Almost three a very long time after Wes Craven‘s 1996 launch of “Scream” — the horror film surrounding a bunch of Woodsboro Excessive Faculty school college students, affected by a harrowing serial killer — stays to be a excessive scary movie amongst many generations.

Just a couple of of the breakout stars embody Skeet Ulrich as Billy, Neve Campbell as Sidney, Matthew Lillard as Stu, Rose McGowan as Tatum and Jamie Kennedy as Randy.

All of it began with Drew Barrymore‘s infamous over-cooked popcorn scene and a haunting phone identify that ended with a “scream” that acquired right here a squeak too late … And, in any case accompanied by some eerily creepy, suspenseful music.

Simply two years into her run on “Associates,” Courteney Cox took on the operate of Gale Weathers — the latest and thirsty tabloid journalist who falls for the town’s police officer, Dewey …

Dewey — carried out by David Arquette is the timid deputy sheriff making it his accountability to protect Sidney from the killer. Though no longer a pair, a romance kindled off-screen between Courteney and David in the long run led to 2010.

“Scream” quickly turned a spooky conventional, predominant to 6 sequels with a seventh set to drop in 2026. The franchise has featured huge Hollywood stars like Jada Pinkett Smith — seen on this memorable film present scene from the 1997 “Scream 2.”

Oh, and once you aren’t aware, “Scream” is the place the enduring Ghostface masks was born and has been a standard costume vendor ever since!