'It's a scream, baby!'

Rating: 9/10 (16 October 2006)

*SPOILERS*
When two students are killed in her hometown of Woodsboro, Sydney Prescott ('Party Of Five''s Neve Campbell) ends up the main victim of a scary movie-crazed serial killer who calls over the phone, and tries to find out the truth behind these murders, ending up discovering the truth about her mother's murder, which happened almost a year before the serial-killing began...
Wes Craven resurrects the slasher genre with a complex, meta cinematic and interesting thriller with an intense script from young writer Kevin Williamson, who manages to poke fun at scary movie's conventions without letting the suspense go.
The actors are also great; Campbell, 'Arac Attack''s David Arquette (Dewey Riley, one of the local deputies), 'Friends'' Courteney Cox Arquette (Gail Weathers, a bloodthirsty telejournalist), 'Jericho''s Skeet Ulrich (Billy Loomis, Sydney's boyfriend), 'Charmed''s Rose McGowan (Tatum, Dewey's sister and Sydney's best friend), 'Scooby Doo''s Matthew Lillard (Stu, Billy's best friend), 'Son Of The Mask''s Jamie Kennedy (Randy, the guy who knew all about horror) and 'Charlie's Angels'' Drew Barrymore (Casey Becker, one of the first victims).
Scream: 9/10.