Scream is the 367th episode of Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Danielle Radford and Lon Harris. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It parodies the 1996 slasher film Scream. It was published on October 13, 2020, to coincide with the Halloween season. It is 5 minutes and 46 seconds long. It has been viewed over 1.3 million times.
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"Euugh. You know, come to think of it, everyone at this school is a monster." ~ Honest Trailers - Scream'
Script[]
The following trailer is rated S24M: Spoilers for a 24-Year-Old Movie.
From the man whose mere name conjures up visions of horror (Wes Craven)... except for that one Meryl Streep movie he made (Music of the Heart), comes the maestro's meta deconstruction of the horror genre. (Wes Craven's New Nightmare)
Heather Langenkamp: (reading from a script) "There was no movie. There was only... her... life..."
Uh, the maestro's second meta deconstruction of the horror genre. The good one.
Scream
Return to a simpler time, when people left all of their doors unlocked (Casey rushes to lock every door in her house), no one had cell phones...
Sheriff Burke: What're you doin' with a cellular telephone, son?
...true crime podcasts were books...
Gale: (to Sidney) Your mother's murder was last year's hottest court case. Somebody was gonna write a book about it.
...and without Twitter, movie dorks had to get creative when it came to harassing women.
Ghostface: (on the phone) What's your favorite scary movie?
Casey: Uh, I don't know.
Ghostface: --Jason's mother, Mrs. Voorhees, was the original killer. / --wrong answer. (Ghostface kills Steve)
If this movie were made today, the mask would be an anime avatar.
Meet Sidney, the virgin-est virgin who ever virgin-ed.
Billy: I thought maybe we could do a little on-top-of-the-clothes stuff.
But this sweet, innocent girl is cursed... with the worst social group of all time. There's Tatas-- I mean, Tatum, who's more concerned with partying than helping her friend...
Stu: --impromptu party tonight, my house.
Sidney: Are you serious?
Tatum: Come on, Sid. For me?
...who was dealing with way scarier stuff off-camera than on (shows images of Rose McGowan with her then-boyfriend, Marilyn Manson); Billy, a big Johnny Depp enthusiast (a shot comparing Billy entering through the window to Glen from A Nightmare on Elm Street); this Screen Junkies fan...
Randy: (to Stu) Obviously they don't watch enough movies. This is standard horror movie stuff. / There's a formula to it! A very simple formula!
...this Cox...
Gale: --when I say "hurry," please interpret that as "move your fat, tub-of-lard ass now!"
...and Stu, a guy who does some of the most upsetting mouth stuff in horror since Ichi the Killer. (montage of Stu exposing his tongue) Euugh. You know, come to think of it, everyone at this school is a monster.
Fake Ghostface: WOO-HOOO!
Principal Himbry: (drawing a knife on Billy) Fairness would be to rip your insides out...
Randy: They found Principal Himbry [...] gutted and hung from the goalpost on the football field.
Drunk Teen: Let's go over there before they pry him down!
Randy: Hey...
Except the cop; weirdly, he's the only cool one.
Dewey: You're under age, son. I'm kiddin'. Have a good time.
Suit up with a slasher who's all killer, no filler, because while some horror icons spend their time talking trash...
Freddy Krueger: Welcome to prime time, b*tch!
...or doing spooky vanishing acts (Michael Myers vanishes after being shot by Laurie Strode), this Ghostface Killah just bought the first mask they saw on the way to school...
Dewey: (handing Ghostface's costume to Sheriff Burke) They sell this costume at every five-and-dime in the state.
...giving you no safe spaces as he stalks you all over town, from the shrubbery outside of your own house, to the ladies' room, to the grocery store in broad daylight (?)...
"Cashier": Uh, we have a slasher on aisle four.
...and busts into every fight knife-first without a plan beyond "stabby-stabby". You gotta respect the hustle, even if everyone is constantly beating the crap out of him. (montage of Ghostface being outmaneuvered by his would-be victims)
So heat up some Jiffy Pop and revisit the classic that's packed full of nods to other horror movies (a shot comparing Linda Blair as a news reporter to her as Regan in The Exorcist)...
Wes Craven as Fred: What'd you call me? Huh?
Principal Himbry: Not you, Fred.
...and when they can't think of a nod, they just say the name of a horror movie you like out loud...
Billy: The Exorcist was on.
Sidney: It's "The Town That Dreaded Sundown".
Randy: How many Hellraisers?
Casey: Nightmare on Elm Street.
Billy: --Silence of the Lambs...
Sidney: Terror Train--
Randy: The Howling.
Billy: Psycho.
Ghostface: (on the phone) --Friday the 13th.
Randy: Prom Night--
Stu: --Candyman?
Billy: --Carrie.
Casey: Halloween.
Tatum: What movie is this from? "I Spit On Your Garage"?
...in this innovative slasher that rescued a genre that was drowning in bad sequels and remakes (Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation), only to eventually drown in its own sequels and remakes. (Scream 2, 3, and 4) (a ScreenRant article with the title "Scream 5 Starts Filming Later This Month" pops up, detailing how production was due to start by the end of September 2020) But still, it not only saved horror at the time; it managed to kill off the spoof movie, too. (Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie)
"Ghostface": Do you like spoofy movies?
Alien from Scary Movie 3: You should see how we pee. (it drains fluid from its finger, causing Tom Logan to become nauseous)
Not anymore!
Starring: I Know Who Your Mom Did Last Summer (Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott); Never Been Killed (Drew Barrymore as Casey Becker); I'll Be There For You... When the Blood Starts to Pour (Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers); Aw Skeet Skeet Mr. Ulrich (Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis); Innnn the Garage I Feel Safe (Rose McGowan as Tatum Riley); Mountain Dewey (David Arquette as Deputy Dewey Riley); Like Zoinks! Am I a G-G-G-Ghostface?! (Matthew Lillard as Stuart "Stu" Macher); Slice Principals (Henry Winkler as Principal Arthur Himbry); and Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals.
Billy: (while strangling Sidney) Say hello to your mother.
Mark Wahlberg: Okay, donkey.
Scary Movie (What? That's What They Were Actually Going to Call It.)
The honest title for Scream was ‘Scary Movie (What? That’s What They Were Actually Going to Call It.)’. Titles designed by Robert Holtby.
You know what's really the scariest part of the movie? This cheerleader who takes a dump, then sticks her finger in her mouth without washing her hands. Urgh...
Viewer's Comments[]
Please say: Oh crap, we forgot the comments last time. - DTavs Exe
Say: What's your favourite scary movie? - Abaza Zainab
In honour of the recent passing of Eddie Van Halen, please say: "I've got it bad, got it bad, got it bad. I'm hot for teacher" - Max Gettler
Trivia[]
- The final comment on the viewer's comments pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen, the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the band Van Halen, who passed away on October 6, 2020 at the age of 65 due to complications from throat cancer.
Reception []
Production Credits[]
Voice Narration: Jon Bailey aka Epic Voice Guy
Written by: Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Danielle Radford & Lon Harris
Produced by: Spencer Gilbert & Joe Starr
Edited by: Randy Whitlock
Post-Production Supervisor: Emin Bassavand
Supervising Producer: Max Dionne
Associate Producer: Ryan O'Toole
Executive Producer: Roth Cornet