REACTING to *Scream (1996)* SO CRAZY!!! (First Time Watching) Horror Movies 

Scream is not a parody. Scary Movie is. Scream is satire.

Ever since "Scary Movie" came out people assume "Scream" is supposed to be a parody. It was never intended to be a parody. Just a self aware, meta, horror/slasher/whodunit

Matthew Lillard’s range as an actor is unparalleled: From Stu to Shaggy.

I’ve noticed that alot of reactors think the killer sneaks into Sidney‘s house while she’s outside on the phone with him. They didn’t pick up on the clues that he was already in her house before that, like the neighbor’s dogs barking, the creaking noise coming from the closet when she walks by it, etc

Scream was Slasher film for fans of Slasher films. The entire movie was a loving tribute to horror films. The janitor dressed as Freddy Kruger was the film's director Wes Craven (who also wrote and directed A Nightmare of Elm Street).

YES PLEASE WATCH THE SEQUELS THEY’RE ALL AWESOME Also, I see a lot of people wonder why people keep talking to this stranger on the phone, but that was relatively common in the 90s and beforehand. My parents always do that when talking to someone on the phone

Rose McGowan as Tatum is underrated in terms of a cool character. Absolutely fabulous 👏🏽

Randy when watching Halloween tells Jamie Lee Curtis, “Jamie, turn around,” but the guy playing Randy is named Jamie, so he’s actually telling himself to turn around. Little things like that and more in this movie make it one of my favorites

YAS WATCH THE SEQUELS!!!!!!!!!

The tagline reads: Someone Has Taken Their Love For Scary Movies A Little Too Far. When audiences saw the opening, they thought Drew Barrymore was going to be the hero. Well, they were in for a shocking surprise. Neve Campbell, Sidney, would later star in the supernatural horror drama The Craft, involving teenage witches in 1990's Los Angeles. Another childhood favorite of mine.

i love how randy says "i found tatum, she's dead" and stu says "he killed billy (...)" even though at this point only sidney and the killer himself would've known that billy was "dead" (unlike tatum who was just hanging from the garage door), it just gives you even more clues as to who is the real killer!

Did y'all realize the reporter who asked Sidney "How did it feel to be almost brutally butchered" Was the same lady who played the Iconic little girl in the Exorcist.

You can actually tell which killer is Stu and which one is Billy. One goes for a long wind up and the other is more of a slasher. There's a ton of details in this movie and it basically reshaped horror movies.

Wes Craven who direct this movie also directed A Nightmare on Elm Street. Thats why there is a "Freddy" cameo in this movie, he even was portrayed by director Wes Craven himself.

At the end Billy never meant to hit Stu it was an accident during the take and Matthew just ran with it and ad libbed the line "ow you hit me with a phone you dick"

Henry Winkler as the Principal was quite underrated. It was darkly comic. He has good comic timing.

Yes do the sequels. And I would say it’s not a comedy, but it is full blown satire of the horror genre. Wes craven actually had to have discussions about it being satire because it was originally going to be rated NC-17 but when he asked them to rewatch as a satire that’s when it was changed to R

Fun reaction guys. And, yes, Billy Loomis was an homage to Dr. Sam Loomis in Halloween, which itself was an homage to Sam Loomis in Psycho. Also, love Wes Craven’s self deprecating digs at his own Nightmare on Elm Street series. The sequels are definitely worth doing, especially 2.

Note how Stu didn't know Billy's motivation, he reacted with surprise at the revelation. Billy planned to betray Stu from the beggining. Several times in the movie he had to try to keep Stu from talking too much and he’d be concerned that Stu would accidentally slip up when he was interviewed by the police about what happened on the night of the party. Billy seriously wounding Stu was not an accident.

Oh my gosh, "Scary Movie" is the parody of THIS movie! LOL. "Scream" is THE scary movie and is one of the best horror series ever!! I expect you guys will figure this out as you watch the movie. LOL!

The mom scream at the beginning was so gut wrenching. I kind of felt bad for lil ole Casey.😩but if y’all noticed, billy jumped through Sidney’s window both times to establish an alibi.🤷‍♀️

Count me as another vote for watching the sequels! :D Also, fun fact: Ghostface's phone voice is also the voice actor for Mojo Jojo from the Powerpuff Girls. So... Shaggy and Mojo Jojo kill a bunch of people but are stopped by Monica from Friends.

The director Wes Craven played the janitor dressed up as Freddy. Funny enough earlier at the police station when Dewey tells Tatum she’s making him look bad in front of his superior, she answers “The janitor is your superior”.

The actor playing Billy actually had heart surgery as a kid so he had one seriously sensitive spot on his chest that would cause excoriating pain if hit. However, while he was given a chest pad to protect that spot, the stunt performer couldn't see where the umbrella was striking. So, when "Billy" drops to the floor, that was the stunt performer missing the pad completely and literally stabbing the actor in the chest.

Favorite horror franchise. This movie changed horror movies in the late 90’s because the genre was dead. It was also the first slasher film in the US to make 100 million at the domestic box office. The sequels are great!

I think the problem with Scream is most people (particularly younger people) saw Scary Movie, without seeing the movies that franchise parodied. Personally, I'd never call Scream a comedy lol. It has funny moments interlaced with meta commentary and satire, but it's a horror/thriller. Absolutely ahead of its time, and yet somehow always relevant and relatable.

The scene where Jamie Kennedy was imploring “Look behind you Jamie! BEHIND YOU!” was by far the best part for me. Maximum levels of meta!

SCREAM saved the horror genre, it was so different to what had been made and it started forcing people to rethink how to scare the audiences. The sequels are definitely worth a watch! ✨🖤🙏🏻 Fun fact! The prop team forgot to switch the umbrella tip at the end and Neve actually jabbed Skeet, the yell was real 😂 Also when Sidney was attacked initially it was Stu, he headbutts her and when he's chasing her up the stairs he says "Easy!", at school he is checking his forehead in a mirror and when he gets smacked in the chest by Tatum he says "Easy." again. The movie is filled with tiny foreshadowing moments like these.

Fun fact: In the original script Dooey was supposed to die but appearantly in test screenings people were really upset about his death so Wes decided to write him surviving! Which is great because I love Dooey.

My absolute favorite movie of all-time. Nothing beats this film and the franchise. I never tire of this masterpiece.

Scary movie is probably the parody you guys are thinking about. This is more of a horror comedy paying homage to classic horror movies. It is meta but it’s still a horror movie on its own.

Drew Barrymore and Michelle Pfeiffer in an interview revealed how they were inspired by each other and it was quite cool.

😂 when you confuse scream with the parody it inspired

Ghostface saying "Cuz I wanna know who I'm looking at" has to be the biggest "Oh hell no!" moment in movie history

The great thing about Scream was it was so self aware, in that it even though it is a serious subject it constantly refers to old Horror films and makes reference to the plot of them etc. It also spawned superb sequels, each on of them is great too and well worth a watch. You gotta do the sequels, the writing is just so clever.

the Scream franchise is honestly my all time favorite slasher movies and I'm really glad y'all watched it! I definitely see them as homages to the classic slasher films while being great movies in their own right and I really hope you guys react to the rest of the series!

One of my favorite things in the movie is that no one ever really points out or realizes that the camera man literally used his last seconds to safe Sydney. After his throat was slit he pointed to the back where Sydney crawls and escapes from. I think it’s such a subtle moment people don’t ever notice

I’m so glad you guys are watching this movie, it’s gotta be one of my top favourites as well as ‘who framed roger rabbit’. I’ve needed it after this awful week, thank you 💕 I’m looking forward to your reaction!

Random fact: Kevin Williamson wrote this movie, he later wrote many horror movie & tv shows including (the vampire diaries, Halloween h20, the faculty, etc, etc) the tv show “Dawson’s creek” is based on his life- small town kid who other teens think is a loser because he dreams of making horror movies instead of “acting like a regular teen.”

You really should watch the sequel and the parody "Scary Movie" (2001) after this, because with all your reactions and movie stuff you're perfectly prepared for this one.

Scream is a *pure masterpiece* Scary movie is a parody🔥

Can't wait. It was still the Scream trilogy when I was watching these growing up and it was my favorite horror series. Then the 4th one came out when I was in high school. All of them are worth watching but the first three will always be my favorites. Especially this first one. 👻🔪

I love the whole meta aspect in Scream.

“Are those her parents?” No. Those are HIS parents. His Mom and Dad are going to be so mad at him.

Just a reminder that we need a reaction to Drew Barrymore Rom-Com Classics like ‘Ever After’ and ‘Never Been Kissed’.

I'm so glad you guys are watching this. I've been waiting for yall to watch these! Please watch the other 4!!!

Fun fact: The Ghostface mask is actually not from this movie. The Ghostface mask actually existed before Scream was made. It was part of holiday company Funworld’s lineup of Halloween masks called “fantastic faces”. Before it was called Ghostface, it was called the “screaming ghost” since it resembled the face of the screaming person in Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream”.

Definitely not a parody. It's horror/thriller/satire. It's one of my aboslute favourite horror movies ever and I love all the nods to other horror movies and making fun of them. I hope you'll watch at least some of the sequels

I paused to comment. You are right about the name Loomis, but it goes further back. In Psycho, Sam Loomis is the name of Marion’s boyfriend. In Halloween, which starred actress Janet Leigh (Marion)’s daughter Jamie Lee Curtis, they named the psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis m, or simply “Loomis”, in homage. And Scream, being a love letter to the genre, they couldn’t resist naming Sidney’s boyfriend Billy Loomis in tribute

"Don't you blame the movies!!!! Movies don't create psychos!!! Movies make psychos more creative!!!!" - Billy Loomis

For the time the double killer twist was really surprising. Maybe not anymore because a lot of movies have borrowed the concept, but I can't think of an instance prior to Scream where the double killer twist was used.

Scream was meant to pay homage to alot of horror before. The director of this is the director of nightmare on elm Street. Please react to the rest of the series. Love you guys reactions

This just made my day better! I love seeing your reactions, boys! Fan from México

They filmed it in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, California. My husband worked at the hotel where all the actors and crew stayed. Soooo many funny stories!

This is a movie that can be funny and super disturbing at the same time and I love it because it doesn’t hold back on the violence or the explicit Contant which I like but it’s also a commentary on the movies themselves which is really cool being original at the same time

i have never seen a reaction to Scream with so much laughing during the intro.

Like alot of others said, this isn't a parody. Scary Movie was a parody/comedy series inspired by this and other horror movies. The scream series is a horror/slasher satire series. So they're not meant to be a comedy but they have comedic moments. Loved your reaction so much. The whole series is really good. :) If you consider watching more.

It's kinda funny how Drew Barrymore started as a child actress in hollywood and like 80% of the time child stars never get back into Hollywood due to image issues and how audiences might not like them being adult actors. But all Drew Barrymore needed to prove she could act was the first 15 minutes of this film and her career was BACK!

You guys should react to The Faculty (1998). I don't know if you've ever heard of it but the screenwriter, Kevin Williamson, is the same guy who wrote Scream. If you liked movies like Scream and Final Destination, then you'll enjoy The Faculty. Basically it's like if Scream was a sci-fi movie with horror elements rather than a horror slasher movie.

I personally think that the twist is less about being a twist and more about playing with the trope. It is a twist, but it's not super surprising if you are paying attention. For me the film's tone is self aware and tongue in cheek, rather than outright parody, the same way the 'The Princess Bride' is for fantasy stories. Every time I watch this film I pick up on another reference that I previously missed.

fun FACT; Drew supposed to play Main Role of Sidney, but she cannot do it, cause of tied calendar with other movie, so Wes Craven, asked to play at least small Cameo :)

You can’t go wrong with Scream; please continue the series! I’m coming to this reaction after the Paranormal Activity series, and IMO, the Scream sequels are better than the PA ones, which you guys mostly enjoyed.

This is a classic horror franchise the rest are a must watch once you start this franchise one will never be the same the ending is epic

Scream is the pinnacle changing point for all horror , it’s definitely not a parody nor a comedy Lmao idk why they said that in the beginning, its just a whole new meta vibe and way of telling horror going foward which is why it’s so different

fave thing about ghostface is how people can and will beat him up lol. he trips on stuff and falls over, he gets hit with doors, etc. it makes it more realistic that this is a real person after you

My favourite line in the whole movie is Stus pathetic "My mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me!"

7:53 - Actually, they were originally marketed back in 1991. But, when Wes Craven saw the mask, he decided it was just what their 🎥 needed. So, they purchased the rights to use the mask in "Scream". And then it was rebranded as the oh-so popular 'Ghostface' mask.

One of my favorite slashers ever, it inspired so many movies afterwards.

My favorite horror movie and one of my favorite movies of all time really. So good. Definitely watch the sequels. All amazing. All of them worth watching. And you really get to see the characters evolve. Best horror franchise out there!

Love these movies, all are pretty great also i immediately recognized the line " I'll gut you like a fish " Loki said it in the first episode of Loki and i thought no way did he just reference ghostface

The actor's first name who plays Randy is Jamie, so it was even more ironic during that scene of him saying "Jamie look behind you".

My favorite thing is watching Scream with someone who doesn't know who the killer is. It makes it so much more fun.

14:25 the reason the music is so dramatic and spooky when she opens the closest is because it’s foreshadowing where the killer jumps out from, or stu is already hiding in the closest waiting this whole time. By the late 80s/ early 90s horror films were in a bit of a slump and people had fallen out of love with them. Scream came about with its meta script and poking fun at horror tropes it reignited people’s love for scary movies

I genuinely love that principle lol. Not only is it the Fonz, but he seems pretty passionate and genuinely compassionate for the students who would be effected by that nonsense. You dont see that in a lot of movies. Most people think he's too intense but I like it.

Beginning scene.. This really translates, in our age, how invels talk to girls on dating app messages once they feel rejected.. WEIRD!! Have never had this thought before!

Neve Campbell had a birthday recently and also, brilliant performance in this movie.

I love Scream, it's such an effective satire and slasher.

please do the entire franchise! my fav movies & i love you guys 😁

I went to see this when it came out, we were shocked Drew was killed out in the opening scene. This movie is a SATIRE of horror films, it was the first to really show the kids knew horror movies and the rules of the genre. Neve Campbell also is now known as the best scream queen/final girl since Jamie Lee Curtis. The script is solid and smart, the direction by Wes Craven is perfect, the cast are one of the best ensembles. This film saved the horror genre.

I cant unsee scary movie anymore 😂 the popcorn at the beginning lmao I lowkey expect him to hide behind the couch and read a magazine

Fun fact you don't realise until you've seen the movie: "What door am I at" is a trick question. There are two killers, so technically Ghostface is at both doors. But Casey had no way of knowing that, so literally any answer she gave would be wrong. The correct answer was "Both doors". They pull the same trick later, to try and convince Sidney Billy isn't involved. When she's first attacked, Billy is on the phone and Stu is the one in the costume. That's how, when she manages to survive, Billy is able to get to her room to perform damage control so quickly. Fun fact 2: Randy, the horror movie buff, correctly pegs BOTH killers. He has a really good sense of how to spot a killer.

Back in 1996, Horror was dying. The numerous Friday the 13th sequels, which is the main target of the satire (not parody), were killing the genre, and it revitalized the horror genre and then we got films like The Ring, Drag Me to Hell, Lights Off, etc. This was written by Kevin Willamson who went on to watch the two I Know What You Did/Still Know What You Did Last Summer films, Cursed (another team up with Wes Craven) and Dawson's Creek. It would spawn Scream 2, 3, 4 and Scream (2022), and now the upcoming Scream VI. It made a star out of Neve Campbell who became the new final girl alongside Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode and is one of the most beloved horror franchises in movie history. It changed the horror genre in proving that you could make an audience actually care about the characters and root for them without losing the intensity of the horror. Basically, this film and its subsequent sequels are categorized as Meta/Slasher/Horror/Murder Mystery thrillers. It also brought Wes Craven back into the limelight after a barrage of box office failures. This film inspired so many aspiring horror movie filmmakers and because of it, we now have the incredible talent behind The Conjuring franchise, Blumhouse and its mega successes, and has helped to create a new golden age of horror. Old school filmmaking combined with new and inventive ways to tell a story.

Plothole: Sydney should have known Randy was not the killer when (when she was deciding who to let in Randy or Stu) she saw him on the 30 second delay and Ghostface was behind him. If she was under the assumption that there was one killer than Randy was of the two. If she was under the assumption of two the odds that one was Randy was relatively small when we already saw a Ghostface.

This is the movie, where Courtney Cox and David Arquette (Dewey), dated and then married whilst doing ‘Friends’. They both come from the same home town and known each-other for years. I like number 2.

Scream is a classic. I grew up never getting to see scary movies because of my crazy religious parents so this was the first one I got to see in the theater. I did know all the references to the other films and since have seen them but yeah. This movie always has a special place in my heart.

This is the most consistent horror franchise the sequels are a must watch

I am SO happy that you guys are watching this movie series! Some random recommendations... BBC Merlin, Teen Wolf TV Series (movie coming soon), BBC Sheŕlock, just some ideas. Massive fan of your content and channel!!!!

I just subscribed in the hopes that you guys do the rest of the Scream movies. Yes, even the third one. :)

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The actor who played Billy was playing the character straight, while Matthew Lillard and Jamie Kennedy were playing it more as a self aware/meta slasher. There was even an interview wheee he said he was getting pissed at them because they weren’t taking the roles seriously. Ended up working great.

This is not a parody of anything or even a comedy, it's just a teen slasher movie with some meta humor.

37:38 I love how he nods 🤣

The scenes with the phone are actually going off the concept of the 1979 horror movie When A Stranger Calls where the killer calls on the phone to the babysitter.

Fantastic reaction! I’ve been waiting for you guys to cover this one! Hope you do the rest of the series. In terms of horror franchises, this one has the highest qualities and most consistent sequels overall. Any chance you guys might cover Terrifier in the future since Terrifier 2 made such a splash the past few months?

Scream 2 has the best tone of the 5 films. The perfect seriousness and infusion of humor that doesn’t fall into Scary Movie slapstick comedy.

It's not a horror comedy, it's a slasher horror movie. Also it's one of the best all time slasher horror movie ever in my opinion.

PLEASE DO SCREAM 2, 3 AND 4!!! I know youll enjoy them a lot

Mrs Voorhees WAS the original killer in Friday the 13th !

Yall didn't show it, but when the police ask Billy "what's a kid like you doin with a cellular phone" it ages this movie SO much lol

I love your reactions appreciate all that you do!