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Scream

Name: Scream
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Released: 1996-12-20
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 7.4

★ 7,4 /10 (8,113 Votes)

1996 EN 112 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

20/12/1996

Votes

8,113

Popularity

16.3

Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder.

Genres

Crime Horror Mystery

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

112 min

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$173,046,663

Website

www.miramax.com

Neve Campbell

Sidney

Skeet Ulrich

Billy

Rose McGowan

Tatum

Matthew Lillard

Stuart

David Arquette

Deputy Dewey

Courteney Cox

Gale Weathers

Jamie Kennedy

Randy

Drew Barrymore

Casey

W. Earl Brown

Kenny

Joseph Whipp

Sheriff Burke

Liev Schreiber

Cotton Weary

Roger L. Jackson

Phone Voice (voice)

Kevin Patrick Walls

Steve

David Booth

Casey's Father

Carla Hatley

Casey's Mother

Lawrence Hecht

Mr. Prescott

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Lois Saunders

Mrs. Tate

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Lisa Beach

TV Reporter #1

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Tony Kilbert

TV Reporter #2

C.W. Morgan

Hank Loomis

Frances Lee McCain

Mrs. Riley

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Troy Bishop

Expelled Teen #1

Ryan Kennedy

Expelled Teen #2

Leonora Scelfo

Cheerleader in Bathroom

Nancy Anne Ridder

Girl in Bathroom

Lisa Canning

Reporter with Mask

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Bonnie Wood

Young Girl in Video Store

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Aurora Draper

Party Teen #1

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Kenny Kwong

Party Teen #2

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Justin Sullivan

Teen on Couch

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Kurtis Bedford

Bored Teen

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Angela Miller

Girl on Couch

Henry Winkler

Principal Arthur Himbry (uncredited)

Linda Blair

Obnoxious Reporter (uncredited)

Wes Craven

Fred the Janitor (uncredited)

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Lee Waddell

Ghostface (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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