: Its massive success, grossing $173 million worldwide, launched a franchise that continues to this day with a upcoming sequel, Scream 7 .
The 1996 film Scream , directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, is credited with revitalizing the dying slasher genre by blending traditional horror with a self-aware, meta-fictional approach. The movie focuses on Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), a high school student in the fictional town of Woodsboro who becomes the target of a masked killer known as Ghostface. ScreamMovie | 1996
: The iconic first sequence featuring Drew Barrymore was a major shock to audiences because it killed off the movie’s biggest star in the first eight minutes. : Its massive success, grossing $173 million worldwide,