The slasher that sliced its way into the ’90s and rewrote the rules of horror. Wes Craven’s Scream is part blood-soaked thriller, part self-aware satire—where the teenagers know the “rules” of scary movies but still can’t outrun Ghostface’s knife. Equal parts shocking and darkly funny, it revived the genre with a wink and a scream, reminding audiences that no one is safe once the phone rings.
