I'll always find iconic that Drew was supposed to play Sidney, Scream was meant to be her comeback of sorts, but she told Wes it'd be a lot more interesting and impactful if she played the first girl instead and died in the opening scene, and she was right because the impact that had, the slayage of the century, it topped the charts, it forced all the other girlies to quit the industry, she won every award, she ate.

Sidney's immediate "You've gotta find me first you pansy-assed mama's boy!" after only finding out about Billy's mommy issues like a minute prior was a read of the cinematic decade and queen behavior. I don't make the rules.

Tatum’s line “No, please don’t kill me Mr. Ghostface! I wanna be in the sequel!” will forever be iconic 🔪

The original Scream is SO GOOD. Most of the performances are on point and the dialogue and framing is so self aware. It's peak irony-fueled late 90s

cannot believe you did not mention stu's absolute girlboss moment when he's asked for his motive and he says "peer pressure! i'm far too sensitive!!" like ok stu slay

I think it's notable to say that for those of us dusty oldies who experienced Scream when it released, this was like Drew's "comeback film", which made it EXPONENTIALLY more shocking when she bit it in the opener! It was EVERYTHING watching it in the theaters!!

“scream movie poster who it is” made me actually choke

i love how mike won't say the word "die" while describing someone's gruesome death, but he will say "fuck" lol

Courtney cox’s performance as Gale Weathers does not get enough praise, sis really put her whole screamussy into that role.

mike is the only man i will let explain a movie to me

The guy who wrote Scream 1, 2 and 4 also wrote I Know What You Did Last Summer and created Dawson's Creek and co-created The Vampire Diaries. Kevin Williamson is an ICON.

I was a teenager (16) when Scream released and can confirm that the reveal had us GOOPED AND GAGGED.

Sidney Prescott is THE final girl. The fact that that damn studio wouldn’t pay her what she is worth to continue in the series is the end for me. The misogyny ain’t cute.

Baby girl you do understand that we now need the full scream queens video

Skeet Ulrich was also Scumbag Boyfriend in The Craft, which was released the same year. They really just said "give us that energy again" in Scream

So fun fact!! I’m pretty sure in the scene where Randy is watching Halloween alone and Ghost Face comes up behind him, he goes “behind you Jamie!” because that’s the name of both the actress who plays Laurie in Halloween and the actor who plays Randy in Scream, so he’s technically calling her and himself out by name!!

BABE WAKE UP! NEW MIKES MIC DROPPED!

Mike's in his film major era and I'm here for it

Not to forget Sarah Michelle Gellar being in Scream 2 and in the live action Scooby Doo movies with Mathew Lillard, they connect more then you probably thought

I'm old, so I got to experience Scream when it happened. There are no words to describe how innovative and shocking everything about it was. We were all screaming at every twist and reveal. The opening scene with Drew had jaws on the floor.

i CANNOT express how much i needed this video from Mike. PLEASE do all 5 i beg!!!!!!

i cannot even begin to describe how important this video is to society. also mona vanderwaal did nothing wrong.

I remember watching scream for the first time with my mom as a kid and she had to explain to me and my sister that billy is suspicious for having a phone because people didn’t normally carry cellphones hahah

"she d-words m-worded by the g-word with a k-word in this h-word movie"

Mike is truly feeding us for spooky season. We stan

The way that if Scream (1996) story was set in 2022, Randy would definitely be a movie commentary channel and he would be coming for Mike’s mic 🤪

Does anyone else find it really charming when Mike sprinkles in Italian phrases into his monologues??

Mike's ability to do movie reviews where actual footage from the movie only takes sp aomething like 10% of the video is amazing. All these other movie react channels could never. Mike is at the top of the game and his 'reviews' always slays

Quote of the Day: “This particular strand of hair worked in hospitality because it served.”

I am living for your comparisons of two of my favorite pieces of horror media, Scream and Scooby Doo

The fact they advertised drew as the main character to get viewers only to kill her off in the first scene. And still delivered my personal favorite slasher film of all time

when mike pulled up the frame of stu with his head over billy's shoulder and he was like okay english class let's talk abt it and i was like ah yes the homosexuals but then he went on abt the two headed snake and i was thrown lol

stu and billy were such an iconic duo

Finally entering your horror era! Long overdue. Nightmare On Elm Street, Scream, You're next, The Descent, and It Follows are all certified quadruple platinum hits.

I want you to know that you are the only man with a mic who doesn’t deserve to be banned from using a mic

Chaeryeong was absolutely slaying throughout this whole video

it’s honestly blasphemous that Mike doesn’t have 1 million subscribers yet

The scream I just scrumpt for the first spoopy slay for Mike’s new era 😻

As a girl who was in the theater in 1996…description of all the screaming and collapsing is 100% accurate.

The scene where the sheriff and Dewey are talking about Neil Prescott's phone records and the sheriff is smoking and Dewey is eating an ice cream cone... Masterful

When I tell you I was TENSE when I first watched that opening scene. One of the best horror sequences of all time.

Mike you never fail to SERVE. Thank you for being Italian having a masters in engineering and having us all properly SCRUMPT.

We should've known who the killers were when they traced the call back to Kwangya 😓💀

"Scream is Scooby Doo for adults" This is so on point, why have I never clocked this before

Freddi Fish being one of Mike's enemies actually makes a lot of sense

"Scream movie poster who it is" made me bust out laughing

I randomly got an urge to rewatch Scream a few months ago after not having seen it for like ~10 years and I thought Billy, the boyfriend, looked familiar. THEN I REALIZED IT'S BECAUSE IT'S JUGHEADS DAD! And directly after I decided to rewatch Scary Movie, the Scream parody, and who do I see? THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS BETTY'S DAD. Good old Hal.

its so funny to me when mike was like "this shot in this scene, its like a two headed snake" whereas when i first saw this movie my only thought was "oh they're gay"

I was there in 1996 and I can't say I screamed and collapsed at the killer reveal, but I was blown away by it. And so began my love for villains. Especially funny ones. Loved that movie!

"...and Mona Vanderwaal did nothing wrong." YES BESTIE! I will ride this train with you until it is deceased.

I love scream so much, it was the start of my Matthew Lillard infatuation which lives on to this day. I adore that Mike covered this despite not liking gore, an angel we don't deserve!

fun fact about the filming: tatum was actually skinny enough to fit thru the door so they had to like really make it look like she was struggling love this vid! love this movie!

I genuinely have never been interested in watching Scream but now that Mike’s reviewed it I guess I have to watch it.

The doggy door escape attempt changed my life as a kid -- like how is that your go-to flight method?

You watching Scream is absolutely everything! Sidney Prescott is the best final girl of the best horror series of all time! Simply iconic all over the place.

Fun fact, Skeet Ulrich who played Billy dated Lucy Hale aka Aria from PLL

GOD you don't understand how mike's videos always make my day. we stan this fall autumn pumpkin spice halloween horror slay

I completely forgot there was a character named Tatum in this piece of cinema history so when Mike said that name I truly jumped 💀💀💀

I skipped school to watch the first screening at my local cinema back in Feb 1997 (it came out to Oz a few months later than the US) It was 10am and only 5 people were there. I sat towards the middle and everyone else was behind me. Felt like I had my own personal screening. It was amazing. Went back with friends and a packed audience and it was still amazing.

That meme of that girl saying let me talk to you and beating on the car window will forever send me into orbit it’s so damn funny 😭😭😭

Why does Mr. Michael Masterpiece Microphone always drop such bops at such opportune times. Also glad to see you getting back to putting out more stuff again.

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE HORROR MOVIE EVER. It was meta without being cringe and surprising without being dumb! Also the killer bf was hot.

mike entering his scream era is the best thing to ever happen to youtube, truly a masterpiece. PLS DO MORE OF THE SCREAM MOVIES

Drew dying quick-fast is a reference to Psycho - we follow the main character for the first 30 mins and suddenly she's dead in the shower scene

this movie is literally flawless 😭 i’ve watched it 100 times will watch it 1000000000 more

Mike I IMPLORE you to cover scream 4 because so few people appreciate it enough and you have the power to sway the masses

I’m pretty sure there were 80’s slashers that also had more than one killer. Bloody Birthday (1981) had three killer children. But I do know Scream had taken a bit of homages from 80’s slashers. Also, Kevin Williamson came up with Scream and did 2 & 4 as well, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and rewrote The Faculty (which you need to watch, underrated gem and really shows why Williamson ruled 90’s horror), so Wes Craven only directed and honestly didn’t want to at first. Also, you need to watch Jawbreaker, because that movie is your spirit animal!

Mike's Mic, when you said a LOST season one video was coming... I breathed a sigh of relief, a weight was lifted off my shoulders, my skin was cleared, my plants came back to life, and a SCREAM was SCRUMPT. Thank You Mr. Mike's Mic

Scream is one of my favourite movies of all time.

literally just watched this, the timing couldn’t be more iconic

Mike has abandoned us in district 12

Scream 1996…The ‘96 Chicago Bulls basketball team made history. Is Mike creating layers of metaphorical art wrapped in self-aware irony dipped in new age in your face realism that is so immediately abstract that it’s literally exactly what it’s meant to be; yes bestie…but also nh-Oar.

🙌🏼😱 Now you are covering MY youth culture era and I’m here for it 👀 Marvellous Mike’s Mic🎤

no way you dropped this video right when i get obsessed with the scream franchise, our minds are connected bestie 😭

sidney prescott is actually THE icon she is THAT girl i love her so much

As a chronic insomniac with GAD and night terrors, I cannot watch a single horror movie. (I had to stop watching Stranger Things bc it got to spicy for me.) But you explain them in a way I can watch which means I'll get the references now. Thank you!

Mike's really energetic in this vid, Go girl give us everything!

Mike in his horror slay era and we're all here for it!~ 💅

Your segues to the sponsors never fail to make me laugh 🤣

Scream 2 is my slasher/horror awakening (because I was too young when Scream came out). If you cover the whole franchise, I'll be elated. Standing up, screaming, falling down, repeat.

Mike’s Mic never fails to make my day (even when I’m currently going through a full blown existential crisis lol)

at first I was like HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS and then realized it just dropped 🔥 also at 22 years old I am just as passionate about Scooby Doo as I am about Scream. it’s called being a cinephile okay slay

I didn't know I needed Mike to recap Scream Queens until this moment

Scream is a personality trait for me (ask my tattoo) but I savored every moment of this like I haven’t watched this film 2500 times.

Gale is the best character with the most development in the entire film series. Gale is the only reason why anything gets done or solved in the Scream films. She gets sh*t done!

Mike's Mike and Scooby Doo is the crossover that I never knew I needed but I absolutely do babes

Matthew Liliard gave us so much in this movie, to this day whenever I say "I'll be right back" I do Stu's mummy hands thing. And the way he says "It’s a SCREAM, baby!" Iconic, start to finish

That picture of Alison will haunt me for the rest of my life

this movie was filmed partially in my moms hometown healdsburg! my grandpa was mayor and he has a plaque next to the fountain all the cast sits at. i love that town so much

Rewatching this gem for Halloween. Thanks for always making me laugh so much!

“We all go a lil mad sometimes” is a reference to Psycho, another movie you should check out at some point.

got high and watched this again for the infinitieth time and came to the conclusion that this is a modern masterpiece!!!!the soundtrack tells you everything you need to know! the characters reveal themselves with every goddam line!! a masterpiece!

okay but like, these videos give me life. I wanna be friends with mike SO bad, literally would slay life with a friend like him

I absolutely *LOVE* that this will be my first experience with this movie

“One thing about ghost face? He’s gonna talk shit over a land line” took me OUTTT lmao!!!!!

My sis introduced me to you a few years ago and lemme just start by saying you're an icon and I love ya. I never expected you to make a video about scream, I'm HYPED rn. It's my favorite scary movie. Peep the new costume in my profile pic. Got the 25th anniversary edition one. It's ✨️glittery ✨️

the way we’re so connected, i JUST watched this for the first time. like yesterday. i scrumpt.

I’m realizing right now currently today that the cast of scream are all these iconic people I actually recognize lmao. I just never really noticed that I haven’t seen it or apparently ever actually seen anything about it either and have only ever seen it referenced based on the classic visuals and plot. weird haha.

Literally the 2 word Scream show who had the huge name that didnt last very long made me so mad!! I was excited she was on it. Probably how people in the 90s felt with Drew

"I'm literally the Drew Barrymore that Drew Barrymored when Drew Barrymore couldn't Drew Barrymore" is my favorite quote