Scream
1996 · 112 min · Crime / Horror / Mystery · TMDB 7.4
The short version:Meta slasher that is funnier than it is scary. Some stabbing, a lot of phone calls.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary3
Not scaryExtreme
Dread2
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares3
NoneConstant
Disturbing1
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim1
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
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.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The opening disembowelment is the worst of it.
Sexual content & violence
- Sexual assaultBriefeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The protagonist's mother's rape is discussed as backstory.
- Sex & nudityBriefeditorial
Mental health & grief
- Grief & bereavementBriefeditorial