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scream (1996)

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Scream
R
Crime
Horror
Mystery

Release Date
December 20, 1996
Director
Wes Craven
Cast
Drew Barrymore , Kevin Patrick Walls , David Booth , Carla Hatley , Neve Campbell , Skeet Ulrich
Runtime
111
Main Genre
Crime
Tagline
Don't answer the phone. Don't open the door. Don't try to escape.
Franchise
Scream

Summary

A teenage girl (Neve Campbell) becomes the target of a killer who has stalked and killed one of her classmates. A tabloid news reporter (Courtney Cox) is determined to uncover the truth, insisting that the man who raped and killed Campbell's mother one year earlier is the same man who is terrorizing her now. Campbell's boyfriend (Skeet Ulrich) becomes the prime suspect.

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