A dang fine slasher movie, this is, even if its sequels decided to become the dumb movies the original was making fun of.

Beware of spoilers.

- Wes Craven wasn't planing on making another violent horror film, but his fans kept asking him to do something like The Hills Have Eyes again.

- The Ghostface Killer's mask is based off the Edvard Munch painting The Scream, but it wasn't designed specifically for the movie. It was actually based on a costume that had been in stores since the early 90s that the filmmakers thought looked cool. They were in the process of designing a similar but drastically altered mask before Dimension Films was able to work out a deal with the costume company and use the original design.

The cloak was originally envisioned as all white as part of the ghost motif, but it was decided that black looked scarier.

- Whenever the killer is on the phone, he is voiced by Roger L. Jackson, otherwise known as the voice of Mojo Jojo. Instead of the filmmakers editing in prerecorded lines, Jackson actually showed up on set and performed his part live with the other actors through a cell phone. The police showed up at one point because they thought a real serial killer was calling people, which makes me wonder why the heck the police were listening to the phone calls in the first place.

- Though she was the top-billed star, it was Drew Barrymore that suggested she be cast as the character who doesn't make it past the first twenty minutes. In order to stay consistently frazzled throughout the shoot, Wes Craven told her stories of animal abuse so she'd cry.

- The killer's knife is based off the Buck 120 Hunting Knife, which has been discontinued after customers complained that the blade was too big for gutting animals.

- The inclusion of a cover of "Don't Fear the Reaper" is an homage to its use in Halloween when Michael Myers is following his future victims in a car. Scream's version plays when Billy sneaks in through Sydney's window to talk to her.

- The Most Subtle Reference In Film History, a one act play starring Wes Craven.

- Also making an appearance is Linda Blair as the reporter who harasses Sydney outside of the school.

- When Billy is stabbed by the umbrella in the finale, actor Skeet Ulrich's scream of pain is real, as the umbrella accidentally hit his chest, which contained metal wiring from his open heart surgery.

- The killer ritualistically cleaning his blade after each kill was thought up by stuntman Dane Farewell.

- Casey saying the only good Nightmare of Elm Street was the first one was a very deliberate jab by Wes Craven.

- David Arquette took on the movie because he thought Dewey was gonna be the heroic, handsome type. He was supposed to die at the end, but the positive test audience reaction to the character saved him.

- Matthew Lillard, the man who was born to be Shaggy, improvised quite a bit in the movie. His reaction to the phone accidentally being dropped on him in the climax was kept in the movie due to its realism/hilarity.

- The principal got axed because the movie was going too long without a death.

- Actor Kevin Patrick Walls went out for the role of Billy, but he didn't get it, of course. To make up for it, he got to play Casey's unlucky boyfriend in the opening.

- The high school originally picked for the film called off the shooting at the last minute when they found out Scream was a horror film, much to the annoyance of the producers. The end credits thus state "NO THANKS WHATSOEVER TO THE SANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD."

- That's Wes Craven under the mask when the killer grabs Casey through the window and receives a face-full of phone.

- Jamie Kennedy has the same first name as Jamie Lee Curtis, which makes this funnier:

- Despite playing the older character, David Arquette is actually younger than many of the actors playing teenagers.

- If you pay attention to some background details in the final act of the movie, it's actually hinted at who the killer is before the reveal. When running from the killer throughout the house, Sydney ends up quickly running through Stu's room, which is adorned with very creepy, serial killer-friendly memorabilia.

- The movie was release around Christmas time because no there film appealing to horror fans was out at the time. It opened at #4 at the box office, but word of mouth brought it up to #1 in the next few weeks.

- The use of caller ID trippled after Scream came out.

No, you don't. Trust me.