Horror had fallen until ' Scream ' came along.

Rating: 10/10 (8 July 2007)

Scream is a 1996 horror film, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. The film revitalised the slasher film genre in the mid 1990s, similar to what Halloween (1978) did for the 1970s, by using a standard concept with a tongue-in-cheek approach that successfully combined straightforward scares with dialogue that satirised slasher film conventions, (for example, the final girl). The film features many teen idols of the time, including; Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, and in addition, Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Liev Schreiber.
Scream became a major commercial success upon its release, and was one of the highest grossing films of 1996. It was also highly acclaimed by many critics worldwide, who appreciated the film's tongue-in-cheek approach. It got an 86% rating at rottentomatoes.com. As a result it spawned two sequels, Scream 2 and Scream 3.
The film also provided the direct inspiration for the horror movie parody tetralogy, beginning with Scary Movie (2000)which also became a box office success, spawning its own three sequels, as of 2007.