Scream (1996)

Episode 131 (October 4, 2024)

What’s your favorite Screamy movie? Is it Scream (1996)? Is it Scream (2022)? Or is it one of the numbered Screams?

Well, we’re talking about the one that started it all, the first movie to ever acknowledge that other movies exist*: Wes Craven’s 1996 film Scream!

*not true

Is Neve Campbell, who is indeed good in the movie, doing a little too much “face business” in this film? Is Principal Henry Winkler a little too enthusiastic with those scissors? And what kind of journalist is Gale Weathers, anyway?

Scream Podcast

Time stamps:

2:30 — Our personal histories with Scream
16:05 — History segment: Postmodernism; screenwriter Kevin Williamson sells his script, originally called Scary Movie; career overview of director Wes Craven; brief career overview of Neve Campbell
47:40 — In-depth movie discussion
2:00:20 — Final thoughts and star ratings

Artwork by Laci Roth.

Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).

Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode:
“Your Ambition” – https://youtu.be/ZHudVTCkrQY
“Winston-Salem” – https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM
“Snake Drama” – https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg
“The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet” – https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ

Sources:
“Your Favorite Scary Movie: The Oral History of ‘Scream’” by Alan Siegel | The Ringer, 2021 – https://bit.ly/4eoDmLz
“Faster, Better and More Blood: A ‘Scream’ Oral History” by Ashley Cullins | The Hollywood Reporter, 2021 – https://bit.ly/3Bqgr4h
Down and Dirty Pictures by Peter Biksind, 2004 – https://amzn.to/4eHfsL8

Bonus video!

So which movies are actually scary? What are the things that actually scare us? And what scares YOU? @MattStokes9 and @LRothConcepts discuss. pic.twitter.com/4VhGTAyTk3
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