I do remember around '94 and '95 that a lot of horror movies were getting lambasted or going straight to video. Many of these were sequels, and a number of them were impacted by the Weinsteins. The fact that Scream saved horror from being largely shunted to video or cable only (not that such a thing didn't continue, of course) is an absolute win.
What I feel like the scream series also gets right is there effective use of the “plot twist”. I sometimes feel like some horror movies can get sloppy with them, and can add one that doesn’t make any sense and just complicates the whole narrative. I do feel like most films in the scream series use smart plot twist, that really another layer of depth to the plot. For example in Scream 4 (spoiler alert) to make Jill the supposed “new Sydney” in that film the killer is one of most brilliant plot twist I’ve ever seen.
Specially when out of every other killer in the series. She's the one to almost gets away with it. Like cane so close. And her dedication to succeed matched Sydney's dedication to survive.
The Real Wiseguy That was one of the things that Scream 4 got right. They made us trust a character we hadn’t even seen before all because she was related to Sidney. Plus I’m sure we didn’t expect them to have another relative as the killer like they had in Scream 3
Funny Fact: The Phone Hit in the first film was an accident. Skeet Ulrich's hand was slippery from the fake blood and he dropped the phone on Matthew. But Matthew adlibbed the rest.
For #4, not to mention Billy's last name was Loomis and in the iconic opening scene Casey's father tells his wife "drive down to the Mackenzies" before they find Casey dead...in Halloween, Laurie told Tommy and Lindsey to "go down the street to the Mackenzies" after she thought she killed Michael!
I think the running joke about there being this alternate movie universe ('Stab') running side by side with the main action is hilarious. I've never seen anything like that before in a franchise that I can think of - only thing I might have added. Nice list all the same.
What Scream does right is create killers that can die and victims that can fight back. We have enough horror where the killer doesn't die and the victims are helpless or only mildly willing to fight back. Even Laurie in Halloween is hesitant to take on Michael and only wants to cry and run away. Sid on the other hand doesn't pull any punches. Sid: "It's not going to happen." Dewey:"It's okay Sid." Sid: "Stop treating me like glass Dewey I'm not going to break."
I have a big connection to the Scream movies. I grew up with Kevin Williamson. The Character, Cotten Weary, is based on my deceased uncle Cotten Leary. They changed one letter so the family couldn't sue, lol. And principle Hymbry , the Fonz, that was our real principles name and he would say " and remember, your principle loves you" over the entercom.
Scream was the movie that got me into horror. The original is my favorite and scream 4 is probably my second favorite. Loved the video! Been excited for this one!
Don't know if you're gonna mention it, but one thing the franchise got right as fuck, was hiring Neve Campbell as Sidney! Sidney Prescott's a bonafide bad-ass, maybe my 2nd favorite final girl, and I can't see anyone else playing her but Neve.
The first one was so good. The second and third are okay, but I didn’t like the telephone conversations in those. I loved the conversations in the first one which were horror movie trivia. They didn’t do that in the second and third ones.
spot on, the number 1 here is what made me love scream and realize how epic of a slasher franchise it is. Those phone calls gave me chills. I love when a movie makes a simple scene or a simple move so effective and so scary without the need of using music for jump-scares = TRUE FEAR. Your top 10s are the best Lee
Sidney is my favorite final girl of all-time. Right above Laurie Strode and Jenny from Friday Part 2. She doesn’t back down from the killer. I just wish she was in a Friday The 13th movie. Great countdown as usual.
One of my favorite Sidney scenes is in part 4, Olivia's death scene. I love how Sid saw someone being brutally murdered...and IMMEDIATELY ran over to help. Didn't even think about it. I thought that was so dope!
Scream has one of the best openings of all time. I love the quiz the killer gives Drew Barrymore. Name the killer in Friday the 13th? I get a lot of people on that one. In the words of the killer , If you've seen that movie a hundred times then you should know its Mrs Voorhees. Jason didn't show up until the sequel. I hope Peter L Jackson is back as the voice for part 5
Great video as always. I just re-watched Scream 1 & 2 in the same night last Thursday. Classic flicks. I saw the first one in the theatre way back in 1996. 1 & 2 are both pretty deadly. The 3rd one is alright (I don’t dislike it like quite a few fans do). I think part 4 is super underrated. Personally I don’t want another Scream movie, I know it’s coming and what can ya do but a Scream movie without Wes Craven just won’t feel right at all. R.I.P Wes
Scream is pretty awesome and can not wait to see the new one. Great work here and I think scream also had a good mix of realism. The movies felt like some of the things in them could happen making them all the more horrifying. Also have seen the maniac cop movies?
Great video Lee! That opening scene of the first Scream will always stick with me. As a kid, the image of Casey all bloody and hanging from that tree really creeped me out. Good stuff.
I like the scream franchise, cause to an extent it's really realistic (minus the super human theory and the killer coming back to life) the whole concept of someone in a mask killing people the way ghostface does is very real and I think that gets a lot of points for the franchise
Horror Movies referenced in Scream Friday the 13th & part 2 Halloween Nightmare on elm street Prom night Howling Evil dead Terror train Fog Hellraiser Town that dreaded sundown Exorcist Texas chainsaw massacre Silence of the lambs Psycho Carrie
He Lee i have a cool idea for a video, a friend of mine said that horror movies are badly written and have weak female characters. So i tought maybe you could do like a 'top 10 thing you shoudn't say to a horror fan/ top 10 thing to say to make a horror fan mad. I think horror is the most underrated genre by critics (oscars) and normal people. So to see i video like i just said could be fun. I love you lee, and your videos you make my day everyday man. (Sorry for the bad english)
I so glad you did this list for scream this is my favorite horror movie and franchise period of all time and honestly I'm glad it wasn't me who did a video list for this i probably would have 30 things it get right 😂that's how much I love this franchise more and more thank you man🤙🏾🙏🏾😁
(I've been bingeing the rankings playlist, but I appreciate a content creator who checks on videos that have been up on TH-cam for a while!) I think the other great thing about this franchise is you don't get all of the answers either. You can debate on who was under the mask when there is more than one killer (outside of Scream 3). Like, how messed up would it be if Casey pulled the mask off to find Stu under it, seeing as they had dated previously. There could be an argument that Billy was the one who killed her. The same goes for Tatum. It's one of those things where you can go back and rewatch the films with a fine-tooth comb to try and get those answers or get as close to them as possible.
Oh my gosh thank you for mentioning my tweet , I have been a fan of your channel for a while and I am a big fan of this franchise so it’s nice to know you notice your fans I am geeking out 😅
Drumdums ☺️☺️ Yea I also just had to mention Tatum Riley she’s my favorite slasher vic , along with Helen Shivers . I just love their characters so much .
Scream is my favorite slasher without doubt. It helps that this film came out when I was 18, in the prime of my life, but the movie had this atmosphere that I just cant shake. The soundtrack, the characters, the setting. It's got this epic feel that's hard to describe. I remember having the posters on my room's wall. And I've begun loving this movie more and more over the years because I'm getting very nostalgic as I make my way through my 40s...
@Drumdums, the first movie had that mystery balance to it for viewers...but as you've said, this was the film that changed the direction of the Halloween franchise into H20 and eventually Resurrection....I just read recently that the original H7 was to follow Paul Rudd's Tommy Doyle into taking over the mantle as the new Dr. Loomis with him learning that the whole town of Haddonfield was working with Thorn. We could have had that instead of the PG-13 ish H20 which itself has been ignored by the recent Halloween film.
YES!!! This is the video I was waiting for! Scream is my favorite franchise and I’m happy to see you discuss things it gets right! Also, the shirt you were wearing is awesome!
That shirt!!!!! That intro!!!!! Haha great video as always, Lee. Wes was known as the Maestro for a reason. So intelligent! Love that Scream is the flip side of New Nightmare.
great list! i would also add the simplicity of the titles… Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Scream 4. and for the fifth installment calling it Scream, i believe, is in of itself a meta reference to reboots that take the same name as their originals. Or, like Halloween (2018), a requel that also brings back its legacy character.
Love that shirt Lee!! 🙂 I asked you a while ago where do you find your shirts if I may ask? Been doing a late night mini binge of your videos, and commentary reviews. Scream/Ghostface will always be one of my favorite franchises besides Halloween. Wonderful homage and dedication indeed, to the late Wes Craven. 🤲🏽☝🏾👏🏽
Roger Jackson does a good job, did you know they were going to originally be watching Black Christmas (the unsung poppa) in the first draft of the script, but switched it to Halloween (Myers) for aesthetic, homage via mask and knife, verses the infamous Black Xmas calls. Halloween was basically gifted to our favor director John Carpenter as what the sequel of Black Christmas would've been, although the killer would be Billy instead of Mikey M.
THE VOICE! Reminds me of the analog recordings of theatrical trailers of the 70's & 80's;creating anticipation. Scream also has one of the best final girls ever - Neve Campbell plays Sydney with intelligence,vulnerability -yet toughness, & is just likeable 👀 candy!The opening scene of the first movie....one of the best scenes in any horror movie! The rules laid out by Randy;as horror movie fans,a construct we've always known & it's nice the film paid homage to that slasher fanbase. And lastly,unique plot twists. I just wish the 3rd & 4th installments were "better quality"....@ least that's my opinion 👉
I just watched this on the big screen on my tv in my house. Damn Lee! Your Evil Layer looks most righteous on the tube then on my phone. 🥰 Anyway, I totally agree with your list! Well done my friend. Loved this!!
What I love is instead of a malevolent evil force, or a resurrected monster, the "monster" in the scream franchise is a regular person, which is scarier than any monster. Ghostface can blend in and be a part of everyday life, easily gain trust, then when you least expect it he gets you. Ghostface can be real, which is much more horrifying than an immortal guy or dream invader since we know stuff like that is impossible. But ghostface has 0 special powers aside from having above average strength and stealth. ANYONE could be a Ghostface, which is what scares me the most
3:14 #10: The Certain Rules that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie 4:42 #9: Great Core Characters 5:35 #8: Horror Comedy that’s done right 6:56 #7: Roger L. Jackson’s Voice 8:12 #6: The Mask 9:10 #5: The Ultimate Whodunit 11:00 #4: Pays Omage 11:55 #3: Sidney Prescott 13:14 #2: Saving Horror 17:43 #1: Greatest Opening in Horror History
Good stuff..yep..SCREAM is a great franchise for sure. AND the 1st one still holds up all these years later. Great story,acting,plot,twists, and best of all Rose McGowan's nips :D lol..I hate to think of our main guys dying in the new movie,but i feel we are going to lose someone..Thanks for another video Lee. I love the way you talk about movies and dissect them. The passion shows..
The opening scene of Scream with Drew Barrymore dying in the opening arguably the most shocking and most memorable opening in a horror movie nobody expected her to die early cause she was already a famous actress back at that time.
His List: 10. Randy’s Rules 9. Great Core Characters 8. A Horror Comedy done right 7. Roger L. Jackson’s voice 6. The Mask 5. Ultimate who done it 4. Pays Omage 3. Sidney f’ing Prescott 2. Saving Horror 1. Greatest opening in Horror History
Hey man.. gonna pop over and copy this in the fb group, but few things. Scream, being my fav horror flick, I remember the first time I watched it. I was 11 and my whole family watched it - which thinking now... who does that? And my older sister had seen it in theaters, so during the watch I'm all "there's gotta be 2 killers cause how's he moving around so quickly," and to her credit she didn't give in. So I wound up doubting myself and then of course we get the reveal. I think what's so strong about the characters are 2 fold. First, like you said... the thing with comedy inside of a serious horror flick is you can have the characters make jokes or sometimes set up humor as a kind of inconvenient happenstance but when shit goes down, it's all played serious. Second, as much as I love Randy and wish they didn't kill him in part 2 - when the characters die... they're really gone and the characters feel it. Maybe not so much in Scream 3. Wish I could've popped into the group sooner, could've contributed to the twittttah but hey, really good vid. Bonus: Red Right Hand. The music as a whole but Red Right Hand kills.
First off, great video. I love the first movie, go back and forth on the second and pretty much check out there, although I watched the TV show and liked that more than 3 and 4. I think most of these work for the first movie, some for the first two movies, but across the franchise, I don’t know about that. 10. Rules: “The rules” was a fun concept but theyre kinda bs. If you pull literally any popular slasher final girl or survivors, including Sidney, they’re in clear violation of every single rule. I think it was put in as a meta joke that wasn’t really ironed out and as a way to alleviate/cast suspicion on Randy as one of the possible killers.
9. Cast: The cast is great, completely agreed 8. Horror Comedy: Def agreed re: the first two about balancing the elements of horror and comedy, though I loved the original Scary Movie too.
7. The Voice - def agreed/ the biggest strength of the property by far 6. The Mask: I have always hated the entire outfit. Aside from being memorable, it’s horribly impractical and often puts the killer at the mercy of their victims. The shape of the face allows less than stormtrooper visibility. They often get bottles or pots and pans thrown at them. When was the last time Michael or Jason got fridge smacked and fell down? The killers cant see in the mask at all and often have to hold it and noticeably look down. I don’t know if that’s supposed to be the real-world actor doing it or it’s supposed to happen in universe. The dollar store reaper robe is to long and gets caught while they’re running resulting in slap stick tumbles and rolls, this was one of the first things Scary Movie honed in on because of how obvious it is. I was also an uncultured 11 yr old and having never heard of “The Scream” I just figured it was some weird Grim Reaper knockoff. I love the look in general, but in application and practicality, Ghostface is probably the worst costume/mask combo on the slasher market… except for the bear mascot from Girls Nite Out… yikes. 5. Whodunit: The first one set up a great whondunit. I feel they took that premise and ran it into the ground in the second one and never let up. 4. Pays Homage: It does, but it was so mainstream friendly, it inspired three generations of casuals who didn’t and don’t get those other references and typically don’t have any intention of going back through them. The non horror Scream fans of 1996 became the non horror Get Out fans of 2018, change my mind.
3. Sidney: Sidney is incredible. She was my fav final girl through the 2nd movie. 2. Saved Horror: Kinda the same as the pays homage, horror was trucking along. Scream pushed it into pretty college kid angsty meta commentary horror and we got a bunch of those, some were even great. It ran out real quick and we ended up with found footage, torture porn, and never-ending Japanese remakes until around 2008. 1. What an Opening: Opening was great. I didn’t think Drew was gonna be the final girl/ I was already conditioned to “the girl in the opening scene doesn’t make it out of the opening scene’. I also didn’t really know Drew Barrymore was in terms of “Stardom” and I didn’t recognize she was the same girl from Poison Ivy cause I was 11. Was lucky enough to see it in theaters. It was my 2nd or third "R-rated horror movie" in theaters and it was def a great exp. Saw Scream 2 with my dad in a local "in the hood theater" and it made a truly memorable exp for the both of us/ was one of our best theater memories. He never really liked horror movies at all, but he always put up with me and often fell asleep on his or my couch as my sister and I had one playing. My sister just turned 17 and she fell in love with the franchise when I showed it to her on her 11th birthday lol
I don't know if you Lee, and everyone else in the comments, knew this but there's an interesting story about the origin of Ghostface mask, a guy named Loren Gitthens wanted to make a ghoslty mask based on the classic bed sheet with holes and he made one in early 90s, he and a couple of friends at the Alterian Studios decided to produce that mask and called the company "The Ghost Factory" and tried to sell the costumes but because they were a small company they didn't sell the mask pretty well but a company called Fun World really liked the mask, after a time this man give up trying to make the living out of the special effect industry a moved on with his life and a couple of years later he saw in a store his mask still being produced by Fun World. Then we know that the production of Scream was looking for a location to shoot and in one of the houses they visited there was a ghostface mask by Fun World and then history was made, this guy Loren didn't persued money out of the popularity of Scream but he said that wanted to share the story because he felt that someone else was receiving credit for his creation.
Great video i love the scream films my number 1 would be kirby i love her she is my fav female movie character second is Jennifer Aniston from Office Space... and Saving horror was more important the opening scene
I want 5cream to be a sequel that ignores 2-4, brings Randy back, pokes at the direct sequels, like Halloween 2018 and Texas Chainsaw 3D, and is made more serious, ominous, and creepy like a Jordan Peele type horror movie.
They found the GhostFace mask in the house that they were using for location. It belonged to the son of the owner of the house. Then, they contacted the manufacture company to see if they could use it in the movie.
Scream definitely had a powerful opening!
may be the greatest opening of all time.
This is my favorite horror franchise and I’m excited for scream 5.
and 6.
Who isn’t? Except for people who hate the franchise.
They’re making a 5 ? Oh boy 💪🏾💪🏾
I do remember around '94 and '95 that a lot of horror movies were getting lambasted or going straight to video. Many of these were sequels, and a number of them were impacted by the Weinsteins.
The fact that Scream saved horror from being largely shunted to video or cable only (not that such a thing didn't continue, of course) is an absolute win.
What I feel like the scream series also gets right is there effective use of the “plot twist”. I sometimes feel like some horror movies can get sloppy with them, and can add one that doesn’t make any sense and just complicates the whole narrative. I do feel like most films in the scream series use smart plot twist, that really another layer of depth to the plot. For example in Scream 4 (spoiler alert) to make Jill the supposed “new Sydney” in that film the killer is one of most brilliant plot twist I’ve ever seen.
I agree, and usually I consider everyone a suspect. I never once considered her so the reveal was quite shocking.
Specially when out of every other killer in the series. She's the one to almost gets away with it. Like cane so close. And her dedication to succeed matched Sydney's dedication to survive.
The Real Wiseguy That was one of the things that Scream 4 got right. They made us trust a character we hadn’t even seen before all because she was related to Sidney. Plus I’m sure we didn’t expect them to have another relative as the killer like they had in Scream 3
Funny Fact: The Phone Hit in the first film was an accident. Skeet Ulrich's hand was slippery from the fake blood and he dropped the phone on Matthew. But Matthew adlibbed the rest.
For #4, not to mention Billy's last name was Loomis and in the iconic opening scene Casey's father tells his wife "drive down to the Mackenzies" before they find Casey dead...in Halloween, Laurie told Tommy and Lindsey to "go down the street to the Mackenzies" after she thought she killed Michael!
Congrats on 36k! I think the best parts of the scream franchise is the mask and Sydney
Thanks brother! I’ve been singing Alice In Chains to myself all morning you filthy animal.
I love the fact that Sidney doesn't wait for someone to come save her. She takes charge without arrogance and I love it
Very good point.
I was just watching a QnA panel with Mathew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich, and THIS comes up in my subscription box? Fuck yeah!
"Correct me if I'm wrong...you will." *points to comments section. That got a belly laugh from me.
Haha truth.
I like the Scream franchise. I think you were spot on
I think the running joke about there being this alternate movie universe ('Stab') running side by side with the main action is hilarious. I've never seen anything like that before in a franchise that I can think of - only thing I might have added. Nice list all the same.
Seed Of Chucky.
I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that
Barrythe Speedster which one? The Seed Of Chucky comment or the Stab comment?
Barrythe Speedster I assume the Seed Of Chucky comment
What Scream does right is create killers that can die and victims that can fight back. We have enough horror where the killer doesn't die and the victims are helpless or only mildly willing to fight back. Even Laurie in Halloween is hesitant to take on Michael and only wants to cry and run away. Sid on the other hand doesn't pull any punches.
Sid: "It's not going to happen."
Dewey:"It's okay Sid."
Sid: "Stop treating me like glass Dewey I'm not going to break."
I have a big connection to the Scream movies. I grew up with Kevin Williamson.
The Character, Cotten Weary, is based on my deceased uncle Cotten Leary. They changed one letter so the family couldn't sue, lol. And principle Hymbry , the Fonz, that was our real principles name and he would say " and remember, your principle loves you" over the entercom.
That's so damn cool!
Wow, that's a interesting fun fact. How was to grow up with KW?
Awesome!
Scream was the movie that got me into horror. The original is my favorite and scream 4 is probably my second favorite. Loved the video! Been excited for this one!
That intro is HILARIOUS! 👏
Thanks brother!
Don't know if you're gonna mention it, but one thing the franchise got right as fuck, was hiring Neve Campbell as Sidney! Sidney Prescott's a bonafide bad-ass, maybe my 2nd favorite final girl, and I can't see anyone else playing her but Neve.
Absolutely love the scream films
Great reaction video. Really funny intro. RIP to wes craven. He is my favorite director of all time, especially horror films.
Your original scream review is how I discovered your channel
Awesome! Thank you for sticking with me! 👏
The “ I’ll be right back” scene makes me bust a gut every damn time I watch that scene. It’s freaking hilarious!!!
The first one was so good. The second and third are okay, but I didn’t like the telephone conversations in those. I loved the conversations in the first one which were horror movie trivia. They didn’t do that in the second and third ones.
I really liked 2 and 3 was pretty good but pretty cheesy and the humor was pretty bad
spot on, the number 1 here is what made me love scream and realize how epic of a slasher franchise it is. Those phone calls gave me chills. I love when a movie makes a simple scene or a simple move so effective and so scary without the need of using music for jump-scares = TRUE FEAR. Your top 10s are the best Lee
This voice is second scariest to Billy in Black Christmas imo
Actually, this is true.
@@DrumdumsOfficial have you done a top 10 iconic voices in horror?
I don’t think he has
Great list Lee and Great mentioned of Wes he was my Favorite Horror director
Sidney is my favorite final girl of all-time. Right above Laurie Strode and Jenny from Friday Part 2. She doesn’t back down from the killer. I just wish she was in a Friday The 13th movie. Great countdown as usual.
One of my favorite Sidney scenes is in part 4, Olivia's death scene. I love how Sid saw someone being brutally murdered...and IMMEDIATELY ran over to help. Didn't even think about it. I thought that was so dope!
Scream has one of the best openings of all time. I love the quiz the killer gives Drew Barrymore. Name the killer in Friday the 13th? I get a lot of people on that one. In the words of the killer , If you've seen that movie a hundred times then you should know its Mrs Voorhees. Jason didn't show up until the sequel. I hope Peter L Jackson is back as the voice for part 5
Great video as always. I just
re-watched Scream 1 & 2 in the same night last Thursday. Classic flicks. I saw the first one in the theatre way back in 1996. 1 & 2 are both pretty deadly. The 3rd one is alright (I don’t dislike it like quite a few fans do).
I think part 4 is super underrated. Personally I don’t want another Scream movie, I know it’s coming and what can ya do but a Scream movie without Wes Craven just won’t feel right at all. R.I.P Wes
i hope you can identify the creep who called you on the phone, he sounds like a tough customer
He’s an asshole!
He somehow sounds familiar ; )
I love Tatum Riley.
Me too. She was fantastic
Agreed. Highly underrated character.
@@DrumdumsOfficial Hell yeah.
"I spit on your garage" lol
Scream is pretty awesome and can not wait to see the new one. Great work here and I think scream also had a good mix of realism. The movies felt like some of the things in them could happen making them all the more horrifying. Also have seen the maniac cop movies?
Great video Lee! That opening scene of the first Scream will always stick with me. As a kid, the image of Casey all bloody and hanging from that tree really creeped me out. Good stuff.
Yeah that opening really packs a horror punch!
The painting is "The Scream" by Edvard Munch
Scream 1 is Wes Cravens masterpiece
As well as NOES
Scream films are so interesting to watch more than once. I would like to see Stu returning in scream 5 in a flash or something like that.
Once I got into my many rewatches of the first three movies, I started working on who killed who in the first two. I never quite got them all down.
I like the scream franchise, cause to an extent it's really realistic (minus the super human theory and the killer coming back to life) the whole concept of someone in a mask killing people the way ghostface does is very real and I think that gets a lot of points for the franchise
Horror Movies referenced in Scream
Friday the 13th & part 2
Halloween
Nightmare on elm street
Prom night
Howling
Evil dead
Terror train
Fog
Hellraiser
Town that dreaded sundown
Exorcist
Texas chainsaw massacre
Silence of the lambs
Psycho
Carrie
He Lee i have a cool idea for a video, a friend of mine said that horror movies are badly written and have weak female characters. So i tought maybe you could do like a 'top 10 thing you shoudn't say to a horror fan/ top 10 thing to say to make a horror fan mad. I think horror is the most underrated genre by critics (oscars) and normal people. So to see i video like i just said could be fun. I love you lee, and your videos you make my day everyday man. (Sorry for the bad english)
I so glad you did this list for scream this is my favorite horror movie and franchise period of all time and honestly I'm glad it wasn't me who did a video list for this i probably would have 30 things it get right 😂that's how much I love this franchise more and more thank you man🤙🏾🙏🏾😁
Randy cameo in Scream 3 is the best part in that film, I enjoyed all of the films but him not being in it is pretty easy to notice
(I've been bingeing the rankings playlist, but I appreciate a content creator who checks on videos that have been up on TH-cam for a while!)
I think the other great thing about this franchise is you don't get all of the answers either. You can debate on who was under the mask when there is more than one killer (outside of Scream 3). Like, how messed up would it be if Casey pulled the mask off to find Stu under it, seeing as they had dated previously. There could be an argument that Billy was the one who killed her. The same goes for Tatum.
It's one of those things where you can go back and rewatch the films with a fine-tooth comb to try and get those answers or get as close to them as possible.
Oh my gosh thank you for mentioning my tweet , I have been a fan of your channel for a while and I am a big fan of this franchise so it’s nice to know you notice your fans I am geeking out 😅
No problem! It was a great and thought provoking comment!
Drumdums ☺️☺️ Yea I also just had to mention Tatum Riley she’s my favorite slasher vic , along with Helen Shivers . I just love their characters so much .
One of my favorite franchises
Scream is my favorite slasher without doubt. It helps that this film came out when I was 18, in the prime of my life, but the movie had this atmosphere that I just cant shake. The soundtrack, the characters, the setting. It's got this epic feel that's hard to describe. I remember having the posters on my room's wall. And I've begun loving this movie more and more over the years because I'm getting very nostalgic as I make my way through my 40s...
Lee did a good job on this one!
My favorite homage in the series has to be the He Knows Your Alone homage from part 2.
@Drumdums, the first movie had that mystery balance to it for viewers...but as you've said, this was the film that changed the direction of the Halloween franchise into H20 and eventually Resurrection....I just read recently that the original H7 was to follow Paul Rudd's Tommy Doyle into taking over the mantle as the new Dr. Loomis with him learning that the whole town of Haddonfield was working with Thorn. We could have had that instead of the PG-13 ish H20 which itself has been ignored by the recent Halloween film.
no complaints, you did great!!!!!!
YES!!! This is the video I was waiting for! Scream is my favorite franchise and I’m happy to see you discuss things it gets right! Also, the shirt you were wearing is awesome!
Thank you...And this was a fun ass list to put together!
That shirt!!!!! That intro!!!!! Haha great video as always, Lee. Wes was known as the Maestro for a reason. So intelligent! Love that Scream is the flip side of New Nightmare.
Thank you! Wes was a genius and a legend.
RIP Wes. Definitely agree about his versatility! Thx for the mention! ❤️ agreed with your whole list!
Thank you Lindsay. Loved your Twitter comment! ❤️🤟
@@DrumdumsOfficial Wes Craven was the Janitor in Scream, dressed as Freddy and he was in Scream 3 as a tourist walking behind Jay & Silent Bob
He was a sneaky awesome bastard 😂❤️ loved it. “What you call me ?” 😂
@@lindsaybrooke5782 "Not you Fred" lol
45k subscribers and you're so active with the fans love it
Oh you guys are like adrenaline for me. Love chopping it up with you guys.
great list! i would also add the simplicity of the titles… Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Scream 4. and for the fifth installment calling it Scream, i believe, is in of itself a meta reference to reboots that take the same name as their originals. Or, like Halloween (2018), a requel that also brings back its legacy character.
Yep. And there hasn't been a reboot yet. Good on them.
Love that shirt Lee!! 🙂 I asked you a while ago where do you find your shirts if I may ask? Been doing a late night mini binge of your videos, and commentary reviews. Scream/Ghostface will always be one of my favorite franchises besides Halloween. Wonderful homage and dedication indeed, to the late Wes Craven. 🤲🏽☝🏾👏🏽
Michael D. Williams III Really appreciate it man. I get most of my T-shirts through TeePublic. They have a great selection.
Roger Jackson does a good job, did you know they were going to originally be watching Black Christmas (the unsung poppa) in the first draft of the script, but switched it to Halloween (Myers) for aesthetic, homage via mask and knife, verses the infamous Black Xmas calls. Halloween was basically gifted to our favor director John Carpenter as what the sequel of Black Christmas would've been, although the killer would be Billy instead of Mikey M.
THE VOICE! Reminds me of the analog recordings of theatrical trailers of the 70's & 80's;creating anticipation. Scream also has one of the best final girls ever - Neve Campbell plays Sydney with intelligence,vulnerability -yet toughness, & is just likeable 👀 candy!The opening scene of the first movie....one of the best scenes in any horror movie! The rules laid out by Randy;as horror movie fans,a construct we've always known & it's nice the film paid homage to that slasher fanbase. And lastly,unique plot twists. I just wish the 3rd & 4th installments were "better quality"....@ least that's my opinion 👉
yes the opening of scream is great love these videos
Thank you John!
Richard Donner directed all 4 Lethal Weapons. In the horror genre though, can’t think of any. Great list Lee.
Yeah I put Phantasm on there because I remembered after recording.
Lee, we need a tour of your horror t-shirt collection!!! LOVE the Stab shirt!!!
Thank you Beckie! Might have to do that!
I just watched this on the big screen on my tv in my house. Damn Lee! Your Evil Layer looks most righteous on the tube then on my phone. 🥰 Anyway, I totally agree with your list! Well done my friend. Loved this!!
Thank you Hayley! I absolutely love it when people watch my content on the big screen. 🖥
Great intro!🤣 great video👍great list 👍
Nice content lee I love that shirt excited for scream 5
Great video @Drumdums, my favorite TH-camr!
The scream tv show made baby Jesus cry
He’s still crying.
Nice intro Lee lol And thanks for this, Scream movies are awesome, Even Scream 3
Here's a question - Name the killer in Friday The 13th
Michael Myers.
The mansion in Scream 3 was the same building as the school in Halloween H20
What I love is instead of a malevolent evil force, or a resurrected monster, the "monster" in the scream franchise is a regular person, which is scarier than any monster. Ghostface can blend in and be a part of everyday life, easily gain trust, then when you least expect it he gets you. Ghostface can be real, which is much more horrifying than an immortal guy or dream invader since we know stuff like that is impossible. But ghostface has 0 special powers aside from having above average strength and stealth. ANYONE could be a Ghostface, which is what scares me the most
Another fun video that I enjoyed from the dark corner of the room. That's all....
i love “slightly higher pitch” lee mccoy
3:14 #10: The Certain Rules that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie
4:42 #9: Great Core Characters
5:35 #8: Horror Comedy that’s done right
6:56 #7: Roger L. Jackson’s Voice
8:12 #6: The Mask
9:10 #5: The Ultimate Whodunit
11:00 #4: Pays Omage
11:55 #3: Sidney Prescott
13:14 #2: Saving Horror
17:43 #1: Greatest Opening in Horror History
Good stuff..yep..SCREAM is a great franchise for sure. AND the 1st one still holds up all these years later. Great story,acting,plot,twists, and best of all Rose McGowan's nips :D lol..I hate to think of our main guys dying in the new movie,but i feel we are going to lose someone..Thanks for another video Lee. I love the way you talk about movies and dissect them. The passion shows..
Kirby might be Scream 5 opening kill
Psycho-TCM-Halloween-Scream
The 4 landmark horror films
Not a huge horror fan but your videos are extremely entertaining
Thx Lee has a lot of fun watching it
I laugh when Shaggey said You hit me with a phone dick 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Awesome intro bro 😂
#JusticeForRandy
Thanks brother! #Preach!
The opening scene of Scream with Drew Barrymore dying in the opening arguably the most shocking and most memorable opening in a horror movie nobody expected her to die early cause she was already a famous actress back at that time.
Great list
Great list Lee!
Thank you!
I have a shirt like that but not as good. May I ask where from?
His List:
10. Randy’s Rules
9. Great Core Characters
8. A Horror Comedy done right
7. Roger L. Jackson’s voice
6. The Mask
5. Ultimate who done it
4. Pays Omage
3. Sidney f’ing Prescott
2. Saving Horror
1. Greatest opening in Horror History
A video I did not know I needed lol. I honestly would love to see your opinions on the purge franchise
Thank you!
Hey man.. gonna pop over and copy this in the fb group, but few things. Scream, being my fav horror flick, I remember the first time I watched it. I was 11 and my whole family watched it - which thinking now... who does that? And my older sister had seen it in theaters, so during the watch I'm all "there's gotta be 2 killers cause how's he moving around so quickly," and to her credit she didn't give in. So I wound up doubting myself and then of course we get the reveal.
I think what's so strong about the characters are 2 fold. First, like you said... the thing with comedy inside of a serious horror flick is you can have the characters make jokes or sometimes set up humor as a kind of inconvenient happenstance but when shit goes down, it's all played serious. Second, as much as I love Randy and wish they didn't kill him in part 2 - when the characters die... they're really gone and the characters feel it. Maybe not so much in Scream 3.
Wish I could've popped into the group sooner, could've contributed to the twittttah but hey, really good vid.
Bonus: Red Right Hand. The music as a whole but Red Right Hand kills.
Thanks man, and red right hand is such a staple to the franchise. I should’ve included that one!
I never liked the Scream mask. But now seeing how it's based of The Scream painting, that's pretty cool.
The Scream franchise is awesome. It's boss.
Nice video, again.
It really is!
We Are Still Here! I love that movie!
Yeah it’s like a love letter to Fulci!
I have this on VHS. Classic. I think in the next movie, they should keep the killer as a deleted character off screen until the end of the movie...
The soundtrack was pretty good.
First off, great video. I love the first movie, go back and forth on the second and pretty much check out there, although I watched the TV show and liked that more than 3 and 4. I think most of these work for the first movie, some for the first two movies, but across the franchise, I don’t know about that.
10. Rules: “The rules” was a fun concept but theyre kinda bs. If you pull literally any popular slasher final girl or survivors, including Sidney, they’re in clear violation of every single rule. I think it was put in as a meta joke that wasn’t really ironed out and as a way to alleviate/cast suspicion on Randy as one of the possible killers.
9. Cast: The cast is great, completely agreed
8. Horror Comedy: Def agreed re: the first two about balancing the elements of horror and comedy, though I loved the original Scary Movie too.
7. The Voice - def agreed/ the biggest strength of the property by far
6. The Mask: I have always hated the entire outfit. Aside from being memorable, it’s horribly impractical and often puts the killer at the mercy of their victims. The shape of the face allows less than stormtrooper visibility. They often get bottles or pots and pans thrown at them. When was the last time Michael or Jason got fridge smacked and fell down? The killers cant see in the mask at all and often have to hold it and noticeably look down. I don’t know if that’s supposed to be the real-world actor doing it or it’s supposed to happen in universe. The dollar store reaper robe is to long and gets caught while they’re running resulting in slap stick tumbles and rolls, this was one of the first things Scary Movie honed in on because of how obvious it is. I was also an uncultured 11 yr old and having never heard of “The Scream” I just figured it was some weird Grim Reaper knockoff. I love the look in general, but in application and practicality, Ghostface is probably the worst costume/mask combo on the slasher market… except for the bear mascot from Girls Nite Out… yikes.
5. Whodunit: The first one set up a great whondunit. I feel they took that premise and ran it into the ground in the second one and never let up.
4. Pays Homage: It does, but it was so mainstream friendly, it inspired three generations of casuals who didn’t and don’t get those other references and typically don’t have any intention of going back through them. The non horror Scream fans of 1996 became the non horror Get Out fans of 2018, change my mind.
3. Sidney: Sidney is incredible. She was my fav final girl through the 2nd movie.
2. Saved Horror: Kinda the same as the pays homage, horror was trucking along. Scream pushed it into pretty college kid angsty meta commentary horror and we got a bunch of those, some were even great. It ran out real quick and we ended up with found footage, torture porn, and never-ending Japanese remakes until around 2008.
1. What an Opening: Opening was great. I didn’t think Drew was gonna be the final girl/ I was already conditioned to “the girl in the opening scene doesn’t make it out of the opening scene’. I also didn’t really know Drew Barrymore was in terms of “Stardom” and I didn’t recognize she was the same girl from Poison Ivy cause I was 11.
Was lucky enough to see it in theaters. It was my 2nd or third "R-rated horror movie" in theaters and it was def a great exp.
Saw Scream 2 with my dad in a local "in the hood theater" and it made a truly memorable exp for the both of us/ was one of our best theater memories. He never really liked horror movies at all, but he always put up with me and often fell asleep on his or my couch as my sister and I had one playing.
My sister just turned 17 and she fell in love with the franchise when I showed it to her on her 11th birthday lol
Damn love your breakdown man! Thanks for watching! 👏
You should rank all the Ghostfaces TV series Ghostfaces included.
Yesssssss we stan these slashers
I don't know if you Lee, and everyone else in the comments, knew this but there's an interesting story about the origin of Ghostface mask, a guy named Loren Gitthens wanted to make a ghoslty mask based on the classic bed sheet with holes and he made one in early 90s, he and a couple of friends at the Alterian Studios decided to produce that mask and called the company "The Ghost Factory" and tried to sell the costumes but because they were a small company they didn't sell the mask pretty well but a company called Fun World really liked the mask, after a time this man give up trying to make the living out of the special effect industry a moved on with his life and a couple of years later he saw in a store his mask still being produced by Fun World. Then we know that the production of Scream was looking for a location to shoot and in one of the houses they visited there was a ghostface mask by Fun World and then history was made, this guy Loren didn't persued money out of the popularity of Scream but he said that wanted to share the story because he felt that someone else was receiving credit for his creation.
Lucas Fernandez That’s insane Lucas. Thank you for sharing!
"BAM! B🚫 WHENT DOWN! BAM! SID, SUPER B🚫!" -Tatum Riley RIP
Great list :)
Did you recognise the music in one of the scream movies is the Broken Arrow theme.
Great video i love the scream films my number 1 would be kirby i love her she is my fav female movie character second is Jennifer Aniston from Office Space... and Saving horror was more important the opening scene
I want 5cream to be a sequel that ignores 2-4, brings Randy back, pokes at the direct sequels, like Halloween 2018 and Texas Chainsaw 3D, and is made more serious, ominous, and creepy like a Jordan Peele type horror movie.
Great video
Great. Top 10
They found the GhostFace mask in the house that they were using for location. It belonged to the son of the owner of the house. Then, they contacted the manufacture company to see if they could use it in the movie.