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Release year: 1996

Storyline

In the small town of Woodsboro, California, a masked killer known as Ghostface begins murdering high school students, and a group of friends must use their knowledge of horror movies to unmask the killer.

Top credits

Directors

Wes Craven

Writers

Kevin Williamson

Cast

Neve Campbell — Sidney
Courteney Cox — Gale Weathers
David Arquette — Deputy Dewey
Skeet Ulrich — Billy

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Did you know

• The party scene near the end of the film runs forty-two minutes long. It was shot over the course of twenty-one days from the time the sun set to the time it rose. After it wrapped, the crew had t-shirts made that read "I SURVIVED SCENE 118" (which was the name of the scene during shooting). The cast and crew jokingly called it "The longest night in horror history."

• (At around one hour and thirty-five minutes) Matthew Lillard ad-libbed "My mom and dad are going to be so mad at me." Director Wes Craven thought it was so funny that he kept it in the film.

• The high school scenes were to be shot at Santa Rosa High School in California. However, very close to the shooting date, the school board read the script and denied the film to be shot there due to the violent nature, as they had been under the impression the film was a comedy, and production was moved to Healdsburg, California. As payback, director Wes Craven put in the end credits under the "Special Thanks" section, "NO THANKS WHATSOEVER TO THE SANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD."