2. Summary of the film:
Scream is an American slasher film which was
released in 1996. It was written by Kevin
Williamson and directed by Wes Craven. Scream
is based around the mysterious masked villain
who is called ‘Ghostface.’ Subverting the
conventions of previous slasher films, scream was
unique at that time.
3. How does it conform to
horror film conventions?
•Masked villain
•Murder weapon (in this case a knife)
•Final girl (Sidney Prescott)
•Blood, gore and death
•Isolated house
4. How does it subvert horror
film conventions?
•Characters were aware of real world
horror films
•Combined comedy and mystery with
violence
•Didn’t conform to cliché of films such as
Halloween and Friday the 13th
•Characters know the ‘rules’ of a horror
film
•Mentions other horror films
