20 Things You Didn’t Know About Scream
When Scream originally came out I didn’t give two fucks. It was stupid. As I got older and more learned in the ways of the slasher genre, it became more of a milestone in my film catalog.
I still don’t like it. I still don’t think it’s a good movie. The only reasons I give it credit are, 1) it rejuvenated the interest in slasher films in the 90s and gave me more movies to watch, and 2) it was pretty much an exact remake of Halloween, which I fucking love.
So now, with Scre4m out in theaters and people rushing to see another installment of utter shit, I give to you 20 things you didn’t know about the original movie.
1. To keep Drew Barrymore looking scared and crying, director Wes Craven kept telling her real life stories about animal cruelty.
2. Wes Craven found the Scream mask in a store while location-scouting in California.
3. Melissa Joan Hart auditioned for the role of Sidney Prescott (played by Neve Campbell).
4. The special effects artists used about 50 gallons of blood. The blood was made out of corn syrup and food dye.
5. Janeane Garofalo turned down the role of Gail Weathers (played by Courtney Cox).
6. When Bob Weinstein watched parts of the first scenes filmed, he said that the mask used was “idiotic.” He asked the producers to film one scene with seven different masks and let him choose the one he liked the most. Producers didn’t agree. They told him to wait until the first sequence (Drew Barrymore’s) was completed and then he could decide. After watching it, he happily agreed to the mask used and didn’t make another complaint for the rest of the filming.
7. Being a favorite of the writer Kevin Williamson, Molly Ringwald was offered the role of Sydney Prescott, but turned it down, saying she’d rather not be playing a high school student at the age of 27.
8. The use of caller ID increased more than threefold after the release of Scream 1.
9. Scream was originally titled Scary Movie.
10. The Scream killer was loosely based on a Florida serial killer, the “Gainesville Ripper.”
11. Courteney Cox and David Arquette met and fell in love on the set of this movie. They eventually married.
12. Roger Jackson was the voice of the killer in all 3 Scream movies. Roger Jackson’s other most famous role is Mojo Jojo in The Powerpuff Girls.
13. Freddie Prinze Jr. auditioned for the role of Stu.
14. Scream revitalized the slasher film genre in the late 1990s, similar to the impact Halloween had on late 1970s film, by using a standard concept with a tongue-in-cheek approach that combined straightforward scares with dialogue that satirized slasher film conventions.
15. Many different molds of masks were created to avoid any claim of copyright by the original Scream mask creators, Funworks. Eventually, Funworks and Scream producers made an agreement to use the mask in the film.
16. Wes Craven had seen Neve Campbell in Party of Five and had her audition for the part because he thought she could portray a character who was “innocent” but realistically handle herself while dealing with the physical conflict and emotions required of the role. Campbell had been reluctant to act in a horror film so soon after her supporting role in The Craft, but Scream offered her the first opportunity to be the leading star.
17. Courtney Cox took the role because she wanted to play a “bitch” character and remove her “nice” Friends image.
18. Scream is the 13th highest grossing horror film of all time.
19. As the film neared completion, the Weinstein brothers had the films title changed from Scary Movie to Scream after being inspired by the Michael Jackson song that Harvey Weinstein had been listening to on a radio.
20. Scream was not a good movie. You have been blinded by the idea that this was a good slasher film. It is not. Go see something good. Go see Halloween. Go see the original Black Christmas. Know your history before you damn the present.
So Doc Oz was telling me the guy the scream killer is based on was, they tracked he was a waiter at a Panchos Mexican Buffet in Shreveport, LA in the early 90′s. This is the very same Pancho’s my family went to every time we visited my grandparents in Shreveport in the early 90′s. I probably got delicious piping hot sopapillas from the real scream killer. I lived to tell the tale.
“Scream was not a good movie.”
Incorrect…Scream was a Great PARODY of a slasher film. Unfortunately corporate producers didn’t get that it was a Parody, and used it as the mold for the next generation of “slashers”. By saying Scream isn’t a good movie(parody) because of what it bore, is like saying Empire strikes Back sucks because Phantom had Jar Jar.
– that is fucking freaky. I’m glad you came out OK.
@Jon, well said. Scream was a great paradoy, however, that is not the way the movie was marketed, sold, or seen by the majority. Sadly to say.
Now Scream 2 and 3 were ever declining pieces of dog shit….with exception of the Jay and Silent Bob Cameo in 3
scream is a good movie its not even meant to be a horror so fuck you junk and fuck you jon your both gay and retarded people who moan about movies that proves you have no lives go get a job you worthless retards
Yikes! Who knew there were such dickish and extreme Scream fans (or should I say Trolls) in the UK! Never would have called that one. And also, Junk,Jon, in fact ALL of us here at MRR are actually what are called FUNCTIONAL retards, there’s a big difference there. So get that straight first if you want to jump back in and tell us why the hell you loved Scream so damn much?
Hey Randomness,
Thanks for writing man! We love to hear your opinions. But I gotta say, instead of “your gay” I think you meant “you’re gay.” Similar to saying “we’re gay” instead of “were gay.” So, truly thank you so much, I’m headed back to rape your mom’s corpse? Wanna jump in again?
You fucking fool, Halloween isn’t even that good. Scream has a much better chance of happening. He gets shot then falls from the second floor and I don’t even want to start with the completly stupid shit he does in the rest of the gay ass Halloween movies. Michael goes after a little kid, he’s a fucking pedo not a killer.
“Halloween isn’t even that good?” GASP! How does that work? Halloween pretty much founded how slashers worked… and did it fantastically. He goes after Jamie Lynn in 4/5 because of the Thorn storyline and that she’s his niece. Yes, this got out of hand quickly and it turned pretty weird (unless you’ve seen the Producer’s Cut of Part 6 which is sooo much better than the theatrical edit). But I stand fast and true that the first Halloween was fucking amazing and kicks 7 shades of ass of any modern day slasher.
I totally agree with Junk on this one. Anyone who says Halloween isn’t that good I think is showing that they’re from a different generation who just can’t appreciate the origins of the modern American horror genre.