Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
- high school
- small town
- california
- riddle
- killing
- halloween
- house party
- serial killer
- school
- slasher
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Neve Campbell
Sidney Prescott
Skeet Ulrich
Billy Loomis
Rose McGowan
Tatum Riley
Matthew Lillard
Stu Macher
- Courteney Cox — Gale Weathers
- David Arquette — Dewey Riley
- Jamie Kennedy — Randy Meeks
- W. Earl Brown — Kenny Brown
- Joseph Whipp — Sheriff Burke
- Liev Schreiber — Cotton Weary
- Drew Barrymore — Casey Becker
- Roger L. Jackson — 'The Voice' (voice)
- Kevin Patrick Walls — Steven Orth
- David Booth — Casey's Father
- Carla Hatley — Casey's Mother
- Directed
- Wes Craven
- Written
- Kevin Williamson
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 8,198 ratings
- Studio
- Dimension Films, Woods Entertainment
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1996 · You’re hereScream
Where it starts.
Scream 2
1997
Scream 3
2000
Scream 4
2011
Scream
2022
Scream VI
2023
Scream 7
2026
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
