The way his voice goes in and out of calm to threatening as well. Truly creepy

Best in the series.

This is comedy😂 you making popcorn😅 haha xD

Ice Nine Kills did it really good

It's so damn creepy!!

Right? 👍👍

thats exactly what the opening scene was until it was decided to expand upon and create a movie, most horror movies and movies in general start off as short films or plays

@@jayvmm no....🤣 no it wasn't

@@Aaliyahchannel2024 I googled it, it actually was an 18 page short story about a girl alone in a house being called by a killer before dimension films bought the rights.

Yea right. Don’t need to see another hour and 15 of what I just saw. I get the gist….

It's definitely something else as I was too young to see this but I did anyways and this scene scared me for years. I could watch the rest of the movie and enjoy it just fine. But man it took many years for me to be able to watch this again.

And if you want to know something interesting, at the time, and honestly even today, many audiences didn’t expect Casey to die so early or even at all. You see, in 1996 Drew Barrymore was a high-profile actress and it was so rare for high-profile actors and actresses to be killed off in many horror movies let alone the beginning! In fact, Barrymore was the original casting choice for Sidney but she willingly turned it down and chose to play Casey in order to break the “cliche” of more famous actors and actresses not dying in horror movies :)

@@Howlingburd19 yeah I’ve heard about this on dead meats channel when they did a kill count for the first scream, still a really good way to surprise your audience

Nah the best opening is thanksgiving black Friday scene

No other opening has ever come close. Its not necessarily JUST the brutality, its the psychological games being played, its the humor, and yes, to some extent, the flirtation. I dont think Hollywood understsnds that, and I dont think this will ever be matched.

Look up the real scream murders

She could have just threw or dropped the phone when she was near them

That broke me 😭 poor thing

@@csxtrain8666rip Casey

​@@XxLMane19I mean,in a situation like that you can't really think straight so she probably didn't think of doing that

I think it also symbolizes the irony of how we (the audience) are greatly entertained by horrific scenes like this. Popcorn is, afterall, the universal symbol for entertainment.

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Scary movie spoofs that as well as both films were way ahead of their times.

It doesn't symbolize the rising tension, but rather works as a parallel to it; it's an intensifier.

@lc1715 So many intensifers in the first several minutes.

It really is. It really mighta been an instant classic.

@@braxtondeets3365 Has your butt crack ever been out before ?

@@zacaisavionbanks6333 But crack?

One writer : Kevin Williamson

They don't say Drew Barrymore isn't a great talent for nothing.

old dude here; you're right. I saw it in cinema back then and wow.

man chill we know damn well….stop trying to act better. you are not!

Yes. It opened in theaters around Christmas too. Drew Barrymores face was the only Promo they used. That's why the gimmick worked. And the fact that Drew was Gertie in E.T. and totally acting out in public. Steven Spielberg publicly gave her a QUILT and told her to cover up after boob flashing David Letterman. She saved her own career.

I saw it around 10 or 11 renting at blockbuster lol. I definitely had a wtf reaction once the scene was over.

​ @noyoucannot6213 Yeah it never hurts getting help from Steven S. However plenty of actresses showed their boobs in the 90s and it definitely didn't hurt their careers.

Gives the illusion she's safe in the house which is why the chair crashing through the window shattered that final illusion.

​@@jackkrauss she shouldn't have answered the phone

​@@noahbriggs8347Yeah like that would've made a difference.

@@jackkrauss maybe it could have

@@noahbriggs8347 I'm saying if she successfully alerted her parents then Billy and Stu would have just killed them too.

She did good but only five days of filming? Seems like a lot for this one scene

@@liverpoolfcx7 indeed. She was initially cast as Sidney Prescott but due to scheduling conflicts she had to drop out, but she asked Wes if she could play Casey Becker. I'm glad she did, she sold it very well.

@liverpoolfcx7 I heard it was 10. For one you're only filming at night and two it allows for breaks after acting strong emotions.

5 days feels like alot for one scene

​@@liverpoolfcx7 dude had to have meant 5 days to prep and learn the part

Omg no I agree five was the best scream 6 ruined that feel of horror scream 5 brought back this feel I hope 7 isn't made the new York setting was not a good way to go and I got excited for nothing I recommend night of the hunted another good movie

RIP WES CRAVEN LEGEND [1939-2015]

Well, maybe she was worried about what might have happened if she hadn't answered.

She should have thrown the phone at their parents, they would have for sure turned to her

@@javansegovia I'm always saying that haha but I guess you could argue she couldn't after the stab etc maybe didn't have the strength

@javansegovia2253 Yeah but don't you Billy and Stu would've killed them then?

@@jackkrauss she tried calling for them, she was already willing to take that risk >,

I think 5 is a close second, Jenna killed it but Drew’s scene is one of my favorites in all of film.

@@calebleggett5504 hell naw 5 just try to compare with the original and it dont even come close imo

@@calebleggett5504 the attack was brutal tho

@@1Haaku 5 is good in its own right but this movie is far above the rest

@@TheDavidish facts

The new movies barely have any of these emotions and/or the new characters are completely unlikable.

I can’t take this comment seriously when your profile picture is furry feet

Right? The actress playing the mother went way harder than she had to and it’s great

One of the few times a horror movie deaths made me feel something

Ye

I think it'd be natural shock. She gets criticized for her actions but she made it farther then most would as bet over half the people would be frozen in shock when the chair is thrown.

Maybe she stopped because she was out of breath or something

She should've threw something at them and stopped hesitant running so much

@@osky529 that could’ve been a possible option but when you’re in that state, who can possibly think straight?

@@danbam3411 sorry it's bit of common sense bev like " hey I can't use this phone am carrying around because I can't communicate what shall I do with it to get my parents who are a few steps aways attention? Stop and cry and try screaming? Keep running and chuck the phone at them?

​@@osky529If her parents were successfully alerted don't you think Billy and Stu probably would've harmed them?

It wasn't strangulation. He stabbed a knife in her throat. It likely cut her tongue, she's choking on blood. Damaged vocal cords, etc.

Yup! That's exactly why she was cast for that scene! Remember the days when that could actually work? Before internet spoilers, I mean.

@@beezilneverleft3176 actually Drew chose that role because of the scheduling conflict with other movies. She was initially confirmed to play Sydney Prescott. So she told Wes she still wanted to be in the film but play the opening kill because the audience would never suspect it. She's brilliant.

@@soanemoa2191 You say Drew is brilliant for taking a 13 minute cameo. Damn , just imagine if she took the Sidney Prescott role what that would of done for her career. Drew Barrymore has lost millions of dollars for ''scheduling conflicts'' as you say ,, I bet you to this day she realised how much she fuc&&d up by not taking the role as Sidney Prescott ,,,, I mean 5 movies later

@@soanemoa2191 she is friggin brilliant

They even put her in the center for the cast photo so people wouldn’t suspect.

Have you seen Firestarter?

I agree. She is really underrated as an actress. When you realize that basically no one was ever able to replicate something like this you and that usually the acting in subsequent scenes like this can be quite cringe due to an actor's inability to deliver lines, you really understand how great her acting was here.

I think that's also why this scene is so memorable as there is so much unexpected things going on here.

The audience would also expect a famous actress' character to survive, but she dies in the first ten minutes!

- There is nothing special about any actor ​@@MarioBeart

It’s like thinking how would you react if you were in Casey’s position? If a stranger calls then tells you off the bat that they want to know who they are looking at

I’m glad there is new blood enjoying the opening for the first time because I wish I never saw this and watched for the first time to get my heart pounding.

Her genuine reaction shows deep down she knows she's screwed.

Yeah they then asked what door I am I at, which, of course, is also a trick question.

No offense but I wish people would drop the word ''writing'' because there's just something about it that bugs me like crazy when it comes to filmmaking.

​@@KrisBryant99he's the script writer. So it makes sense for me to mention his writing. Without his script "Scream" wouldn't exist.

Yea it’s just beyond lazy writing with absolutely no passion now. I don’t understand how anyone can even stomach the newer sequels. The writing is atrocious.

all facts, i liked the scream 2 call wit cici too tho but ur right for sure

S6 actually has a pretty cool intro that's in the same wheelhouse as this (charming caller, false sense of security that turns, etc)

i think the new one equals this one in that sense!!

@@showmethedickens I really liked the new opening, but sadly that phone call just wasn't long enough for me to get as invested as I do here, plus as soon as the call turns sinister... it ends... whereas this one just constantly builds tension. But that overall opening was defo my favourite since Scream 2! Feel like that's as much as I can say cause I don't want to spoil it too much. The calls in the first few films just hit different: this one and Sidney's 1st call in Scream, Cici's in Scream 2!

It was the right decision to do this role as look how memorable it is years later.

@@jackkrauss Agreed. Scream is near (if not entirely) perfect imo.

Her lung was punctured, and it is the stuff of nightmares to be unable to scream for help.

LoL, it sounds like you think this movie was/is, hmmmmm, AMAZING!

Creator of this place we live in space outer space too

Amazing lighting 🤣

@@Aaliyahchannel2024 I don’t get what’s funny about that lol you don’t think lighting is part of making an amazing scene??

@@Chihuahuauno1 definitely! AMAZING! Lol sounds like you have low self esteem.

That was heartbreaking

Not sure if it's their worst nightmare, what about finding out your kid is the one doing all these killings.

@@gatekeeperboxing5898 Well, we saw how that played out in Scream 2. Mrs. Loomis didn't give a shit that Billy was killing everyone, she was much more pissed that Sidney killed HIM.

@Seri Kim Depends on your morals I guess, but if you lose your child it's over there and then. If your child was the killer theres the court case everyone hating on you, you wondering how this happened and how your kid turned out this way. The horror of what they did will not be lived down for many years to come.

@@mahmamia5100 True some parents couldn't care less what there kids do.

Who cares if billy loomis is a queer

How is this „emotional“?! You have to be very twisted to call this „emotional“.

@@karadiberlino And you must be very twisted if you feel absolutely nothing at the sight of a daughter struggling to call for her mother in mortal fear and a distraught mother who literally hears her slowly dying daughter on the phone. This creepy scene actually gets very emotional at the end!

@@karadiberlino Um how is it twisted to call this scene EMOTIONAL? Calling it “funny” or “exciting” would be twisted. Seeing another human being suffer makes me rather emotional, whether it’s a movie or not

@Harley Quinn Thank you Harley for sticking up for me. Yes, I indeed meant emotional in a sad/sorrowful type of way, as most people already would know that

@@SpaceFirebird Thank you Firebird for sticking up for me, really appreciate it. I never thought someone would take my comment the wrong way like that. But I guess it happens…you’re right, the ending is also very disturbing and emotional 😭

They were at both doors. There's two of them.

@@rinraiden It's a possibility, but considering we only see one at this point it's likely they weren't both in the costume at this time.

​@D3ADLYSNIP3RZ Obviously both were there. One entered through the shattered patio and then ran to the front door allowing the other to enter.

Billy was on the phone, Stu killed Steve and broke in, then ran around to unlock the front door. We see this when Casey's parents arrived and it is ajar despite Casy having locked it moments before. After Casey hid outside, Billy came in and searched around upstairs while we saw Stu on the main level. It was Stu who popped up and punched through the window to grab Casey, she then knocks him out with the phone. Billy hears the commotion upstairs and runs back outside and finishes her off. We know this is him because he chokes her out and later does the same thing to Sidney unmasked in the final act. There's a whole video on here explaining how it was done. Basically, there's no way the killer could have been making the calls and running around/killing Steve at the same time. "Which door am I at?" was a trick question, because Stu was at the patio door and Billy at the front.

​@D3ADLYSNIP3RZ The front door unlocked is proof of this as why would GF unlock it if not for the other GF?

Likewise.

Easy to imagine. Am old. Was there.

I believe the line is I want to know who I’m looking at

Yeah I also saw it in the theatre. For the time and how it was made, this scene is pretty scary

I like when the killer says “Sureeeeeee” lmao

Roger Jackson is a brilliant voice actor.

Can't see it ever being topped regardless of what genre.

90s were just chill. Yes there were problems but I think most of the people you ran into just wanted to do their own and live their own lives and be happy.

Yeah, I miss the 90's. Overall it was far more laid-back than it is now. Now, everyone's at each other's throats for the smallest slight. And movies used to entertain you, now they preach and lecture. Miss the relaxed vibe of the 90's and early 2000's.

@@chloe-sophie-grwm Life was wayyyy better without phones.

@@EMINEM4973 Or social media.

Yeah, but you saw the guy tied to a chair bleeding from his head already.

You weren't convinced after he said blonde or when he heard drew say who's there without the phone being on dial?

@@theshadowwalker9672 that could still have been a joke

@@jackkrauss oh you do have a point, but I still never thought that this unknown caller would actually GUT the guy so savagely like that, in reality it's more common for criminals to rape the victims and then strangle them, what Billy and Stu did here was far more violent than what we see on the news and even in comparison to other killers in previous slasher films, which is one of the reasons why Scream was so groundbreaking (particularly this opening scene).

He somehow knows Casey's hair colour and her saying who's there despite the phone not being on dial and you thought that it still could've been a joke. Hell,you still didn't believe it even when you saw Steve in the chair.

Same 😂 my sisters sent me to bed after this scene and proceeded to say..”I hope ghost face isn’t in his room! (They knew I was listening) I popped up in bed and bolted out of the room 😂 👻

@@LuckyOuijaBoy17 Haha that's kind of mean.

@@LuckyOuijaBoy17 I remember a lot of prank calls asking people what's their favorite scary movie as a caller idea was just beginning but that they I was still a youngest and I hated my sisters friends doing this 😂.

You watched this movie as a kid?

​@@charlieandthechocfactrules9186 Yeah I saw it around 10. It wasn't abnormal to see R rated films young in the 90s. I saw Devils Advocate in the theater with my parents and talk about a little awkward but the nudity at the time really wasn't.

Don't they like semi reboot this scene in every movie? They even make fun of it in the 4th movie.

How did they make fun of this in the 4th one?

@@jackkrauss not make fun of maybe but homage. With the girls watching the stab movies. Idk if stab movies made fun if it or the actual scene with the blonde girls.

@@m2kay42 I remember the girl saying they recycle the scenes over and over again.

@@jackkrauss it's definitely iconic opener but can't really be repeated again sadly. It just doesn't work unless it's been YEARS down the line

It's the attention to detail. A lost art these days.

I just watched the movie for the first time

@@Guzioo I am SOOO jealous! :). My friends and I saw it in the theater back in the day. The way the packed crowd reacted is still a vivid memory, believe me.

@@a.e.jabbour5003 Yeah, me too (40+ now lol) and I remember seeing it in the cinema and everyone was just in shock after that opening!

I feel kind of dumb initially missing the fact that both Billy and Stu were there, lol. Her character gets criticism by stopping outside, but how many characters would've made it that far with both attackers chasing her.

It's because the writing, directing and acting are all good as the new ones just seem to have good directing and I'm being generous there.

Escalates so quickly. One second an innocent phone convo to a double murder. I don't think anyone watching this for the first time saw this coming.

Yeah, the others just weren't the same. It caught you off guard a lot because of the change in tones throughout. So, you never really knew what to expect. Kept you on your toes. True classic.

She was the reason why the movie got made. During filming, she was credited as a main cast member so production doesn't get shut down.

Why wouldn't she show up for it?! She literally asked to be in the film. Hell, she was originally meant to play Sidney Prescott before scheduling conflicts got in the way.

@@Blitz-dm3kv they needed her more than she needed them.

This scene is the most rememberable from the franchise so it was obviously the right choice.

A seemingly small role but also the most memorable in the series.

Killer is stu.

Where did she fight back? She wasn‘t, she was timid and not very smart.

@@karadiberlino when Ghostie broke the window, she punched him, then when she got tackled she kicked him and continued running. She almost got out but she couldn’t scream out her mom loud enough. Happened around like 10:00.

@@karadiberlino she was acc quite smart,she knew not to run straight out of the house as she would have gotten chased down and killed,so she sneaked around the house whilst waiting for the moment to make a run for it,her only issue is that she didn’t realise there would be two killers

@@rainischalk-late3540honestly if she wasn’t stabbed in the chest, she probably could’ve lived

A lot of people would be in shock by the time the chair was thrown.

I'm only 13 but I perfer old films like this to new ones :/

@@CSS-Tails_Forever same

@@d1nonlybaby36 cool 😎

@@CSS-Tails_Forever me too. I'm 14 and I prefer 90's films.

I went to see scream 6... and I prefer the original... scream 6 at times felt kind of cringed...

She told ghostface she didn't have a boyfriend in hopes of finding a good time with him. So really she wanted to cheat on Steve...maybe not a sweetheart but she definitely didn't deserve this...noone does

​@@user-kh1qp9lr1rI think she was just harmlessly flirting.

How was scream VI?? I’ve seen all the screams so I’m excited for this one. In my area they have it in 3d.

​@@gabbys8065 IT WAS AMAZING

@@josuenicolas7660 omg so yes I will definitely go this weekend!

@@gabbys8065 Scream 6 was horrible! Just regurgitated trash. People are way too easily impressed these days. I was really hoping for a story that was more original but all they did was (spoiler) repeat the scream 2 story once again

@@Highbudget Not at all, the only thing that was relative to scream 2 was the motive

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I know😊 right

When I first saw this I thought she was still somehow going make it getting chased outside as it's Drew B lol.

I think no one expected how good Roger Jackson's talent was.

I wasn't even that for that made it the most brutal it's the cat and mouse talking before he tells her he wants to know who he's looking at. A clear sign of sadistic s.o.b.s.

but it was Stu that comitted the intro killings

@@dilucsva no Stu was support here helping lift Casey up the tree

​@@dilucsvaThey were both there but it was Billy who was unmasked

Iir was definitely Billy. Wes had both killers kill differently so the audience could tell. Billy always chocked. They were both there though. Stu was the one who was hit with the phone and the one she saw initially in the house.

@@dilucsvastu was the one who killed and gutted Steve, and got hit with the phone in the house. Billy was the one who jumped out the window and killed Casey Stu then helped Billy gut and hang casey

While she did nail the scene everything is on point here, particularly the music and cinematography. I'm not a big horror fan but I can appreciate talent in any genre.

I'd say impossible. I remember after watching it on the VHS the summer after it came out on video I was like wtf was that after seeing the opening scene.

I love that scene and the sound he makes

The way the hand of whoever is holding it (I'm guessing Stu) trembles while they're probably thinking "should I do it? Screw it!" and then *SWING!* So good... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@@CharliePetricor I’m pretty sure it’s Billy

This Scream was more realistic as one stab pretty much took her out. In the new movies, they seem to get stabbed an infinite amount of times, and it has almost zero effect.

Wes was so good at setting creepy scenes. The simple tone and music change after she was scared on the phone and walking to the kitchen was prefect.

This scared me for the longest time as a kid. I could easily watch this movie but I'd commonly skip the beginning.

There actually was legit fear involved, you see, the guy on the phone was never shown to them, so Drew had no idea who she was dealing with, which made her performance very very real. This was done intentionally to get the best performance out of the actors and it worked out perfectly.

Drew couldn't find the time to have a bigger role in the movie. Her schedule was booked and they could only allow her five days of filming. She initially was offered the role of Sidney Prescott, but had to decline and decided that Casey Becker would be a better role as it shook the audiences.

Gotta disagree big time. The fact that they killed off Drew frikkin Barrymore within the first 10 minutes really made this movie standout like nothing else. It made it wayyyy more interesting and intriguing and gave you this feeling that they really aren't fucking around. Her not dying would just not have had the same impact even if the rest of the movie with her was good. The fact that she died is what makes this so iconic

@@Blitzbrie gotta hand it to you, you have a point there

Even though drew still has her career growing strong. Those other busy schedules made her miss out on a huge payday as the movie broke big in the box office

Yep it’s my favorite opening scene to a horror film ever

That's a stretch but it's really good.

@@TheBallinCollin96 really? Name a better opening in a horror movie?

@@Derplander90 First of all, When a Stranger Calls and Black Christmas are exactly where they got the idea. Halloween, Friday the 13th, Night of the Living Dead, TCM's narration, The Hitcher, Friday the 13th 2009, Halloween Ends, Jaws, Malignant, The Town That Dreaded Sundown.

@@TheBallinCollin96 that’s count to opinion I guess. But none of the movies you mention have a great 10 minutes opening scenes. Good movies but not the best opening scene.

@@Derplander90it’s an absolutely crap movie, but I’d throw 28 Weeks Later’s opening into the mix. So brutal

XD After this Ghostface would stop calling

“What’s your favourite scary movie?” Josstice League, it’s terrifying that the film even exists *And Ghostface proceeded to never call again*

“HEY!” “Sorry!” “WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM?!?!?!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

What's your favorite scary movie? Kazaam, you know the one where Shaq plays a genie?

@@BrianLyons315 🌚😂

I'm still traumatized by that movie. "WHY haven't you checked the children?' destroyed me. It also had the benefit of a a great actor - Carol Kane - who was magnificent in the opening scene. "The call is coming from inside the house!!" GAH!

Huh?

@@Wadebrowndrums 2 callers on the phone with the girl. Durimg the ending explains more.

What I never noticed that thanks for pointing out

@@carinarosales6899 what does he mean?

@@Wadebrowndrums I think he meant both stu and billy were on the phone with her, stu probably being the high pitched voiced one

The music is something else, too. It's perfect for each part of this scene.

😂👈🏼

I love this movie and I the end best movie ever

The way he delivers that line too.

OMG!

I love scream and the ending I'm 38

There's a lot of detail in this scene that one can easily miss.

He looks both ways indicating early that it is 2 killers.

There is a obvious cut in this scene - it showed the murder of Steve, but was apparently edited out bc it was too graphic. You can tell if you pay attention.

I haven't seen this topped yet.

This was one of the trashiest movies of the 90s. It‘s fun, but that‘s all.

@@karadiberlino common karadiberlino L

@karadiblerino1 this is a great opening and an even better movie, where's your taste at?

@@karadiberlino Its not trashy at all. Its a master class in suspense and storytelling.

​@@karadiberlinoHow is this movie trashy?

The more gore you see the less scary it is. Also when they rely more on gore you know the movie stinks. The whole point of these movies is a whodunit and not some Saw movie.

@SamJackson-xu1py I was just how fucked up the killers were in this filmed based off the details given man, I could care less about how they execute it, deaths can still be brutal if done right.

@xallenjr I know I just meant it's scarier when it's seen off screen. For example when she's get stabbed you don't see it besides the first stab.

I thought I was the only one. What's wrong with us lmao? I also had a crush on The Undertaker from WWE as an 8 year old.

@@ltahoe9257 ME TOO!

He sounds creepy 😂😂😂

oh

he's also hot under the mask

I'll never forget watching this on video for the first time the summer after it came out in theaters and being afraid of this scene for years, lol.

@@jackkraussit’s really creepy

About the age when I saw this. I don't think anyone was ready for this opening.