Synopsis
One year after the death of her mother, Sidney Prescott and her friends become targets for a psycho-killer who taunts his victims just like in horror movies before he kills them. One by one Sidney's friends are killed. One of Sidney's only allies is the tabloid reporter Gail Weathers, who covered her mother's murder case and trial of the accused killer Cotton Weary. Sidney and her remaining friends must find the killer before he strikes again.
About the Director
Director(s)
Wes
Craven
Director
One of the horror genre's best-known and most celebrated directors, Wes Craven was widely credited with reinventing the teen horror movie....Read more
One of the horror genre's best-known and most celebrated directors, Wes Craven was widely credited with reinventing the teen horror movie. Initially gaining fame and notoriety for his Nightmare on Elm Street series in the 1980s, Craven enjoyed a second wave of popularity in the 1990s with his phenomenally successful Scream series, which spoofed the teen horror genre even as they revived it. The films kicked off a trend in teen horror films, inspiring any number of imitators that, for the most part, failed to live up to Craven's own work. Read less