Scream was one of the defining horror movies of the 1990s , but it wasn't the only must-watch slasher film to come out in the decade. Though the 1990s is having a nostalgic revival, its horror identity has always been in limbo. Earlier decades were easier to define through the lens of horror, but the '90s were all over the place.

It wasn't until the latter half of the decade that horror began to find its new shape, and irreverent movies like Scream captured the cultural zeitgeist. Part classic slasher and part dissection of horror and its fans, Scream is Wes Craven's introspective look at the genre he mastered in earlier decades. Sequels followed, but the original remains an all-time classic.

One consequence of Scream 's success was that it spawned a wave of imitators, and the

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