History NightmareFuel / Scream1996

** The moment when the horror truly begins is when Casey finally gets fed up with the caller, only for the killer to go full-on aggressive.

--->'''Ghostface:''' No, ''you'' listen, you little bitch! You hang up on me again, and I'll gut you like a fish, understand?!

* Roger L. Jackson's Ghostface voice. In the the opening, it sounds calm and normal, until it turns unnatural and almost raspy when he yells.

** One word. "Blondie." The exact moment when it becomes clear that the guy who called Casey's house isn't just some dumbass making a prank call but is actually watching her through her windows marks the moment when the slowly-building tension of the first few minutes snaps into outright horror.

-->'''Casey's Mother:''' Casey? Baby? ''(hears rattling gasps)'' Oh my god, I can hear her!

* The first fifteen minutes. Even knowing in advance that [[ItWasHisSled Casey and Steve are going to die]], the buildup of tension, the progression of the phone calls from seemingly innocent to malicious, the despairing HopeSpot as Casey's parents pull in and she's mere feet away from them, and the grisly ends met by both characters are enough to jar one out of their seat. Now, imagine seeing that in a theater in 1996, thinking that Creator/DrewBarrymore was going to be the FinalGirl...
* The brief glimpses Casey and the audience get of Ghostface when he first charges into the house and snoops around the kitchen, not knowing who or even ''what'' it was. Considering they mentioned supernatural killers like Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers, who knows what was going through Casey's head...
* One word. "Blondie." The exact moment when it becomes clear that the guy who called Casey's house isn't just some dumbass making a prank call but is actually watching her through her windows marks the moment when the slowly-building tension of the first few minutes snaps into outright horror.
* Casey's death is one of the most brutal deaths in modern horror movies, as she is stabbed in the lung which keeps her from calling out, and you see the bloody knife rise and fall over and over again. Her mother can hear her last words over the phone - it's a 90's cordless. She's only a matter of feet away, and she's gasping out for her mother with her last few breaths. The music changes from terrifying to tragic...

--> '''Casey's Mother:''' Casey? Baby? ''(hears rattling gasps)'' Oh my god, I can hear her!

* Ghostface SuddenlyShouting the first time he calls Sidney: "IF YOU HANG UP ON ME, YOU'LL ''DIE'', ''JUST'' LIKE YOUR ''MOTHER''! Do you wanna die, Sidney? Your mother sure didn't!"

* The "everybody's a suspect" scene. It's scary enough that what Randy says could be the truth, but gets worse when Billy confronts him about it in the video store; and the fact that both he and Stu scare Randy into admitting that he too has a perfect motive, if he was the killer. And this is before Billy and Stu are revealed as the killers.

* The scene where Tatum goes to the garage to get beer. The door slowly creaks shut behind her and she turns around to see Ghostface standing right behind her. She flirts with him mockingly until he pulls out a knife and cuts her arm. She wrestles her arm free, fights him and then decides to try to escape through the cat-flap in the garage door in what must be ''the'' dumbest attempt to escape ''ever''[[note]]Ironically, Creator/RoseMcGowan discovered that she could fit through the cat-flap[[/note]]. Ghostface makes the garage door open, crushing her head like a sponge ball.
** Her death is so horrible that even ''Ghostface'' winces at it.

* The bathroom scene: Sid goes into the bathroom and hears two girls talking about how she's probably the killer or an AttentionWhore. That's sad and all, but here's the scary part: As Sidney is about to leave, she sees boots appear out of the stall closest to the door. Then the shredded edges of the Ghostface costume appears... and he bursts out, nearly grabbing Sid! And we never learn if that was a prankster or the killer...

[[caption-width-right:256:[[AdultFear You and your wife left her alone, and this happened to your daughter while you were gone]].]]

* Ghostface's murderous pursuit of women has uncomfortable rape undertones to it. Especially once you find out that Billy killed his girlfriend's mother because he held her responsible for his parents breaking up and his mom leaving him-and Mrs. Prescott was found not just brutally murdered, but with evidence of rape, too, even though that's not the case due to her affair with Cotton. [[AdultFear It can leave]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge anybody shivering.]]

* ''NightmareFuel/{{Scream 4}}''

* The bathroom scene: Sid goes into the bathroom and hears two girls talking about how she's probably the killer or an AttentionWhore. That's sad and all, but here's the scary part: As Sidney is about to leave, she sees boots appear out of the stall closest to the door. Then the shredded edges of the Ghostface costume appears... and he bursts out, nearly grabbing Sid! And we never learn if that was a prankster or the killer...

* The brief glimpses Casey and the audience get of Ghostface when he first charges into the house and snoops around the kitchen, not knowing who or even ''what'' it was. Considering they mentioned supernatural killers like Freddy Kruger and Michael Myers, who knows what was going through Casey's head...
* Casey's death is one of the most brutal deaths in modern horror movies, as she is stabbed in the lung which keeps her from calling out, and you see the bloody knife rise and fall over and over again. Her mother can hear her last words over the phone - it's a 90's cordless; she's only a matter of feet away and she's gasping out for her mother with her last few breaths. The music changes from terrifying to tragic...
--> '''Casey's Mother:''' Casey? Baby? ''(hears rattling gasps)'' Oh my god I can hear her!
** The parents honestly don't have it any better, look at the picture above. That's your daughter. Some sick fuck had done that to your little girl.

* Ghostface's murderous pursuit of women has uncomfortable rape undertones to it. Especially once you find out that Billy killed his girlfriend's mother because he felt her responsible for his parents breaking up and his mom leaving him-and Mrs. Prescott was found not just brutally murdered, but with evidence of rape, too, even though that's not the case due to her affair with Cotton. [[AdultFear It can leave]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge anybody shivering.]]

* The bathroom scene: Sid goes into the bathroom and hears two girls talking about how she's probably the killer or an AttentionWhore. That's sad and all, but here's the scary part: As Sidney is about to leave, she sees boots appear out of the stall closest to the door; then the shredded skirt of the Ghostface costume appears... and he bursts out, nearly grabbing Sid! And we never know if that was a prankster or the killer...

* Ghostface SuddenlyShouting the first time he calls Sidney: "IF YOU HANG UP ON ME YOU'LL DIE, JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER! Do you wanna die, Sidney? Your mother sure didn't."

* ''NightmareFuel/Scream2022''

** The parents honestly don't have it any better, look at the picture above. That's your daughter. Some sick fuck had done that to your little girl. And if that's not even enough sadism, take a good look at what Casey's body was hung with... ever wonder what human intestines look like straightened out and used for a noose?

** The parents honestly don't have it any better, look at the picture above. That's your daughter. Some sick fuck had done that to your little girl.

* The scene where Tatum goes to the garage to get beer. The door slowly creaks shut behind her and she turns around to see Ghostface standing right behind her. She flirts with him mockingly until he pulls out a knife and cuts her arm. She wrestles her arm free, fights him and then decides to try to escape through the cat-flap in the garage door in what must be ''the'' dumbest attempt to escape ''ever''[[note]] Ironically, Creator/RoseMcGowan discovered that she could fit through the cat-flap[[/note]]. Ghostface makes the garage door open, crushing her head like a sponge ball.

* Casey's death is one of the most brutal deaths in modern Horror movies, as she is stabbed in the lung which keeps her from calling out, and you see the bloody knife rise and fall over and over again. Her mother can hear her last words over the phone - it's a 90's cordless; she's only a matter of feet away and she's gasping out for her mother with her last few breaths. The music changes from terrifying to tragic...

* And speaking of {{Final Girl}}s, the final confrontation between Sidney and the Ghostface killers, Billy and Stu.

* The "everybody's a suspect scene." Its scary enough that what Randy says could be the truth. But when Billy confronts him about it in the video store. As well as the fact that both he and Stu scare Randy into admitting that he too has a perfect motive, if he was the killer. And this is before Billy and Stu are revealed as the killers.

* The scene where Tatum goes to the garage to get beer. The door slowly creaks shut behind her and she turns around to see Ghostface standing right behind her. She flirts with him mockingly until he pulls out a knife and cuts her arm. She wrestles her arm free, fights him and then decides to try to escape through the cat-flap in the garage door in what must be ''the'' dumbest attempt to escape ''ever''[[note]] Ironically, Rose Mcgowan discovered that she could fit through the cat-flap[[/note]]. Ghostface makes the garage door open, crushing her head like a sponge ball.

* The first fifteen minutes. Even knowing in advance that [[ItWasHisSled Casey and Steve are going to die]], the buildup of tension, the progression of the phone calls from seemingly innocent to malicious, the despairing HopeSpot as Casey's parents pull in and she's mere feet away from them, and the grisly ends met by both characters are enough to jar one out of their seat. Now, imagine seeing that in a theater in 1996, thinking that Drew Barrymore was going to be the FinalGirl...

* Ghostface's murderous pursuit of women has uncomfortable rape undertones to it. Especially once you find out that Billy killed his girlfriend's mother because he felt her responsible for his parents breaking up and his mom leaving him-and Mrs. Prescott was found not just brutally murdered, but with evidence of rape, too, even though that's not the case due to her affair with Cotton. [[AdultFear It can leave]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge anybody shivering.]] Stu's motive for wanting Casey dead is that she dumped him.

** The parents honestly don't have it any better. Look at the picture above. That's your daughter. Some sick fuck had done that to your little girl.

** For the parents, imagine coming home only for you to find your ''daughter'' horribly mutilated and hanging by a tree in your backyard..

** For the parents, imagine coming home only for you to find your ''baby girl'' horribly mutilated and hanging by a tree in your backyard..