Matthew Lillard is a fucking legend. That is all.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Scream was released in 1996, the same year during which I found myself briefly traumatized from seeing one (or ten) too many horror films.
I absolutely had to see Scream because the cast was pretty awesome and I loved Drew. So i rented it, popped it in the VCR and spent basically the entire duration hiding in the next room, completely shit-baked.
When Wes Craven isn't making crap like 'They' and 'My Soul to Take', the man is a friggin' genius. Scream gave new life to the world of horror, which was in dire need of something fresh.
I could watch this a hundred times over, and never get bored. It's witty, bloody, clever and filled with memorable deaths. Plus, let's face it- it was GREAT trying to guess who was responsible for the body count :P

It works thanks to its terrific breakdown of horror movie tropes and its examination of a youth culture desensitized to violence and, in a more general sense, reality.

I don't know what it is about this film, but I just think it's perfect.

This was one of my favourite filmgoing experiences ever! I dragged along a friend who hates scary movies by assuring her that it wouldn't be frightening at all. Were we ever shocked when we spent the whole Drew Barrymore sequence screaming out loud along with the rest of the theatre (including a row of frat-type guys in front of us). The movie doesn't scare me any more and unfortunately it spawned a string of crap teen "horror" movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer but at the time it was released, Scream was a truly original and fun movie.

Nineties comedy with bad acting v's stiff nips.

In the hands of horror master Wes craven 'Scream' ticks all the boxes, funny and scary in equal measure with a genuinely clever plot that will have you ( even on subsequent screenings )guessing til the end the identity of the killer.
Oh and Courtney Cox finds her true cinematic home.

Often imitated but never bettered, Scream is, with the possible exception of Psycho, the best horror movie of all time.
It's difficult to appreciate now the impact it had upon release, horror wasn't the genre it is now and was in the 80s, Scream was like a breath of fresh air, or rather a knife through the stomach.
It's witty, it's frightening, it's got a great cast, it conformed to none of the cliches associated with horror at the time and it's brilliant.
Yes, it's played for laughs in part but the opening scene in particular is pur and utter terror.
Scream stands as the movie which brought horror back from the dead.

This movie scared the shit out of me as a kid. Why did my parents let me watch these?

I haven't seen many horrors and this just makes me feel that I really should go check them out before watching these self aware satirical horror comedies. Wes Cravens "Scream" is kinda brilliant though. Definitely makes me feel that The Cabin in the Woods is somewhat overrated, as it hardly scared me and it's commentaries were very simple with one dimensional characters. This movie on the other hand is actually pretty horrific, with good amounts of development on it's characters and fused with good dosages of self aware/satirical comedic moments and social/cultural commentaries on the world today and it's inhabitants, particularly the youth, media and horror film cliches. Very enjoyable...but I don't see how I would enjoy sequels of this. It feels like a one time thing. Still thinking about that fucked up ending though. Quite hilarious yet tragic and thought provoking at the same time. Very good movie.