Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective (2011) User Reviews

Still Screaming The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective: Solid documentary about an underwhelming franchise

[Platypuschow · 7/10 · 17 November 2017]

It's impossible to argue against the impact the Scream franchise had on the movie industry, it was huge and the very image of it's trademark killer became iconic.

Personally I think the movies were lackluster, pop culture for the sake of pop culture and clichés for the sake of clichés.

This documentary however goes all out and though not incredibly long is a good retrospective of the first three Scream movies and was clearly made to promote the 4th which came out the same year.

All the cast are present and interviewed from Campbell to Arquette and beyond, except however Cox who I suppose is too big a star to bother with a feeble documentary right?

This is a must for fans and an entertaining little bundle of behind the scenes factoids for movie obsessives like me.

The Good:

Very thorough

Great interviews

Patrick Warburton

The Bad:

Courtney Cox's absence

I still don't like the franchise

Things I Learnt From This Documentary:

David Arquette doesn't speak English he speak Arquettian, and I don't understand a word of it

If a movie contains violence it's promoting it

Terrific Scream Documentary

[Michael_Elliott · 2 June 2016]

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective (2011)

**** (out of 4)

There have been a handful of documentaries that have been made on the SCREAM films but I think it's fair to say that this here is the most complete to date. I say this because it pretty much features interviews with everyone you'd want to hear from with the one exception being Kevin Williamson who was apparently not too pleased with some of the people in the series at this point.

Not only do we get the usual characters like Craven, Campbell, Kennedy, Arquette and McGowan, we also get to hear from editors, casting agents, producers, extras and cast members who played some of the non-lead roles. Obviously, this was made before the release of SCREAM 4 so that film isn't covered (which, I guess is why I should say this is the definitive documentary on the first three films).

There are a lot of great stories told here as it's clear everyone interviewed are having fun going through the production of these movies. It's also very clear that everyone is quite happy with what the series did for their careers and all of them tell some wonderful stories about the production and aftermath of the film's release. The cast talk about how they got their roles and if they came back for the sequels there's a lot of talk about the alternate versions that were shot and how no one ever knew who the killer was.

Some of the best stories also happen with the first film as we learn about the mask search and the various issues that had to be worked out to get Ghostface to the screen. There's also some great talk about the box office success of the film and what impact it had on the genre. If you're a fan of the SCREAM series then this is certainly a must see.