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Courteney Cox Reflects on ‘Scream’ Legacy and Her Future in the Franchise (Exclusive)
Here's the link, https://www.etonline.com/courteney-c...lOxk3dyKiceLL4

atwoodsmariano

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‘Ever After’ and 9 More Iconic Drew Barrymore Movies
'Scream' (1996)
In the quiet town of Woodsboro, California, high schooler Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and her friends are terrorized by a masked serial killer known as Ghostface. While local law enforcement is baffled by the series of brutal murders, the body count continues to rise, leading Sidney to realize that the killer is someone she knows.

According to Screen Rant, director Wes Craven had wanted to move away from the horror genre and originally passed on directing Scream, but when he heard an established actress like Barrymore had signed on at her request, Craven convinced himself that the movie would be different from his previous work. Barrymore may only have a minor role, but her chilling performance and character archetype became a significant staple in reviving the slasher genre.
Here's the link, https://collider.com/best-drew-barry...scream-39-1996

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10 Great Movies That Saved Their Genres
Scream
Revived the Slasher Movie
Although they were popular in the '80s, slasher movies overstayed their welcome and gave the horror genre a bad name. The slasher formula was so ubiquitous that slasher movies became derivative, repetitive, and increasingly subpar. Scream fixed this by brutally deconstructing these clichés while still being a terrifying thriller.

Scream's biggest contribution to its genre and pop culture wasn't flipping slasher conventions upside down, but popularizing the meta horror subgenre. These days, slashers need to be at least a bit self-aware to be taken seriously. Even non-horror movies adopted Scream's breaking of the fourth wall, to varying degrees of success.
Here's the link, https://www.cbr.com/best-movies-save...up=1#gladiator

Butterfly85

I did love how Scream came in and was very unique and its own thing. Especially making so many references to other horror movies and cliches. It was also different to just have a regular person be the killer, not some zombie or demon that can never be killed and goes on living forever. Unfortunately, they fell victim to the same thing other horror movies do: Beating a dead horse and continuing to force pointless sequels SMH. They should of stopped at Scream 3, but they can NEVER just let it be.

atwoodsmariano

Yup very true with how it was a satire of the genre

No other movie had really done that before

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10 Best Dark Comedies of the 1990s, Ranked
Scream
Horror master Wes Craven's Scream is a masterful blend of horror and self-aware humor. This film cleverly deconstructs and plays with the tropes and conventions of the slasher genre, making it a meta-commentary on horror films themselves. By subverting expectations and injecting moments of self-referential comedy, it not only delivers tension, scares, and violence but also manages to provide a layer of dark humor.

This unique approach, along with its iconic Ghostface killer and memorable characters, contributed to Scream becoming a defining horror movie of the '90s, known for its ability to simultaneously terrify and amuse audiences.
Here's the link, https://movieweb.com/dark-comedy-movies-1990s/#scream