The film that resurrected the horror genre. Since late 80's, horror movies had been suffering from low quality sequels from the classic horror franchises, with few excpetions here and there. The genre had basically become disdained by the critics and the general public. Scream hit theaters in 1996 and thanks to it, the horror genre became alive again. It used metalanguage to poke fun at the genre's tropes and clichés without fearing using some of them, while paying homage to several horror films like Halloween (1978), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Friday the 13h (1981), Psycho (1960), The Exorcist (1973), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Frankenstein (1931), Black Christmas (1974), Candyman (1992), Basic Instinct (1992), Are You In The House Alone (1978), When A Stranger Calls (1979) and some others. On top of that, the the story is excellent, with awsome characters as well.
