love when Stu is more upset about being hit with the phone than being stabbed.

Not everyone had cell phones in the mid-90's like they do now, Mary. They were still a fairly new thing and for a long time, they were considered novelty devices and luxury items that only a small number of people owned. So the fact that Billy had a cell phone in his possession right after the killer called Sidney before attacking her made him suspicious.

One of my favorite things about this movie is Matthew Lillard (stu, The second killer) improvised a lot of his lines Wes Craven was so impressed he kept them in like “you fuckin hit me with the phone, dick!” After actor skeet Ulrich mistakenly hit him in the head when he threw it and “my mom and dad are going to be so mad at mmeeee”. Truly one of the best self-aware movies made

"Why do you not have curtains? " Mary asking the important questions 😂

Awww... Love the way you didn't understand that the fact that Billy had a phone when he came in through the window throws suspicion on him. You've grown up in a world where most people walk around with cell phones. Few people walked around with cell phones in 1996 - I'll vouch for that.

Cell phones were really uncommon in 1996. It’s not like it is today.

I like when Mary is scared, she either tries to distance herself from it by making dismissive jokes, or quietly saying “oh nay….” Lol

Great reaction. I appreciate you sacrificing your emotional comfort for your audience. 😂🙂😉

It cannot be overstated how important this film was for the genre with its meta commentary on past films, characters, and tropes. It really revitalized horror films, which were languishing at the time with either a millionth sequel to something or some super low budget, TV movie. Teen slashers picked up in popularity and the genre was propelled forward into the 2000s with original horror films reaching the big screen. Also, we got many more horror comedies, which is both a thing and what this film is. It may not seem that way to Mary haha, but there’s plenty of funny/goofy moments, including any screen time Matthew Lillard has.

Back when this movie was made, consumer cell phones were relatively new. Many adults didn't even have them. For a teenager to have a cell phone in 1996 would be almost unheard of. Thus, she was suspicious of it.

Fun fact: Jamie Kennedy is the name of the actor that plays Randy Meeks. So when he's saying, "Jamie, behind you," you have no idea how ironic that is. Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween on TV.

Give it up for Wea Craven, who made horror movies for decades. In the 70s, he made exploitation films like Last house on the Left and The Hills have Eyes, in the 80s, he introduced the world to Freddie Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street, and in the 90s, he made a commentary on modern horror movies with Scream. Scream is very meta--Craven used many tropes from previous horror movies, even to the point where the characters often reference them. Scream spawned multiple sequels, parodies, and a television series. Great reaction Mary--I look forward to your next video.

To answer your confusion about why they would suspect Billy of being the killer by just having a cell phone is that back in 1996, not everyone had one and especially not teenagers. They suspected the killer to be within the proximity while calling his victims, so a cell made sense. The one plot hole I don't understand, and maybe someone can correct me, is that they later said that the phone calls were coming from her dad, but when Billy was initially arrested, did no one bother to check who's number that was registered to.

Watching European reactors do a double take at the line "You fingered the wrong guy" always makes me laugh.

"I think it's time to take the garbage out!" Hell, yes. 😆

17:35 Okay, best response I have ever seen to this scene. "I think it's time you got over that." "I think it's time you took the garbage out!"

10:15 - "Damn, their houses are so big." - Those aren't typical houses for the average American family. 15:37 - "She fingered the wrong guy?" - "Fingered" is mob/gang slang for "accused". It was much common in older movies. 17:22 - "And I haven't washed my hands ever since." - That's ink from when they took his fingerprints (standard procedure for anyone arrested). Ink doesn't wash off easily. 10:20 - The janitor is Wes Craven, director of A Nightmare on Elm Street (among other things), and he's dressed like the killer from that movie, Freddy Krueger. The principal even calls him "Fred". 23:20 - A public curfew in America just means to stay indoors during the time the curfew is in effect. If a parent imposes a curfew on their own children, it typically means to stay in their own house after a certain time, although if they're staying with friends, it could mean to be back in the friend's house by a certain time. 29:32 - "Behind you Jamie!" - The male actor saying that line while the killer is actually behind him, is named Jamie Kennedy. BTW, the sequels are pretty good too. Basically more of the same.

TRIVIA TIME!! the janitor fred is played by director wes craven who also created a nightmare on elm street. he named freddie after a bully that terrorized him as a child. so in a way its kind of like kraven is making fun of his old bully by saying hes probably a custodian now.

This is a fun reaction to watch. The principal, with the hair fixing - - that's a call back to a legendary TV role played by that actor (Henry Winkler). He played a character named Arthur Fonzarelli (the Fonz) on a show called Happy Days that ran in the 70s and 80s (actually, Ron Howard, the famous director, was on that show as well, along with other actors you may know of). Fonzie was always checking his hair, but then it always looked great so he would just hold the comb up by his head, stick it back in his pocket and say 'ayyyyy'. The janitor is dressed like a character from Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy Krueger. Lots of callbacks and references in Scream.

25:07 The actor playing Tatum was so small that she actually fit through the cat door with no problem. She had to act as if she couldn’t. Great reaction!

I remember when this came out :) The horror genre was exhausted and trite. Scream breathed new life into it :) 💘 Neve Campbell! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

If Mary watches "I know what you did last summer" is her knowledge of horror enough to watch "Scary Movie"?

This movie does a good job of giving you so many 'clues' to the killer eg. the boot shot, that you keep second guessing who you think the killer is. They make it so obvious that billy is the killer that you think no it can't be him.

Even when you haven't seen that many movies, you can still see the formulas and the usual plot turns. You're smart as a whip, Mary!

"It's time to take the garbage out!" "Bye, bam! bam! " Mary, I love you. Your reactions are so "normal" and yet expressed in a witty way

When Billy says "I think it's time you got over that" everybody is thinking there's no way anyone would be that insensitive. It seems like it's an over-the-top poorly written line. That is until you find out at the end the he's a psycho and actually killed her mom. Then looking back that whole scene and dialogue is completely on-brand. I think Billy forgot his "good boyfriend" act in that moment and was speaking from his heart.

Jiffy Pop™ (the aluminum foil popper) is plenty safe, as long as you don't leave it there for a long time after the popcorn pops.

"I feel like I got a lot of the references..." *Stares in Freddy Kreuger janitor*

37:25 I hope that means Signs is coming up. Sometimes I feel bad watching Mary when she's soooo scared but she is so entertaining I'd be sad if she stopped.

This came out when I was at school, saw it when I was 15, blew my mind! great review, part of cinema history! Enjoyed the dutch vocab ;-)

20:18 Fred the janitor is a cameo by Wes Craven the director of this movie and next Halloween i hope Mary finds out why its one of the best cameos ever.

i think because you grew up in a time when mobile phones are just a way of life you don't realise that when this movie was made it was not common for a teenager to be carrying around a cell phone.

Hi Mary ! I had to say that it's somehow refreshing to see somebody getting totally fooled by what the movie want you to think. I, myself, could totally have been fooled by the "no, it's too early in the movie for him to be the actual killer" way of thinking if I hadn't seen Scream 2 before the first one. But this movie actually did so well by breaking the usual rules of the slasher genre, that breaking the rules became the rule and it became really hard to trick people.

"What's the problem? He has a phone?" Well. It was the 90s. Not many people had cellphones

I think the most common way to phrase it in English is "It stands the test of time" -- and, now that I think about it, the word "stand" or "stood" in that phrase is kind of weird, but that's how we are accustomed to it.

Mary with the advent of microwaveable popcorn the stove top Jiffy Pop popcorn has sadly gone the way of the Calculator and the VCR. Even Jiffy Pop has it's own microwave version. It's too bad as a kid it was quite fun to make

Back then not very many people had cell phones. That’s why she thought it was him when he dropped the phone.

No one is happier that Halloween is over than Mary. 😂

Courtney Cox and David Arquette met on this movie, got married around the time of the third movie, but divorced around the time of the fourth movie. The thing about Tatum's death is that Rose McGowan actually was able to fit through the cat flap, so she had to be fitted to not be able to.

The jump scare at the end was so massive that Mary cursed in her native language 😂😂

Loved your reaction! Thanks for sharing. American here and as a child, yes I totally made Jiffy Pop popcorn on the stove top that way. I still do if I can find it in our local Walmart. Also as a pre-teen/teen I did indeed sneak out an upstairs window or have friends sneak in. We had easily climbable pine trees by the window so, good days. We never had our doors or windows locked but was very hard to sneak in or out through the first floor doors with dogs. Thanks again for sharing. 🐾🐾🍻

3:47 Yes, this was one of the ways we made popcorn before there was microwave popcorn. It was called Jiffy Pop and they still sell it.

I would absolutely love to see Mary react to Scary Movie now that she's seen Scream. It's so freaking hilarious.

About the popcorn... "Jiffy-pop" stove top popcorn was WAY more popular in the 70's and early 80's... before microwave popcorn was invented. Well, before everyone had microwaves.

"If Tatum sees you here, she'll draw blood." But little did Sidney know that Tatum HAD seen Billy there....and she was the one who bled.

Drew Barrymore! It's Drew Barrymore! 🤣 Drew is fantastic in soooo many movies.

At 18:00 when he drops the phone in her room, she suspects him because high school kids in 1996 didn't normally carry cell phones. Cell phones for kids wasn't a thing until 2004ish.

haha. glad you found the fun in it. it's very meta so it's definitely scary, especially since they really went all the way for that first scene, but it has an element of fun and playfulness and i think that kind of makes it palatable. "it stands the test of time".

Rule N°1 in Scream franchise : listen to Randy. From the very beginning he called it, he said Billy was the killer. Even after Billy was released he kepp thinking it was him. And he was right. Stuart was just an accomplice he was killing for fun, the real killer with a real motive was Billy. Remember that when watching Scream movies : Randy is right

I used to sneak into my own room through the window, through friends' windows when they were grounded... all the windows.

Statistically, if a woman grabs a knife to defend herself, she usually ends up with it turned against her. Subtle nod to that was made in the opening... and the actress is Drew Barrymore ❤

I don't know if the JiffyPop picket is that common anymore, unless you're camping. I think everyone just uses the microwave kind now.

Trust me... mobile phones were very expensive back then and not too prevalent. I had one in 199 that cost around $1 per minute. I only used it to show off.. LOL When phone companies started offering free nights and weekends, that's when sales boomed and eventually everyone got one once it was affordable.

the person who said how does it feel to be almost brutally murdered, you have seen her before that is Linda Blair, Reagan from the Exorcist. as a cameo, Fred the Janitor was wearing red and green like in Nightmare on Elm Street, plus that was Wes Craven the person who created this movie and Nightmare LOL.. if you are a massive horror fan you see these things and just adds a layer of fun

So, just speaking from my own American childhood...we didn't spend much time coming through our peer's windows but we did spend a lot of time going out our own windows to evade the parental units. One thing that was definitely not common in the U.S. during my childhood was mid 20 year olds in highschool, could have found younger actors.

12:55 back in 1996 cell phones wasn't something that every teenager had 😅

That last moment scared the English out of her!

Having a mobile phone was FAR more rare in 96.

I agree with many below. Watching the comedy/parody about this film, "Scary Movie", would make so much more sense and be that much funnier for you.

22:50 lol I remember watching in the theater, you could hear everyone whispering about the boots

Wes craven’s new nightmare was scream before scream. It was meta first. I think it ends up being a cult classic retroactively since I believe it helped people appreciate scream more. The icing in the cake to me was Drew’s death in the beginning as many people didn’t see that coming. Especially since drew was on the cover for the film and so people thought she was the main character

I was not expecting a reference to Don McLean's "Vincent" in this reaction, but I'm here for it.

_Scream_ is a franchise for the teen market. _I Know What You Did Last Summer_ was its rival in the market.

Jiffy pop, Jiffy pop, the magic treat. As much fun to make as it is to eat.🍿

I love your reaction and your humour is hysterical lol. I subscribed, looking forward to seeing more 😁

Yes that "popcorn" was a thing. I was fun but like everything else you cook it should not be left unattended. The sneaking in, or out, a window I feel does happen but not nearly as often as the movies portray. And you telling "Mr. Prescott" the "your daughter will be dead if you go away" was... excellent for someone, like me, who knows this movie. Fred, the janitor, is Wes Craven dressed as another murdering Fred... Freddie. Another of his films. Everyone says "she'll never fit through the cat flap" but... she did. too easily. They actually had to staple/nail her sweater to the flap to prevent her from getting through while shooting her attempted escape. This movie is both scary, but self aware and mocking the tropes... even as it uses them. Love the reaction... especially how sometimes you slipped out of talking in English. I don't speak your native tongue, but the fact you were using it... says something about your state of mind in those moments.

Please watch "The Neverending Story".

Rose McGowan who played Tatum could actually fit through the cat door and she has to be stapled in so she wouldn't slip out while the door went up

15:44 ¨Don't worry, Sid. It's school. You'll de safe here.¨ Maybe from stabbing. Bullets. Not so much!

The dude in the stall was another prankster

No sneaking into the bedroom thing is a lack of technology thing lolol

36:56-37:00 I don't know what you said, but I LOVED it.

I'm betting Square Space would have preferred the ad read minus the cold sore. That was the scariest part about this video. 😱

Courtney Cox(the reporter) and David Arquette (the young cop) married in real life. Courtney Cox was also in "Commandments," an interesting movie about someone angry at God.

Of course they sneak in. When I was a teen I did that more than once. You do what you have to do, which is why having a daughter now is terrifying.

7:45 Yes, in America (at least in the 90's) we would sneak into our boy/girlfriends rooms at night. That was the "teenage" experience. In America, sex is taboo, but violence isn't.

when everyone leaves at 27:45, they're not leaving because they're scared the killer is still on the loose - they're going to go see his body hanging from the goalpost in the football field because they're sick and immature and think it would be "funny" to see their murdered principal's dead body

1. The fun part is watching everyone overthink who did it.🤣 Thank God for the twist endings. 2. As long as I have a face Tatum has a place to sit 😍😜 3. The Principal is Henry Winkler/The Fonz 4. Gotta love the inept killer getting his ass kicked all the time 🤣 5. In 1996 cell phones weren't prevalent like they are today.

Great reaction, Mary ..... I have made a suggestion to many reactors and no one seems to want to give it a try.... So, I will try one more time and suggest you try Red Planet (great sci-fi movie starring Carrie-Ann Moss (The Matrix) and Val Kilmer).... Hope you will give it a try.... love love your reactions.

Lol 😂... Of course the Phone that dropped out of Billy's pocket strongly suggested that he made the call. It's 1996 Mary, back in that time no one had phones on them all the time :)

Thanks, Mary. I haven't watched this since it was new, but you brought it back.

Let me just say that you get serious bonus points for referencing the great Don McLean!

The Scream movies are pretty funny at times because Ghost-Face is far and away the clumsiest killer(s) I've ever seen in a movie franchise 🤣 (not that I watch many horror franchises).

12:51 At the time this came out it was pretty rare to have a cellphone. I didn't get my first until a year or two later and I was in college. So him having one is suspicious.

its a perfectly safe way to make popcorn, just don't burn it.

Great reaction Mary!! You're one of the more intelligent reactors. A real joy to watch!

Yay! I hope you do the whole series!

Tea Tree Oil will kill that cold sore. I got a nasty one when I was a kid, my dads girlfriend put pure tea tree oil on it, next day it was pretty much gone and never got one again.

I don’t think Billy was a suspect JUST because he had a phone, the killer was there, then vanished, then he was there and he had a cell phone back during a time where they were pretty rare. It’s all circumstantial evidence but it does paint a picture. They didn’t have another suspect.

The intro with Drew Barrymore was the most disturbing of the entire film 😂

20:19 WHAT! How did I never notice Freddie Kruger was the janitor??

"He's also dressed like a ninja".....what? In what country, in what universe do ninja dress like Ghostface?! 🤣

Hi Mary, great upload 😀

few people had cell phones in 1996

There's some old school tech stuff in this movie. Just no high school kids had phones, barely any adults did.

The phone part is confusing. I think she may be in her 20s, she wasn't there in 1996 maybe but it's common knowledge cellphones were quite rare back then.

Happy Marryween!!! I love Mary!!!

You weren’t wrong looking at the boots they put in a bunch of red herrings to make you keep guessing who it could be.

6:00 A ninja?! Have you even seen a Ninja? LOL He's in a "Ghostface" costume, a costume pretty much named after movie tho. 20:18 Did you get that Freddie Kreuger easter egg? Those films were made by the same director. 23:26 How dare you ! Dewey is a saint ! 36:56 Say what?

I love the Scream movies. I think 4 is my personal favorite but they are all great. If you can muster the nerve it would be awesome to see you react to them all but completely understandable if you don't want to.