EyeForFilmA spate of murders start up in the quiet California town of Woodsboro. The killer, wearing the now-infamous white ghost face mask, stalks and slices his (mostly) teen victims with no apparent motive as the deputy sheriff tries to solve the identity of who is responsible.

A screenplay jam-packed with movie references and a handful of red herrings, it is widely acknowledged for being the film that kick-started the horror genre of the 90s; it spawned two decent sequels and although the formula was much of what had been seen before, there was something fresh and inventive about this series.

See also Scream 2 (1997), and Scream 3 (2000).