Every HORROR MOVIE REFERENCE in Scream (1996)
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- Your complete horror movie reference guide to all the things you missed in Wes Craven's Scream (1996)
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If you're like me, you've probably seen the original Scream at least a hundred times. Heck, I usually watch it at least 4 times a month with all the editing I end up doing for these videos. But the wonderful things about this Wes Craven directed/Kevin Williamson written classic, is that there is always something new to discover about it, even 25 years later.
I'm sure most of you diehards have a wikipedic knowledge of the things I list in this video, but this isn't your typical ending explained. For everyone else, prepare to get well-versed in your favorite scary movie when we go over all the hidden Easter eggs there are to be found in Scream when referencing a back catalogue of the horror genre's finest offerings. For example, Psycho and Halloween.
By the time you're finished this video, you will not only be able to list every horror movie mentioned in Scream, but also learn everything there is to know about it too. So expand your appreciation for the Scream franchise and find out everything you didn't know about the original, groundbreaking movie.
Also, if you feel I missed any horror movie references, or made a mistake, please go ahead and leave your feedback. A thumbs up would be greatly appreciated too. Thanks!
Scream (1996)
Directed by Wes Craven
Written by Kevin Williamson
Starring
Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers
David Arquette as Dewey Riley
Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis
Matthew Lillard as Stu Macher
Rose McGowan as Tatum Riley
Jamie Kennedy as Randy Meeks
and Drew Barrymore as Casey Becker
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Didn't notice until after recording that the 2 movies Casey was about to watch are Halloween and Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice. So I'll make sure to add them in on the next video.
I just realized in Halloween H20. Laurie Tells The kids to “Drive Down the Street to the Becker’s.” That’s possibly a Reference to the This Scream Movie. Correct me if I’m Wrong
@@Jeff34756 I think it's actually because in the original halloween the neighbours who lived down the street from Laurie where called the McKenzies
@@Facelessman254 I remember, still fun thinking about though
We finally got more videos of cherry 🍒 again
@@Jeff34756 It obviously is
The actress that played Casey Becker’s mom deserves an award for most bone chilling scream. Chills EVERY single time I watch that scene.
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I bet after the original Scream the Beckers moved away from Woodsboro because finding the gutted bodies of their daughter and her boyfriend probably traumatised them for life. Finding out 2 of Casey and Steve's own classmates did it probably made things worse. It's not hard to imagine them thanking Sidney for killing Billy and Stu.
Definitely
@@Xehanort10 the only motive-related thing that would really make sense in this franchise, is that Casey's parents and especially her mother (and not a brother, a sister, a cousin, a lost uncle or somebody else) would sometime seek personal revenge for their daughter. But no, even though pretty much everyone else in this ongoing franchise seeked revenge at some point. Anyway, i tend to believe that the sinister subtext of 'Scream 1' is all about 'poisoning' the very bondage between mothers & daughters. In the opening scene a mother loses her daughter (i strongly believe it's this tragic layer that makes this scene the most 'iconic' and 'unforgettable' of the whole franchise) and the rest of the movie is all about a girl that has lost her mother. Horribly & brutally in both cases from some more or less random teenagers. The same teenagers. And the film is not about dealing with this trauma, i mean supposedly yes, but not really. In my eyes, this is just an atrocious side-plot of some kind, a cheap 'politically correct' alibi for the installment. The film provides thrilling PLEASURE using the breaking of this mother/daughter bondage as a plot instrument. Majority of viewers & horror fans admire the opening scene as 'iconic' and glorify the skills of the talented mr Craven for constructing it. But, come on, this is not just a good thrill, it has a traumatising purpose in subconscious level. A similar subtext of the 'toxic' nature of mother/dauhghter relationship was on Nightmare on Elm Street too, with Nancy and Marge. Marge has secretly kept and is 'holding' Freddy's glove with razors. This is quite a symbolism, isn't it? Craven obviously had a thing about mothers. Another argument pointing in that direction, is that during Nancy's nightmare in the classroom, the image of her best friend Tina standing in the deathbag is precisely the posture of a catholic statue of Virgin Mary and in the same blue-white colour too.
@@Xehanort10 especially since stu dated casey
Craven originally wanted to cut the line about "A Nightmare on Elm Street" as he felt it would make him seem like an egomaniac. But then someone mentioned that the line about "the rest sucked" also included Dream Warriors and New Nightmare. So he left it in.
He also made fun of himself with Tatum not knowing either his or John Carpenter's names so saying the murders were something out of a "Wes Carpenter" flick.
@@Xehanort10 that sounds better than what I always thought. That Wes Carpenter was a real director in this universe.
I love that
People don’t give Drew Barrymore enough credit for how smart she is for that casting choice
Also I think you missed when Stu says “As if” and Randy calls him “Alicia” quoting Clueless
I think the video was just Horror movie specific references
Seriously, I think people take it for granted nowadays because it’s such a well-known opening credit kill but when it originally opened it was so shocking! Literally none of the trailers gave it away and she was on the poster as the main girl, so it was really unexpected at the time! Props to her
@@V_4_Versace every time he says “I wanna know who’s I’m looking at” I get chills
Clueless isnt a a horror movie
There’s one more. When Billy blames Sidney’s mom for sleeping with his dad and causing his mom to leave is the same reason Ann Thomerson (Tracey Bregman) holds Virginia Wainwright (Melissa Sue Anderson) responsible for in 1981’s Happy Birthday To Me.
YES! You are SO cool for mentioning that when I was about to:):)
that movie was so fucking WILD and twisted! I loved it
Also, (Before Killing her) Billy tells Casey "You may go outside to investigate a strange noise." which could be a reference to a movie called "The Boogens".
Holy shit, someone law other than me and Dead Meat knows that film???
@@1rhpsfan Also a 1981 slasher. That was only fifteen years before Scream (1996) though. It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 27 years since Scream.
OMG! I never noticed how Linda Blair's costume choice in Scream includes not one, not two, but THREE crucifixes! I love this production team!
If Randy survived the scream series and became a TH-camr, then it'd be like this 100% which is awesome
Omg that’s too accurate 😭😭 he would 100% do that
I mean, Jamie Kennedy actually does have a pretty good TH-cam channel lol so I guess that's close enough
Wait that’s so true
Jamie Kennedy has a youtube channel thats fun and a tiktok.
One other thing you forgot to mention is that when Ms Barrymore says "Michael, Michael Myers" which I believe is a direct reference to H6 when 'Jamie' called into the radio station from the bus station and said "Michael, Michael Myers".
When Stu said "I've always had a thing for you, Sid!", he was quoting Al Pacino from Serpico. In the scene with Serpico in the hospital with facial wounds, he quoted that to his colleague.
This video was sick as fuck. Scream is my favorite movie of all time.
At the end when Sidney pushes the TV onto Stu, that could be a reference to Nightmare III, when Freddy kills one of the Dream Warriors with a TV screen.
It's a reference to the Truman show to let us know Stu lived on in TV land and never died. He'll be back.
@@WesleyWyndam-Pryce Y'all really need to get over this whole "Stu is alive" BS. It's exhausting.
@@jasonperez8578 Amen
Scream 1996 is the biggest love letter to horror fans. Just rewatched it last night and still can’t get over how good that movie was. Thanks Scream for paying tribute to horror of yesteryear while revolutionizing the genre at the same time.
Surprising Child's Play never was reference in the Scream franchise or Sleepaway Camp.
Maybe the dolls in the attic could also be a reference to child’s play and deep red?
Sleepaway camp is my favorite horror movie
I love the Suspiria reference with Casey’s hanging, I’ve seen the uncut version where the camera shot is slower and it’s a very small thing but it’s much more impactful with it being slower.
There’s also 1995’s ‘Clueless’ reference when Randy sees Billy arrive at the party and he says “There goes my chance with Sid” and Stu says “As if” then Randy says “ ‘As If?’ Really Alicia” 🤣
I freaking love the interaction between Randy and Stu in that scene because they both brought some comedy in the delivery of the lines. Matthew Lillard as Stu Macher in the original Scream was definitely one of my favorite characters from the movie because he really just makes me like him all stemming from the way he delivered his lines throughout the film until the character's death at the end.
Another reference to Silence of The Lambs is when Syd says Casey Becker sits next to her in English class and Tatum says, 'Not anymore' is a reference to, when Hannibal, after having killed Migs in the next cell the night prior, is questioning if Jodie's superior officer fantacize about having sex with her, Jodie says, 'That doesn't interest me... that's the kind of thing that Migs would say' and Dr Lecter says, 'Not anymore.'
A bit off topic, but hey ho. Just wanna say that I love this channel so, SO much, it's so nice to have a space where people are just as obsessed with Scream (and other horror of course). Me and my Ghostface mask (which is displayed on my kitchen wall) feels less alone, and for that I thank you immensely. Trust me, I'll be right back.
Happy to have found a community of people myself. Hang that Ghostface mask high and proud!
i bought a little plushie of him in the theatre on scream 6 opening day, hes above my monitor at all times
I’ve kinda been hooked on your Scream videos the last two days.
One reference/coincidence that I can think of off the top of my head is the scene where Sidney is in Dewey’s jeep and locks the doors on Ghostface is almost beat for beat taken from the criminally under rated/forgotten movie The Lady In White (1988) where the main character (Lukas Haas) traps himself inside a car and locks the doors to escape a killer only for his attacker to head to the back hatch to enter.
It’s a big spoiler for the movie as it spoils who the killer is, so if you have time give it a watch and it’s impossible not to notice the similarities.
The scene where Casey removes the killers mask is almost identical to the scene in a nightmare on elm street where time removes Freddy face revealing his skull.
It's not a horror movie reference but I always love that they cast Jamie Kennedy as the movie buff when he was doing the Blockbuster Entertainment Team ads around the same time
WOW! I remembered "Scream" as being full of genre references, but I don't remember it being THAT full! If memory serves, I saw it only once when it first was in the theaters. I definitely need to see it again. Thanks for a very entertaining (and thorough) analysis!
16:30 I've always felt like Morgan Moonscar and his zombie pirates from Scooby Doo on Zombie Island were a reference to The Fog's ghost pirates.
I love that you mentioned The Bad Seed, my all time fav in the genre.
The phone call in “When a Stranger Calls” has quite a similar dialogue exchange with the killer and girl. When the girl asks what does he want, while Ghostface says “I wanna see what your insides look like”, the killer in When a Stranger Calls says he wants…. “Your blood. All over me!”
One other visual reference is that Tatum drives a red Volkswagen Beetle and parks it on a awkwardly steep hill after Sydney is attacked. When we are introduced to the Amy Steel character in Friday the 13th Part 2, she parks her red Volkswagen Beetle on an awkwardly steep hill.
You uploading this a couple hours after I finished rewatching the original Scream for the “20th goddamn time” >>>>>>
I wish I could say I've (only) seen it 20 goddamn times, but I passed that number over 20 goddamn years ago. Lol
And the Fonzie-esque hand through the hair in the mirror that Henry Winkler does. Love it!
The fact that we had to wait until Scream 5 to get a Child's Play reference in the series is kind of bewildering to me. Think of all of the horror movies and franchises that got namedropped before they decided to throw Chucky a quick bone.
This is 22 minutes, BUT HOLY CRAP THIS FEELS LIKE 2 HOURS!
I’m not sure if this is a good reference theory or not, but the hanged doll from deep red seemed to be referenced in Heathers. You could also say Billy going insane and killing teenagers due to the loss of his Mother can be referenced back to JD’s motive of going insane after loosing his Mother and then going on a physiological path to excuse his killings.
Awesome stuff! After watching Never Sleep Again, I believe the “sequels suck” line was purposely thrown in there as Wes really did not like the Nightmare sequels and did not like how 1 ended.
Wes actually said in a interview that he thought of removing it but it would make him seem bias. (Not his exact words but it was in a interview I heard randomly when looking around at videos.)
So true
Opening kill is Casey & Steven. The actor who played Nick, the killer in Prom Night, name is Casey Stevens
You forgot in the garage Tatum saying “Cut Casper that’s a wrap” as in the Christina Ricci live action Casper, Not a scary movie but a family Halloween movie. Some scenes could scare kids.
The Bat is another movie I think inspired Scream. The whole set-up in Stu Macher’s house, the stair case scenes, the front door scenes with the killer, and being misguided on which character is the killer
this is actually cool. never noticed that even the smallest details are references and parallels to other horror films.
my favorite is when halloween h20 throws back to scream when laurie tells the teens to drive to the beckers
Or when the girls are watching Scream 2 in the dorm room but if you think about it that’s a contradictory reference because in the Scream universe the Halloween franchise clearly exists as fictional. Still a fun nod though
and how they cast Joseph Gordon Levitt in H20 and he did a lot of press for the film as he was just starting to get really big, but they killed him off in the first 10 minutes or so
@@craigjones1946 maybe scream had nightmare on elm street instead or scream 2 is scream 1 in h20 universe
Definitely seeing a bunch of movies to add to my watch list, thanks for the video!
Never knew Francis Coppola did a horror movie. That's so fucking cool
The thumbs up on that ghost face at the beginning is so fucked 😂😂😂
Not to mention, in the 1st Halloween (1978), the trenchcoated dude's last name is Loomis, and the actress who played Annie's last name is Loomis, so maybe that's what gave the directors the idea for Billy's last name.
Just a thought...
Interesting you mentioned Copycat. Not only do I consider it to be an underrated 90s suspense, but I actually just rewatched it earlier today.
I love that movie.
wow this film is even better than i thought - flawless MATERPEICE
I fucking love Horror, I love it because imo it’s the most creative and uncensored (though people have tried to censor it) genre in all of film. And Scream is my all time favourite movie, Scream came out the very year I was born in 1996 and Scream is pretty much a love letter to the Horror genre.
I feel you I cannot wait until October imma binge watch nothing but 80s and 90s horror films
Movie scarm come out the very year I was born in 1996 and scream is pretty much a love letter 💌 to the horror gener.
this is the content i like to see
As someone new to the horror genre, and chose scream as my first film to watch, this channel is amazing. I loved scream, and being able to fangirl over the cool details is so amazing. Thanks for making these great videos!
I love your video here and your analysis a lot :). I was going to mention that when Ghostface punches through the window at Casey that this was the first homage we see to Suspiria even before the hanging body as that is what happens to Pat at the window when the monster appears before she is dragged outside to the roof. The second reference was to Gale's van and the way she peels out and swerves around trying to get away is very much much the same way Slick is seen trying escape the killer after Jude is stabbed in the back of the Van in the original Prom Night :)
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Zack you impress me more and more with every video you drop!!!!
even though it isnt a horror movie, randy & stu make a reference to clueless (stu says "as if" and randy calls him alicia)
the last shot of himbreys death is also psycho i think
Okay but this content was actually straight on the nail. I was literally watching scream the other day and wondered how many references there were within the movie. They say if you ask, you shall receive! And I’m here for this grade A content!
This video was delicious. Oh my god. I did not think I could find someone listing every movie referenced. I’ve added all of the ones to my list that I haven’t watched yet. Thanks!
Huh, I always knew "Stranger in Our House" as "Summer of Fear". Thats whats on the VHS, I wonder why!
Ahh I’ve missed you! Another amazing video 😊 Hope you cover the references in the 3 sequels!
You bet!
OMG! man, this video is perfect! I loved that you scored all the known and most enigmatic references. I'm dying to see the references to the other movies in the scream franchise.
Bathroom stalls are used a lot to build tension. One off the top of my head is from Halloween H20. A mom and daughter are in a public bathroom when Michael comes in.
Scream was released in 1996, h20 was released in 1998...
@@somebodyghosting6759 Yeah, it was just an example of the bathroom thing that is used a lot. I'm not saying Scream copied Halloween.
For real life
I can’t remember a movie with feet under that star refilling the killer. But hiding your feet under the star was pretty common in a lot of movies. First one I think of is Witness.
That was EXCELLENT! Can't wait for all the sequels!
I never likened that car scene to the scene in Carrie, I always referenced it to the TCM!! Which is weird, Carrie is my favorite horror movie
I’m such a huge Scream Fan. This content is everything! 😱🤭♥️
Your content is second to none. Keep up the great work 👏🏻
Craven originalmente quería cortar la línea sobre "Una pesadilla en Elm Street", ya que sintió que lo haría parecer un ególatra. Pero luego alguien mencionó que la línea sobre "el resto apestaba" también incluía Dream Warriors y New Nightmare. Así que lo dejó.
Hey Zack! I was wondering if you’d be interested in making some type of content based off the MTV scream series? You could do like who killed who or how it’s relates to the actual films. Either way great content
So excited for you to do the other movies!!!
I'm planning to have a scream themed party for my birthday next month and I'll probably be using some of your videos for ideas c:
I think I'm gonna make a kind of murder party game where everyone rolls dice to see if and how they get killed and the last one left in the 'final girl'. Me and my horror buff housemate are going to be billy and stu and we are thinking of setting up a projector screen to marathon the movies.
You probably didn't need to know but I'm really excited about it haha
Thank you for the videos ❤❤
sounds like a great party!
This movie obviously came out after scream but in the 2018 Halloween Michael Myers steps down from a toilet in the bathroom and another fun fact is scream 2 in the script of ms loomis her name is Nancy and Nancy loomis is the the stage name for Nancy kyes who plays Annie in Halloween
Loved this video!
What movie was Randy’s “Spleen in the mailbox” line referencing?
really love these videos and this channel. i love listening and obsessing about scream and other horror movies.
WOW! Well done!!! Super impressed with your attention to details and always appreciate your input on horror movies
I love how the Scream franchise always reference horror movies which I think is pretty cool. 🔪🔪🔪
omg Jamie "breaking the fourth wall" when watching Halloween. I never put that together!!!!! Brilliant!!
Zach we need more conent!! I check everyday. Love this channel ❤❤❤ I've watched every episode multiple times.
EXCELLENT VIDEO! Even better than the Scream killers broken down into seven deadly sins. Love your content!
Such a good video!! The whole time I kept thinking “omg it does reference that!” There were quite a few references I had never noticed!
Great video man you nailed it all 👍👌😱 "It's a Scream baby!"
Geez hearing the reference reminds me of the night in high school when my girlfriend and I couldn’t sleep after the final killer reveal in When a Stranger Calls Back!
This is the channel that got me hooked on horror movie so thank you for this
The feet under the bathrom stall door isn't a trope specific to horror films. I believe Copycat might actually be the first pure horror film to feature it, but films of other genres have used it all the way back to the 60s.
I can't recall if it was used in Maniac! for its bathroom kill.
But films like Pink Panther Strikes Again and Firefox both featured scenes with feet revealed under the bathroom stall, both from the 70s.
10:03 Cop to profiler: We know the killer has horrible grammar.
The dolls hanging by nooses is also referenced in 1993’s “The Good Son”
Great video. I really enjoyed how you used all of the references with the clips from the movies.
Great video! The production value is awesome!
wow! just wow!! just when you thought you had seen every single scream referential video out there, this list and every single item is shown in a way like never before. i see myself watching this at least ten more times.
This film scared the heck out of me when I was a teen 🤣 seriously bad timing when casey was killed and my mum called home 🤣 seriously traumatised by it to this day lol.
When A Stranger Calls Back is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen in my life
Is that the one where he’s dressed like the wall?
Sort of. The first 15 minutes are some of the most pants wettingly terrifying images put to film, but after that it slams into a wall and just dies completely. The slow pace after that nearly deep sixes the entire film.
The motive for the killing is a call back to the slasher " happy birthday to me" in both the killer is upset by the infedilty of the lead's parent with the killer's father which caused the mom to leave or die
When Ghostface tries to strangle Sidney inside the police car with one hand looks very similar to when Michael does the same thing to Annie in Halloween, so I'm guessing it's yet another reference to that movie.
Feeling very late for the party, but I think the killer mocking Sid with the car keys is a reference to Pumpkinhead (1989). Specifically where the creature does the same thing with the chain from a motorcycle.
Yay! Stoked to have you on our podcast tonight, you rock always always my good friend 🤘🏻😎☀️ - Joe
Who killed who in scary movie would be a banger.
I would love to see that
Weren't they all Doofy, I thought Ray and Bobby's plan was to just kill the Cindy (plus the other people we saw them kill) and make it look like ghost face did it aka doofy, I might be wrong since it's been a while since I saw it
@@murraypeat2871 Ray and Bobby primarily used butcher knives to commit their murders while Doofy primarily used the Fish Hooks. There might've been some overlap (Doofy using a knife to make it look like Ray and Bobby or vice versa) but generally speaking Ghostface with a hook = almost definitely Doofy whereas Ghostface with a knife = Ray and/or Bobby probably.
@@jaernihiltheus7817 oh really! who would’ve thought detail would’ve gone into this type of parody🤣 so could you give an example of a doofy victim and a ray/bobby victim?
@@murraypeat2871 The killer that killed all of Shorty's friends while being stoned and rapping was Doofy for sure (used the hook, Bobby was busy, Ray was busy killing the girl in the garage), I'm blanking on most of the weapons that were used in the kills but I wanna say Greg was likely killed by Bobby, as Bobby conveniently walked offscreen just before and the killer was using a knife to stab him, despite the scene being a parody of I Know What You Did Last Summer and the killer there using a hook.
Doofy never appeared anywhere onscreen during the Greg kill (even though he'd probably be there considering his sister was one of the contestants, in fact he'd probably be seen as suspicious if he slinked away just before his sister's performance and then only popped back up after his sister's asshole boyfriend everyone hated was seen gutted).
Likewise, we know that Ray was the killer for the garage scene because not only was that in the original movie it's parodying of course, but because the killer used a knife, Bobby was busy, and the killer with the hook (Doofy) was busy getting blitz with Shorty & friends.
Don't fear the reaper was also played during the opening scene of the TV movie the stand, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.
I’m gonna need you to upload more frequently. I love your videos😂
Believe me, I know haha. And thank you 🙏
A thought just came to mind there when you said about Sidney living on Elm Street, and it ties into what you said about Craven saying the deputy from ANOES was the same character. What if, like Scream with Stab, ANOES was made into a movie within the Scream universe? So it happened in this universe but it was made into a movie and that's what Casey was referring to!? Just a thought.
Love scream! Awsome vid!
I was in doubt here if I was going to watch The Babadook or Once Upon A Time In Hollywood in my Saturday night, but before that I was watching interviews of Mikey Madison and YT decided to give me a better video in the same theme, therefore I'm going to watch your video of references in all Scream, thanks for that, I was crazy to make this search.
I hope to watch all movies referenced in the entire franchise on this year
I thoroughly enjoy watching your content. I had subscribed yesterday. Love it!
I already knew Neve from “party of five”. I love that show!!
This info just makes me love scream even more
You left out one of the most important movie references were Randy says "This is the moment when the supposedly dead killer comes back to life." Yes he may be generalizing but this trope first appeared in a little 1967 gem called 'Wait until Dark' were a blind women is terrorized by a trio of thugs searching for a heroin stuffed doll they believe to be somewhere in her apartment.
I’m relatively certain that Casey’s hanging is actually more closely a reference to Wes cravens last house on the left as both girls are left gutted with their intestines falling out and hung from a tree. Love your videos man!
The doll parts swinging from the ceiling also reminds me of House of Wax (1953).
And Casey's sweater and hairstyle is identical to a female character in reanimator.
I love your videos.
Thank you for making this haha! While I was aware of most of them there was a lot I didn't catch! Awesome video!