Matthew's reaction. At a 2023 Fan Expo featuring some of the original cast members, he comedically said that Skeet never apologised for the incident, which the latter finally did then and hugged him. When Sidney comes out of the closet in the costume with the mask and stabs Billy with an umbrella, the stuntman accidentally hit Skeet Ulrich in the chest the second time. Skeet has metal wiring beneath the skin from open-heart surgery he had as a child, which causes him intense pain if it's struck or has pressure applied to it, so his reaction was genuine. Wes Craven kept it in because of its authenticity. Rose McGowan (Tatum) not only fit through the pet door, she was so small that she kept falling out and they had to nail her shirt to the inside of the garage door. Also, when filming the scene, she told the producers she couldn't scream. She managed to make a few screams and, according to her, it was even her idea to have Tatum scream for her mother before she died. Principal Himbry's murder was just an excuse to get all the guests at the party to leave. It wasn't initially in the script though. It was only added after producer Bob Weinstein noticed that there was a long time since anyone died. Kevin Williamson felt it was essential for the audience to learn the killers' motives but he also felt it was potentially scarier if they had none. Opinions were split and as there were two killers, he decided to do both: Billy had a motive while Stu had none. The scene where the killer is sneaking up behind Randy is the only one where the person in the costume is actually one of the actors rather than a stuntman. Skeet Ulrich specifically asked if he could wear the costume for one scene. When the killer smashes his head through a window and Casey hits him in the face with the phone, Wes Craven is actually wearing the costume and was really hit in the face. It was also Wes Craven's idea for Casey to take the killer's mask off before he kills her. After the bathroom attack, there was a scene in the script where Sidney bursts into the principal's office and reports the incident, crying for help. Although the scene was not included in the final cut, it explains why he decided to suspend the lessons and dismiss the students. The high school scenes were to be shot at Santa Rosa High School in California. However, very close to the shooting date, the school board read the script and didn't want it to be shot there due to the violent nature, as they had been under the impression the movie was a comedy, and production was moved to Healdsburg, California. As payback, director Wes Craven put in the end credits under the "Special Thanks" section "NO THANKS WHATSOEVER TO THE SANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD". The term "Scary Movie" is mentioned 5 times, which is what Scream was originally going to be called. It was even later used for a parody movie franchise of this movie and other horror movies, such as Halloween, Friday the 13th, The Exorcist, The Shining, The Sixth Sense and I Know What You Did Last Summer. At one point when discussing who would play her in a movie, Dewey says he sees Sidney as a young Meg Ryan. She replies with "With my luck, it would be Tori Spelling", who was actually considered for the role of Sidney. David Arquette (Dewey) and Matthew Lillard (Stu) were initially considered for the role of Billy before being eventually cast as Dewey and Stu (David was also considered for the role of Stu). Courteney Cox (Gale) and David Arquette started dating after meeting on set of this movie and eventually got married in 1999. They had a daughter in 2004 but sadly separated in 2010 and divorced in 2013. The use of caller ID increased more than threefold after the release of this movie. Horror movie and other references/cameos: The opening 12 minutes with Casey pay homage to When a Stranger Calls, one of Wes Craven's favourite horror movies. Obviously a lot of references to Halloween. One is that Billy's last name is Loomis, as in Dr. Sam Loomis, who was Michael Myers' psychiatrist. At the beginning when Casey's parents come home, her dad tells her mum to "go to the McKenzies", which is the same thing the main character says to the kids she's babysitting. There's even a subtle joke when Randy is shouting at the TV for Jamie (the actress) to turn around while watching the movie, not only because the killer is behind him, but also because the actor's real name is Jamie (Kennedy). Therefore he's telling himself to turn around at the same time. Also, Tatum's "This is starting to sound like one of those Wes Carpenter flicks", which is a mashup of Wes Craven and John Carpenter who directed Halloween. There are some refences to A Nightmare on Elm Street, also directed by Wes Craven. He even makes a cameo as Fred, the janitor and is wearing the same kind of sweater Freddy Krueger wears. At the beginning, Billy climbs through Sidney's bedroom window just like Johnny Depp's character did to his girlfriend. Tatum wears a #10 jersey shirt, the same kind of shirt Johnny's character wore (Rose McGowan admitted in an interview years later that she was completely unaware of it). And in the original scene when Sidney is putting out a distress call to the online 911 system, she types out her address which is "34 Elm Street", but it was cut for time. Linda Blair who plays the daughter (Regan) in The Exorcist makes a cameo as the reporter asking Sidney what it feels like to be "almost brutally butchered", followed by "People want to know, they have a right to know". It's even funnier when you remember that earlier Billy says he was watching The Exorcist where "all the good stuff was cut out". Also, she's wearing cross earrings. Billy's "We all go a little mad sometimes" is said by Norman Bates (played by Anthony Perkins) in Psycho. When principal Himbry opens the closet, actor Henry Winkler's black leather Fonzie jacket from the show Happy Days is hanging in it. Also, when he turns and scares himself in the mirror, he begins to fix his hair like he did on the show. Foreshadowing: In the opening scene there is a shot of Casey's house that shows a rope swing in the tree outside. Later when Casey is killed, her body is hanging from the tree using the ropes from that very rope swing. The killer asks Casey to guess which of the two doors to her house he is hiding behind and ahe seems to guess wrong. However, since there were two killers, it was actually a trick question, because whichever door she chose, one of the killers would get her. During the scene with Sidney, Tatum and Stu by the locker, Stu can be seen in the background using a mirror. He may have been doing this to check for any possible bumps or bruises after taking part in the attacks on Sidney and Casey the previous two nights. When Sidney comes home after school, turns off the TV and walks by the closet, a creaking noise is very noticeably heard from inside, foreshadowing that she is not home alone and that the killer is already in the house. Randy correctly identifies Billy and Stu as the killers. He accuses Stu at the beginning when all the kids are at school talking about the murders and then he accuses Billy in the video store. At the beginning of the scene where Billy and Sidney have sex, Billy can seen looking at the door, making sure it's open for when Stu arrives later. This was Skeet Ulrich's idea.
Heida
2024-10-16 06:24:41 +0000 UTCI don't normally pop-up to voice a movie offering, but in keeping with the scares theme for this month the ladies could return to Amity Island for JAWS 2... as it's been almost a year and just about the time when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
S_Vive
2024-10-16 03:09:55 +0000 UTCYeah, Lan has a point... As the beverage of the night was supposedly running low, Tatum went to the garage on a beer-run. Only she never returned with more beers, and with one or more hours passing nobody realized that the beer hadn't been replenished and went to get more.
S_Vive
2024-10-16 02:56:45 +0000 UTCAbsolutely, its like a bonus for watching the original film
Ryan Alexander
2024-10-16 02:38:15 +0000 UTCI came looking for your comment 😂
Cornelius P. Stranglefart, Attorney at Law D.D.S.
2024-10-16 02:17:13 +0000 UTCI gotta know what you thought about his performance.
Cornelius P. Stranglefart, Attorney at Law D.D.S.
2024-10-16 02:09:04 +0000 UTCLan..is..back... in time for the group's heart attack! Saw this when it released, but only once and was not much into it. But watching it with Hella, Tien, and Lan is sure to be a better viewing experience this time around.
S_Vive
2024-10-16 00:46:21 +0000 UTCNow Scary Movie(2000) can be on the list. "Wazzup!" Lol
Manospondylus
2024-10-16 00:46:16 +0000 UTCNot a scary film, but still a fun watch regardless. 28 days later (2002) time? ;)
Gadvance
2024-10-15 23:55:54 +0000 UTC“Peer pressure. I’m far too sensitive” ~
Proto Type
2024-10-15 22:59:26 +0000 UTCMy boy Shaggy. Let’s go. Never seen this movie so I’m excited. However, I know Mathew lillard is in it and I love him as shaggy.
Nathaniel
2024-10-15 22:49:17 +0000 UTCGreat reaction. I really loved how The Munchies were trying to solve the murders. Scream just isn't a horror movie. It's a SLASHER movie. A slasher is a film in which a killer(s) hunts a kills a group of people, usually with something sharp. But Scream just isn't a Slasher, it's a Meta-Slasher. It takes all the movies that have come before it and makes its own mystery. Even the characters in the film seem to be aware they are in a horror movie. Now you have to watch ALL the movies that were referenced in this film.
Steven Roy
2024-10-15 22:19:56 +0000 UTCoh man, i was hoping for this :))))
JessDMorgan
2024-10-15 19:21:51 +0000 UTCGreat film to react to! Love the Halloween makeup
Henry N.
2024-10-15 18:46:26 +0000 UTC
