When Wes Craven's horror masterpiece Scream rolled into theaters in 1996, it exploded into a major pop-cultural phenomenon the likes of which the genre had never seen before. Set in the small town of Woodsboro, California, a series of gruesome murders committed by a serial killer in a Ghostface mask sparks a serious hunt to find and unmask the madman before he strikes again. It was a familiar premise, but elevated by one fresh, new, and groundbreaking idea. Coming out during a troubling time for horror, a time when franchise fatigue was at an all-time high, staleness set in, and tired sequels were dragging slashers and this genre as a whole close to irrelevancy, along came this brilliant, self-aware meta commentary on the whole horror formula. Scream was dark and intense, but sharply written and hilarious, featuring characters that were well aware of being in a horror movie, a landmark storytelling idea at the time that changed the genre's history and further influenced the horror movies we have coming out today. Even now, it can make viewers laugh, scared, wildly excited, but no matter what, they'll always come back to it.
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