Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
Scream is a 1996
American slasher film written by Kevin
Williamson and directed by Wes
Craven. The film stars Neve Campbell,
Courteney Cox, Drew Barrymore, and David
Arquette. It follows the character of Sidney Prescott (Campbell), a high
school student in the fictional town of Woodsboro, who becomes the target of a
mysterious killer known as Ghostface. Other main characters include Sidney's
best friend Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan),
Sidney's boyfriend Billy Loomis (Skeet
Ulrich), film geek Randy Meeks (Jamie
Kennedy), deputy sheriff Dewey Riley (Arquette), and news reporter Gale
Weathers (Cox).