Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror /
Ashley Cullins.
- 340 pages
new book 2025 fall.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Rewriting horror -- Convincing Craven and a charmed cast -- Music, mayhem, and the mask -- This isn't scary -- What's the motive? -- Wine country -- Selling a holiday horror show -- Taking a stab at a sequel -- Buckets of blood -- Meta -- The end of the trilogy -- A new nightmare -- Craven's final scream -- Wes -- Surprising but inevitable -- 5cream -- Ghostface takes Manhattan -- A secret action movie -- Ham sandwich -- The Scream 7 that wasn't -- A crime of passion -- Keep screaming.
"From debut author Ashley Cullins, the definitive story of the Scream movie franchise, with dozens of exclusive interviews from key players and an in-depth exploration of the creation and legacy of the films that rebooted a dying genre It has been more than three decades since Drew Barrymore's iconic scream first pierced through the night-burning popcorn abandoned on the stove, blood soaking her beige sweater and blond bob-but Scream is as popular today as ever before. In Your Favorite Scary Movie, journalist Ashley Cullins examines the history and making of the Scream films with behind-the-scenes insight from the movies' cast, creators, and crew (including gleeful descriptions of the backstage, summer-camp-like atmosphere and candid conversations about the more challenging moments), as well as sharp analysis on how the movies' special blend of gruesome violence and humorous self-awareness completely rewrote the horror playbook. Perfect for fans of Scream, horror movies, and general film buffs, this is the story of how a little movie about a ghost-faced killer terrorizing high schoolers overcame countless obstacles to become a historic success that still has audiences screaming over thirty years later"-- Provided by publisher.
9780593474709
2025016104
Scream films--History and criticism Slasher films--History and criticism--United States History and criticism