Single-handedly resuscitating the horror genre, as well as the sagging career of its director, Scream, the 1996 sleeper written by then-Hollywood neophyte Kevin Williamson, brought in a staggering $103 million at the box office and inaugurated a new...

Scream is a 1996 horror film, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. The film revitalized the slasher film genre in the mid 1990s, similar to what Halloween (1978) did in the 1970s, by using a standard concept with a tongue-in-cheek...

Byline: STEPHEN SCHAEFER For those scary-movie fans who'd rather huddle at home with friends or (gulp!) all alone, Halloween thrills are available on video and DVD. Here are my Top 10 picks for cinematic frights: 1. "House of Wax." The classic...

University Wire 05-19-2005 (Daily Titan) (U-WIRE) FULLERTON, Calif. -- Will Ferrell is back on the big screen in "Kicking & Screaming," and although the plot is formulaic, Ferrell, alongside a surprisingly solid cast, provides a humorous feature that is safe for the whole family....

No screaming on the Screamer!A suburban amusement park has gotten so many complaints from neighbors about bloodcurdling screams that it has instituted a no-shrieking rule for its scary new thrill ride, the Scandia Screamer, a gigantic, windmill-like contraption that sends people plunging 16 stories to...

A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching."Now I feel stupid," said James Van Iveren, who has been...

Reviews the Wes Craven film, Scream. Provides a detailed plot summary.