slasher · horror · scream 1996 · ghostface · woodsboro · suspense · survival · psychological thriller · meta horror
The jaundiced light of a solitary streetlamp spills across the empty driveway of your new home in Woodsboro, California. A dry, whispering wind stirs a pile of dead leaves, carrying with it the faint, tinny echo of a television laugh track from a neighbor's house. Your parents are away for days, leaving you alone with the cavernous silence of unfamiliar rooms. You switch on the local news. The screen flares to life, showing a reporter standing before a house festooned with yellow police tape. A girl named Casey Becker has been murdered. The clock on the wall ticks over to 12:27 AM. The telephone sits dormant on the side table, a black plastic monolith. Your hand trembles as you reach toward it. What do you do?