SCREAM * first time time watching * reaction & commentary

[@WoodsToLiveBy]

I definitely feel the age gap when the response is, "That guy looks familiar" instead of, "Hey, it's the Fonz!" LOL

[@robdixon7732]

The joke is that the janitor was Wes Craven, the director, and he's dressed like Freddy because he also directed Nightmare on Elm Street.

[@rikuruohomaki3230]

Not only directed, also wrote the film and created the Freddy Krueger character, based partly on his childhood experience. Which I think YOU obviously know. Just wanted to put it out there for others.

[@Ghostface-zx3lt]

@@rikuruohomaki3230 no kevin williamson wrote the film

[@LoganBluth]

@@Ghostface-zx3lt I think they mean Wes Craven wrote "Nightmare on Elm Street", not "Scream".

[@gatmanbegins4040]

Also he's named Fred

[@Chuck_EL]

@@rikuruohomaki3230 his childhood experience that he based Freddie on could of been made into a horror movie by itself .. Rip Wes Craven

[@garysmith3037]

"He died right after he got it in, so it's not the worst time to go." - Ashleigh Burton, professional movie funeral speaker.

[@SteveGodrich]

I proper LOL'd at that

LMAO 🤣

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

"Is that Drew Barrymore?" Yes...one of the best fakeouts in horror history! Because when she was cast everyone thought she would be the final girl, due to her starpower. All for it to be Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott!

[@nathanbouquin9640]

This is correct! It’s also a callback to the classic Janet Leigh fakeout from Psycho! Nobody saw Janet dying mid movie, especially in the absolutely horrifying and traumatizing, yet revolutionary way her character was omitted. It made it all the more shocking! Just like Drew’s shocking and untimely death. Really well made, thought out, and executed!

[@spirittammyk]

Makes me wonder if Scream was the first to kill off a character that was expected to live? I keep seeing people point to The Dark KNight and Rachel dying as the main one, but still........

[@dawb86]

@@spirittammyk That would be 'Psycho' in 1960, which is ironically referenced directly in the film when the killer reveal is made...

[@TequilaToothpick]

@@spirittammyk The guy just above you mentioned 1960's Psycho lol, so no Scream wasn't the first.

[@leonkennedy7662]

Another reason everyone thought Drew was the main Protagonist was because she was on the poster. One of the reasons I love Scream, they break the stereotypes, as they list them lol.

[@ruthmcfadden744]

"Suck it, Steve would still be alive today if I was his girlfriend".. LMAO, you had me dying!!! 😂

[@brian19991]

not as much as Steve

[@ruthmcfadden744]

@@brian19991 😂

[@Miss_Camel]

This was the absolute best part of this video!!

[@ruthmcfadden744]

@@Miss_Camel yes 😂😂😂😂

[@thedeepfriar745]

Jamie Kennedy saying look out Jamie he’s behind you while he’s watching the movie and the killer is behind him is some epic level meta self awareness. Because he’s saying what the audience is thinking

[@mycroft16]

Very few movies have pulled of this level of meta self-awareness so cleanly and believably. God it was so good.

[@rogerlie4176]

Very few got that joke the first time(I didn't), since Jamie Kennedy was unknown when this premiered.

[@TamaleRingwald]

@@rogerlie4176 really? I mean, if anything it’s a comedic part. Pretty obvious.

[@Mahoney_Hightower]

The whole scream franchise did meta like no other.

[@TequilaToothpick]

@@rogerlie4176 It wasn't a joke, more a happy coincidence that he was cast in that role.

[@gutz1981]

"MS VORHEES" Girl you already at master level. Well done.

[@awkwardashleigh]

THANK YOU!

[@Milleniumlance]

@@awkwardashleigh 👏👏👏

[@pete_lind]

@@awkwardashleigh Principal Arthur Himbry was Henry Winkler , also know as the man who jumped the shark , Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli .

[@chrisbowers7523]

@@awkwardashleigh there is a comedy movie that was based on the comic book series by dark horse comics called the mask . it was like Freddy Krueger and even was supposed to be a scary movie with Jim Carrey but Jim decided to have it be a comedy and even some scary parts but it is a family comedy and it made a lot of money and even had a cartoon show and even more comic books look and feel like the Jim Carrey version of the movie and a bad sequel called son of the mask with bad in your face to the camera unlike the first movie with 5 inches away from the camera and not hog up to the point that we can not see the dancers that in this first movie and the sequel was built up to the point that even nitindo games had a contest for the winners to be in the sequel, an sequel with no Jim Carrey like the first movie and it was the first movie that the voice of shrek's wife Cameron Diaz was a star . she is not in the sequel and even the son of the dog from the first movie who is named Moe Howard the three stooges Moe and even he could not help this movie sequel . in the comic book series the mask itself is like Lord of the rings and makes who ever wear it gets turn into a human cartoon with big green lips and and a bald head Looney tunes like head that even brakes the fourth wall and shape ship into cartoons heads and even with the make up that Jim Carrey had on ,still was funny and made it family friendly and even if it did have cgi cartoon effects it is still a classic and did not have a in your face to the camera . the sequel is that bad even put cartoons heads cgi cartoon effects in your face to the camera unlike the first movie . the sequel even has a scary moments like the baby son sucking his tumb and the head blows up with a scary balloon head face and even had and face off against the dog who has no motivation to hate each other and the baby hate his but like him out of nowhere as much as the dog like the baby son and the mother of the sequel is boring and the guy who said everyone is a suspect aka Jamie Kennedy was the next wearer of the thing and look like a Ken Barbie doll and golly green giant if he was wearing the late show with non David Letterman and said to everyone in the sequel, "get this make up off me ".!!!!! The only good thing about this sequel is a car that looks like Charlie Sheen. Yes, stu is shaggy Rogers from Scooby doo in the live action and even was the voice of shaggy but the scob movie made him sad because he is not the voice of shaggy in that movie and is probably wants to be in a Disney movie?.

[@chrisbowers7523]

@@awkwardashleigh if you want to know where the mask itself is from the comic book never tell us where it is from . some people say that it was from locki not the version of Marvel Studios movies and comic books . the mask is a super hero movie and comic book and tv show and even had 1920's vibe with the 1990's like 89 Batman movie .

[@ecbenson98]

My favorite thing about the Scream movies was the way Sidney fought back and kicked ass.

[@thenationaltimelyactionhou9328]

Yep

[@Arxane]

“Silence of the Lambs” would be a great movie for Hallow-Beans. A beautifully directed piece of psychological horror with some amazing acting from Jodi Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

[@angelagraves865]

I saw Silence of the Lambs in the theater when it first came out and at the time it was the scariest movie I'd ever seen. I was freaked out for days afterward.

[@Bill-2203]

An iconic film and a must watch

[@acfiv1421]

Now that you've seen Scream, you MUST watch the parody, 'Scary Movie'.

[@Smoochypoop]

It’s a phycological thriller. Not a horror. A genre that’s not really made anymore

[@goldilox369]

@@acfiv1421 agree

[@disneypride98]

one little fun fact about the movie i love to point out to people is the actor that plays randy is jamie kennedy and he's literally saying "turn around jamie!" to jamie lee curtis but also himself lol (i want to be in the sequel)

[@jamesm654]

" So how does it feel to almost brutally butchered?" That was Linda Blair. The possessed girl in the Exorcist.

[@erauprcwa]

The Janitor was Wes Craven wearing a Freddy Kruger outfit.

[@dancewalkertarot]

I never realized that omg! TIL thanks. :D

[@GabrielleBraswell]

Holy SHIT how did I not know this before

[@BrianNIL]

"My Mom and Dad are gonna be so mad at me!" This line always got a big laugh in theaters. I watch a lot of Millennial reactors, and I question their grasp of humor.

[@m00shminki88]

I know right? I'm a Millennial but other Millennials always disappoint me, humor-wise.

[@giuliar2539]

I'm gen Z so I find a lot of stuff funny... I'm not even surprised anymore when people don't find some stuff funny

[@Brannas86]

I'm an early millennial (86) and I get Screams humour. My older sister showed me the movie when she had it on VHS. I also saw The Exorsist thanks to her and my cousin letting me watch it

[@m00shminki88]

@@Brannas86 to this day, i cannot finish The Exorcist. That girl scares me too much. I can watch almost any other horror movie. Just can't finish that one. I've made 6 attempts

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

@@m00shminki88 you've gotten farther than me. I can't even handle the Wikipedia synopsis.

[@danielsangeo]

Fun fact: The janitor in the school was played by director Wes Craven, and he was dressed up as Freddy Krueger, created by Craven. I want to be in the sequel!

[@Jade2016]

I was about to mention that. I didn't think anybody else noticed.

[@UlricGrim]

Killer: “Freddy, that’s right. I liked that movie, it was scary.” Casey/Drew: “The first one was but the rest suck”. Wes Craven directed only the first Nightmare on Elm Street. He didn’t have much to do with the others until New Nightmare. Well played Wes!

[@HuntingViolets]

_New Nightmare_ was incredible!

[@Rmlohner]

The really brilliant thing about the twist isn't just that there's two killers, but they're the two really obvious choices for how pointlessly weird and creepy they've been acting for the whole movie, which conversely means everyone dismisses them as obvious red herrings.

[@anonymes2884]

Not only does the movie know, it knows _we_ know.

[@GangstaStan010]

Me in High School. "It's obviously Billy" Killer calls Sidney "Okay... can't be Billy. Stu? Nah can't be Stu. Dude is just a goofball class clown." The Video Store "It's Billy!" Billy gets stabbed "No... wait... it's... Who the fuck is it?!"

[@rossrobertson674]

Spoiler

[@GangstaStan010]

@@rossrobertson674 But.. this is prerecorded.

[@rossrobertson674]

@@GangstaStan010 i was half joking cuz there's no such thing as a spoiler on a 25 year old movie lol

[@mattm4570]

The reporter asking Sidney “How does it feel to be nearly butchered ?” when she gets out of the van is Linda Blair (Reagan) from the Exorcist film.

[@luketrottier9388]

Very cool, I never knew that.

[@mattm4570]

@@luketrottier9388 👍🇦🇺

[@stonecold31657]

Holy shit. Never knew that.

[@mattm4570]

@@stonecold31657 yeah mate 👍🇦🇺

[@benpolishak8732]

I was surprised to !earn that myself and I saw her in Savage Streets (1984)

[@stephenlackey5852]

“How come Jamie Lee Curtis is in all of these movies?” “CUZ JAMIE LEE CURTIS IS AMAZING.” Love your channel

[@cara16111]

Matthew Lillard absolutely kills it in this

[@Chexxers]

yeah he really KILLS in this movie

[@NintendoCapriSun]

I want to be in the sequel too, but only 'cause that would mean it was 1998 again!

[@punklover99]

Dude love your work

[@Captainofkings333]

Dude wow I was not expecting you here

[@LA_BROWN_BEAR]

best summer blockbusters, cool summers 115f weather was stuff in horror movies. oh man 90s were sweeet!

[@VerneditheSnail]

1997, not 1998.

[@be7e4px]

I wasn’t expecting to see you here! Love your content!

[@joshuagross3151]

Remember the name "Wes Craven." He's a legend in modern horror, but this was actually a parody of slasher flicks that he adapted as a full-on slasher flick of it's own. He passed a few years back, but his genius shall not be forgotten.

[@Yugioh420]

A slasher parody franchise that created a slashed parody franchise.

[@thedeepfriar745]

I was very happy to find out recently that Wes Craven and John Carpenter were friends and colleagues and had a great amount of respect for each other.

[@Chuck_EL]

@@thedeepfriar745 Same as Clive Barker and Tobe Hooper (rip)

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

He was a really creative guy with his movies even his failures or lesser known movies

[@Ninja_Cheshie]

This is a satire, not a parody.

[@cdc194]

21:00 "Just put the windshield wipers in fast mode!" The mental image of the dead dude's face slapping side to side made me laugh.

[@bilitamp7333]

"I want to be in the sequel." Also, I hope your reaction to Carrie is the 1976 original, not any of the remakes.

[@Beltzer0072]

God Sissy Spacek is creepy in that movie! One of the best Stephen King adaptations!

[@rossgard]

@@Beltzer0072 Creepy, but also horribly sad and tragic. Her mother is the real monster.

[@Beltzer0072]

@@rossgard She's even worse in the book.

[@rossgard]

@@Beltzer0072 I agree. And Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were inspired casting choices.

[@TimedRevolver]

Not so fun fact: When Sidney comes out dressed as Ghostface and stabs him with the umbrella...Neve actually did stab Skeet with the umbrella. His scream is very real.

[@wiredtardis]

Twas a stunt woman that filled in for Neve that botched it.

[@arthurwdavis]

Ashleigh: "I would never be by myself." Me: Your in a small room watching a movie in the dark with headphones on. How "by myself" can you get.

[@theplanetruth]

She's a walking cliché.

[@greenpeasuit]

With spiders

[@fjparasite1172]

@@greenpeasuit i recomend Eight Legged Freaks with Dewey.

[@taoist32]

@@fjparasite1172 And Scarlet Johansson aka Black Widow.

[@nickwittednonpareil]

OMG We're watching her on a 3̶0̶-̶s̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶ several days delay! Look out Ashleigh!

[@DannKriss]

"I want to be in the sequel!" You wouldn't remember, but that 'scream' mask was already popular in every Halloween store for years BEFORE the movie; it was a generic design based off of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream", so it was already a mask that was EVERYWHERE at Halloween, which made it perfect for this movie. Also, this movie was intended to kind of spoof the slasher genre, and in doing so re-ignited the slasher genre for a new generation. Also also, the original title of this movie was "Scary Movie", but then they changed it, so then the spoof of THIS movie was called Scary Movie, and became a huge spoof franchise, re-igniting the spoof genre to a new generation! Also also also, the spoof "Scary Movie" was directed by Keenan Ivory-Wayans, and is to date still the highest grossing movie directed by a black director of all time! How cool is all that!?!

[@darkamora5123]

I believe Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler, which earned $1.344 billion, would respectfully disagree that Scary Movie earned more with $278 million. Even inflation adjusted it only comes in at around $430 million. You'll have to add some more qualifiers for that to be a true statement. Like horror movie with a black director, or spoof comedy, or released in the year 2000, otherwise it don't fly.

[@mikelarsen5836]

Highly unlikely she has even heard of Edvard Munch! 🙄

[@liddybird3608]

But she has seen some version of that painting, I would bet.

[@scottglasgow8272]

@@liddybird3608 geeks

[@liddybird3608]

(Blushes). Why thank you sir!

[@Sparkle-kk2gm]

I want to be in the sequel! Drew Barrymore was offered the role of Sydney but she really like the idea of dying in the beginning instead!

[@Nymphonomicon]

Like Janet Leigh.

[@gamleskalle1]

@@Nymphonomicon died halfway, not the beginning.

[@weirds0up]

@@gamleskalle1 yeah, but she was the big name actress in Psycho. Killing her off during the movie was a huge shock move

[@NickNutjob]

And she was smart! NOBODY at the time expected to see Drew Barrymore get massacred in the middle of her big comeback

[@Joker_JAK]

She wasn't just offered the role. She was cast as Sidney. When she did the promotional material she was playing Sidney. She changed her mind 2 weeks before filming began. Filmmakers panicked and they had to scramble to find a new Sidney. Wes Craven almost quit over it.

[@BigBearNV]

Another Fun Fact: The Reporter who asked "How does it feel to almost be brutally butchered" was played by Linda Blair, Regan in The Exorcist. :)

[@josephspicketts6099]

Another fun fact; Drew Barrymore was set to play the role of Sidney but she decided that her role would be better suited as Casey, and to give the newer faces more fame

[@SlimPlum691]

“What’s your favorite scary movie ?” “Uhhh The Exorcist so far.” I’m so proud 🥲

[@gimpy1136]

As soon as you said a more lighthearted Halloween movie I thought “Ernest Scared Stupid.” Freakin love that movie lol.

[@Hey_Jamie]

I was thinking ‘My Boyfriend’s Back’

[@goldilox369]

I do enjoy that movie...

[@Amanda-gg6kz]

ALL of the Ernest movies!!

[@greenpeasuit]

I can already predict, she will HATE Ernest. He is just not the kind of humor, I am thinking.

[@Thrui]

I would enjoy it but yeah i dont know if shed get a kick out of it. Eeeeeeheeeeew

[@JP-1990]

"It can't be Billy because that would be too easy" Well yes but technically no...

[@RMBittner]

With “Carrie,” PLEASE watch the original with Sissy Spacek. The other versions simply don’t compare.

[@LilFireFox]

Agreed, you can never go wrong with the Originals. One of my Top 5 favorite horror movies of all time.

[@erickyoung8331]

Was going to leave the same comment.

[@zotharr]

Other versionSSSSSS? There are more, than one? hell no

[@longgroove]

My friend was the kid on the bike in the beginning. He's DePalma's nephew.

[@zotharr]

@@Adrasdea I only saw the one with Chloe. I didnt hate it, only was a little bit dissapointed. I was like, oh, now they have the technology to make the ending properly, but no such luck xD Unfortunately they just copies most of the scenes. But the thing is, damn them if they do a remake like that, and damn them if they dont, so its really hard. Also I liked how they injected curent technology into it, students using phones and such.

[@Blarglesnarfe]

I love how, by playing with expectations and acknowledging them, they psyche you out from so many obvious answers! It killed the slasher genre for years, and changed multiple genres by being so damn good.

[@mycroft16]

As a corny teen horror slasher flick this film had absolutely no right to be this damn good. But just leaning into the tropes and making them part of the story was freaking genius.

[@Chuck_EL]

@@mycroft16 fun fact: The original killers were Dewey and Tatum it got leaked so no one besides Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Lillard knew they were killers so Neve's and Jamie's reaction was legit And Neve actually stabbed Skeet with the umbrella near his heart (which he has a heart murmur condition he was born with and had surgery for a few months prior) she felt so bad she felt she killed him , he said he hugged her and assured he has no hard feelings so whenever she was hyperventilating in tears was her real reaction to accidentally stabbing skeet that Wes Craven left in

[@Gobo303]

"I want to be in the sequel." Also, I'm very glad that you're doing HalloBEANS, because you reminded me that it's the first of the month, and I need to pay rent today... Thanks for helping me avoid a late fee!

[@drewrayg]

Don’t kill me Mr. Ghostface. “I want to be in the sequel!” So happy you finally watched Scream. I can’t wait til you see the sequel.

[@jduncanandroid]

'I want to be in the sequel', and yes - Trading Places is an absolute classic that you should definitely react to :)

[@metheus108]

Any time between Thanksgiving and New Years is the perfect time for Trading Places.

[@R3troZone]

The whole reason for the generic ghost costume the killer wears is BECAUSE you can find it in any store around Halloween. Even before this movie was made it was always in any store everywhere.

[@w1975b]

A bit similar to Halloween's mask.

[@UtopiaTX]

Please please do "Tucker and Dale vs Evil" for Hallobeans.

[@unvoicedapollo3318]

That's a great one that does a wonderful take on the backwoods horror genre without it being an outright parody (though it comes darn close).

[@MostlyCloudy]

I love that movie SO MUCH

[@UtopiaTX]

Also I want to be in the sequel

[@richardb6260]

@@unvoicedapollo3318 it would be nice if she saw TCM or Wrong Turn before seeing T&DvE. But I guess it's not really necessary.

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS!

[@astragalusson]

I hope you have "The Others" in your list of horror/thriller movies this Helloween. That's a must-watch...

[@nicholaslindsey7087]

The atmosphere in that movie is absolute perfection! Nicole Kidman acted her ass off in that movie.

[@KyriannaDodge14]

YES!!! ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS

[@primusafzelius9711]

Matthew Lillard improvised the line: "Mom and Dad are gonna be so mad at me"

[@jp3813]

Several of the lines were improvised. Including the one about getting hit w/ the phone.

[@travisfowler8030]

This movie is a love letter to the 1980's Slasher films. Carpenter, Craven, Cunningham all built a branch of the Horror genre. This movie pays homage to the tropes of that era while creating new ones. This movie is a masterpiece and lightning in a bottle.

[@Len0Grady]

I’m sure it’s already been pointed out that the janitor in the Freddy Krueger outfit at 14:49 is Scream’s director Wes Craven, who also created Nightmare on Elm Street.

[@Ultrasnd-88]

“I want to be in the sequel “ I fully support You watching Silence of the Lambs. Such a classic!

[@johnw8578]

"I want to be in the sequel!" 14:47 Fun Fact: The janitor is Wes Craven and he is dressed in Freddie's sweater in that quick look-or-you'll-miss-it scene. Also: Henry Winkler (aka as The Fonz from Happy Days tv series) was the principal.

[@jcons114]

Eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

[@scottyb4434]

So much fun getting to see a horror fan react to Scream for the first time! One of my faves and your reactions were priceless! And you have to react to the sequels now!

[@bozzwick]

“I get scared, I sleep with a stuffed animal” *cries in Hubbin 😢*

[@sifuscott]

The janitor was Wes Craven, the director, whose character was named Fred. The sweater was Freddy Kruger's, the killer from A Nightmare on Elm Street, which is another Wes Craven film. So, when Tatum told Dewy "The janitor is your superior," she was right.

[@luc-i-guess]

"STEVE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY IF I WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND" we've all thought it but you had the courage to say it

[@sarahholden3087]

“I want to be in the sequel.” You’ll like Trading Places if you watch it. Lots of one-liners and great cast!

[@kcharley2558]

I want to be in the sequel. Speaking of the sequels, they're all petty decent and worth watching. Yes, even 3. You should make it a HallowBeans tradition and watch one of the Scream movies every year.

[@mikemath9508]

1 > 4 > 3 > 2

[@laurenherda2415]

I love Scream 3!

[@TheDemonicPenguin]

@@mikemath9508 1>2>4>3

[@SayWHARadio]

@@laurenherda2415 It so doesn't get the respect it deserves.

[@tadcooper9733]

And there's a new one coming out.

[@thebrhinocerous]

"The Scream" is a very popular painting by Edvard Munch. It has a subject with an elongated, distorted face with an open mouth, and I have to assume that the mask and the movie's title was inspired by that.

[@salvadorcortes7024]

Youre probably right

[@sagaofsarahrose]

I love that the principal's death was only added because they realized it was a point in the movie where no one dies for like a half hour and they needed it to keep the tension up

[@fynnthefox9078]

Gotta spill some blood for the "kiddies" because they get bored easily.

[@kittensmakingcandles]

"Steve would still be alive today if I were his girlfriend" I think this should be a shirt. Maybe put the "suck it" on the back.

[@Joker_JAK]

Unfortunately, he would still die. Even Billy said at the end "And if you get it right, you die."

[@TheAbstruseOne]

"Was that guy in the Scooby-Doo movie?" Yes, that's Matthew Lillard and possibly his two most famous roles. He also played Emmanual Goldstein aka Cereal Killer in the cult classic film Hackers. He still acts (and was the voice of Shaggy in the animated Scooby-Doo cartoons up until very recently) and also owns Beadle & Grimm's, a company that produces high-end luxury boxed sets for Dungeons & Dragons adventures.

[@longgroove]

Dont forget SLC Punk. That was great!

[@spirittammyk]

@@longgroove I also liked him in Without a Paddle.

[@elizabethoboril938]

Loved him in 13 Ghosts.

[@johnw8578]

He is an awesome guy!

[@jeffirving102]

@@elizabethoboril938 13 ghosts really needs to be in the Hallowbeans. It's such a good movie!

[@44excalibur]

Kevin Williamson wrote Scream as a loving homage to the slasher movies of the 1970s and 1980s that us Generation Xers grew up with, his biggest inspiration being Halloween. The opening sequence with Drew Barrymore was inspired by When A Stranger Calls, and there are also references to Psycho, Prom Night, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

[@ooEVILGOAToo]

"Are you in the house alone?" 1978

[@paulh9694]

When I was 9 years old I saw "The Town that Dreaded Sundown" with my older sister and brother in law at the drive-in. Needless to say, I was traumatized lol

[@TheYoungDoctor]

Kevin Williamson told director Tom McLoughlin that Friday the 13th Part VI Jason Lives had a huge influence on him growing up and helped inspire him to write Scream.

[@44excalibur]

@@TheYoungDoctor That's because Friday the 13 Part VI: Jason Lives was the first Friday the 13th movie that was actively self-aware and was parodying itself, something that April Fool's Day and National Lampoon's Class Reunion had already done. The 1988 remake of The Blob also took playful shots at the 80s slasher film genre with its movie-within-a-movie, Garden Tool Massacre.

[@44excalibur]

@@paulh9694 I'm sorry. lol That was an intense movie, made all the more frightening by the fact that it was based on a real life incident, the Texarkana Moonlight Murders of the 1940s.

[@Dekdi3672]

“I want to be in the sequel!” Great start! Can’t wait for more. I love Carrie and Christine

[@jessemartin7837]

I think I was a freshman in high school when I rented Scream on VHS and watched it for the first time. To this day it has been the only movie I have ever watched, then rewound the tape and watched it again. I can't believe this movie is 25 years old this year. Man I am old.

[@Foolmoon1973]

I want to be in the sequel Lake placid, for a not scary "horror" plus it really does have Betty White in it. Puppet master for killer dolls.

[@oaf-77]

Lake placid was fun but I have to go with the original ‘Alligator’(1980) because it’s just crazy. Or maybe even ‘Night of the Lepus’ (1972)

[@Theomite]

Our little Ashleigh has come so far I'm so proud of her.

[@highstakes1013]

“I want to be in the sequel” My 12 year old daughter is wearing the classic Scream costume this Halloween.

[@YukonBloamie]

8:31 can you imagine pointing at The Fonz and saying, "...that guy looks very familiar" 😂

[@6sKi6z6]

I want to be in the sequel! They had to film the garage door scene multiple times because Rose could easily fit through the dog door, even with her chest. Also, the other reporter is played by Linda Blair, who played Regan in The Exorcist. And the janitor is Wes Craven.

[@SpankDMunky]

Wes Craven dressed as Freddy Krueger 👍🏽

[@vando6679]

@@SpankDMunky and the janitors name is Fred.

[@aaronmadden9487]

“I want to be in the sequel!” this is a classic. Wes Craven wanted to revamp the slasher genre by making the film self aware and a satire, yet also make it genuinely thrilling.

[@thereturningshadow]

"I want to be in the sequel!" This movie was SOOOOO popular back in 96. It was considered a fresh take in the horror genre by adding deliberate humor to it. The merchandising of the Ghost Face costume made a ton of money a year later. And everyone wanted to know who the voice of Ghost Face on the phone was. And the internet was not as big as it is now so there was not a lot of research sites available. He and the studio were able to keep his identity secret for quite a while and build on it.

[@loredelamore]

Yeah i remember Scream masks was everywhere for Halloween.

[@ckobo84]

The movie inspired a real life copy cat killing. Two psycho friends killed their female classmate just for the fun of it.

[@thereturningshadow]

@@ckobo84 I don't recall hearing about this. Where did this happen?

[@manicpanic3544]

The woman reporter that asked Sydney "What was it like to almost be brutally butchered?" was Linda Blair. Linda Blair who played Regan from The Exorcist.

[@MorriganCadavah]

"I want to be in the sequel." I have been such a big fan of your reactions for months now (as well as Beans of course.) Thank you for bringing some smiles into my life.

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

Back in the early 80s Wes Craven ended public interest in slasher movies with Nightmare on Elmstreet and revived it a decade later with this masterpiece💜 God you're the funniest person I've ever seen😂

[@Beltzer0072]

"She's really pretty." Oh yeah Neve Campbell! One of my celebrity crushes who I did get to meet at Texas Frightmare Weekend in 2015! Also met Skeet Ulrich, both were extremely nice.

[@masamune2984]

I always thought she was cute from seeing her on “Party of Five” and then this film, but then I randomly got to meet her in line for a Cirque de Soleil show in NYC, and not only was she extremely friendly, just chatting with fellow audience members, but she was simply gorgeous! Like...more than you’d think even 🙂

[@Beltzer0072]

@@masamune2984 She's one of the few in the world who doesn't seem to age. She's just as gorgeous now as she was back then!

[@jeanpaulmedellin]

Wes Craven was an amazing master of horror, he created so much horror movies, two of them being legendary and turned into huge franchises that still stand today.

[@katya2032]

“I want to be in the sequel!” I’m not really a horror movie fan, but Army of Darkness or any of the Evil Dead movies (1 & 2 are basically the same movie, except 2 had a bigger budget) are great. Watch Evil Dead then Army of Darkness, it’ll make better sense.

[@xczechr]

Next week is the 40th anniversary of the first movie. It will be in theaters.

[@ligeiaztomb2755]

I recommend this too but I feel strongly about doing the full trilogy. That first movie is a low budget masterpiece.

[@Theomite]

@@ligeiaztomb2755 Ashleigh is not ready for the first one. Maybe next year.

[@porkryne72]

"I want to be in the sequel" Another highly recommended teen movie The Faculty Josh Hartnett Elijah wood Jordana brewster And the T1000 himself, Robert Patrick

[@Nightroadtube]

Slow yo roll there, she hasn't seen T2 yet. Though I do agree with the recommendation for Faculty.

[@jamesjoseph1249]

And Jon Stewart before 'The Daily Show' when he had an awful goatee. He did an interview with Norm Macdonald (not too long after) when Norm had one of his short-lived sitcoms. Jon offered to play his brother or something in an episode and Norm said that would work well because Jon couldn't act either.

[@deonnamae7053]

“I want to be in the sequel!” My fun fact is that Texas Chainsaw Massacre, another horror movie you should ABSOLUTELY watch if you haven’t, is based off of real life serial killer, Ed Gein!

[@tremorsfan]

Very loosely. He did wear human skin but he wasn't a cannibal. Hooper actually was inspired by looking at a rack of chainsaws at a department store during Christmas. He was standing in a crowded room and just thought: I wish I could mow all these people down".

[@joshuagross3151]

Gein wasn't a serial killer, though. He stole corpses and made furniture out of them. He killed two women, but not for any ritualistic purpose.

[@JuciyLucy]

I remember when this came out and I would literally watch it when I came home from school. So so good.

[@brandonkashinsky9222]

Sadly I wasn’t born when the first one and second one came out

[@Jaserocks2]

"I want to be in the sequel" I love the fact that Fonzi as a the principle. Then they explain the horror rules. But after the sequel it just got boring.

[@decusq]

Yeah Scream 2 was a pretty good movie after this, Scream 3 I thought was ok but at least it wrapped everything up but then Scream 4 happened and I'm like "Really? Did anyone ask for this?"

[@jonnyquest406]

Scream 4 was the best of the sequels IMO, super pumped for Scream 5 in January

[@Outlaw8908]

@@jonnyquest406 I thought it was bland… I totally forgot it existed after I watched it.

[@matthalaboo6694]

"I want to be in the sequel!" And also check out The Sixth Sense. It's not all that scary but the story is very good.

[@thorstrebla980]

Her reaction: "EXCUSE ME?! EXCUSE ME??!!"

[@cassadisangrey6178]

"I want to be in the sequel!" Are you going to watch the rest of the Scream series? You should also watch Practical Magic, it's a great movie especially for October!

[@samboyce1060]

I want to be in the sequel The principal is the Fonz, incase no one's said it yet but that's probably why he looked familiar 🤷 loving this so far, it's my first hallobeans 🎃

[@themilosh895]

Guess what the Fonze real name is? You guessed it: Frank Stallone

[@telephotousa]

@@themilosh895 No, the principal is Henry Winkler, who played the Fonz in Happy Days.

[@maxtew6521]

@@themilosh895 You're the opposite of that other guy who I won't dignify by saying his name: the more I learn about you, the more I care for you.

[@shallowgal462]

@@telephotousa And also, if I'm not mistaken, Barry on Barry.

[@johnsparks8083]

"I want to be in the sequal!" This one kinda did a re-set to the genre at the time with the amount of dark humor it has. Wes Craven is a Master!

[@ggutierrez7016]

I want to be in the sequel! I saw this way after it came out because I'm part of the chicken shit club.

[@crystalwood5785]

I want to be in the sequel! I love Matthew Lillard (yes, he played Shaggy in Scooby Doo, but I first remember him from the movie “Hackers” 1995.) Bit of trivia: David Arquette (Deputy Dewey) won the World Championship Wrestling title belt in a tag team match in 2000. He wanted to be a pro wrestler so bad, he fought in a hardcore “death match” where he was sent to the hospital with an injury bleeding from his neck and nearly died. It’s part of a documentary titled, “You can’t kill David Arquette”. (There is also an episode of “Dark Side of the Ring” Season 3: Episode 3 - The Ultra Violence of Nick Gage).

[@RichardX1]

Matthew Lillard went on to gain a steady role as that guy in every Freddie Prinze Jr. movie.

[@Rmlohner]

The WCW thing was the brainchild of Vince Russo, who a lot of wrestling fans hate for his tendency to throw complete nonsense twists into the stories. His style was once famously described as "Say you order a pizza, but instead you get a newspaper delivered. Did you want a newspaper? No. Are you happy with the newspaper? No. But hey, it surprised you."

[@KelliePalmer24]

13th ghost would be a good one for Hallow Beans one of my favs of Matthew Lillards aside from SLC Punk

[@Oddlogical]

I want to be in the sequel "Silence of the Lambs" should definitely be on your list! It is so well acted, written, directed. I think it swept the Oscars. It's an incredible thriller!

[@Cbcw76]

Do William Peterson's MANHUNTER first. Start with the first incarnation of this tale.

[@dwaynewhite1669]

Oh, given your sense of humor; I can already tell you’re gonna love Elvira: Mistress of the Dark.

[@Xetherion]

"I want to be in the sequel!" You should watch Silence of the Lambs for Hallobeans, it's an award-winning horror movie with stellar performances from Jodi Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins!

[@gdiaz8827]

Hopkins carried Foster

[@gracehart6289]

Great recommendation, both absolute icons ❤️

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

Absolutely wonderful choice to start the holidays. I saw this movie probably in 1997 because I believe it came out in December of '96 and I watched it at my dad's friend's house on pay-per-view. I was probably too young to watch it but fuck it. To this day it's still my third favorite movie of all time. Unfortunately for me, I watched the end first because when I walked into the house it was at the part where Gale crashes the van and then it came on again and I watched the rest so the ending was spoiled for me. But I still maintain that the opening scene of this movie is probably one of the best I've ever seen. Thanks for posting! Edit: this guy's voice is very soothing..... Ha oh dear...

[@randomjunk1977]

"What does black nails have to do with movies? Nothing." Well, actually, especially being Hallowbeans, there is a scary movie called The Children (1980) (not the 2008 one of the same name) that has black nail polish as an important signifier. I randomly watched one scene on cable once when I was like 11 or something and scared the crap out of me and I immediately changed the channel. Took me like 20 years to figure out what movie it was posting about it online. The whole movie is available free on KZbin. If Ashley or anyone else watches it the random scene I saw as a kid was the graveyard scene near the start. Also, I want to be in the sequel.

[@TJ-bd3mc]

Lol, that’s so funny, my sister and I were talking about that movie, The Children 1980, not too long ago. We’re both grew up on horror movies, and the only things I could remember was the black nails and the scene where the school bus of kids goes through a fog or something, and the way they killed people is by giving them hugs and touching them. We seen it on tv when we were kids ourselves, I do believe it was a made for TV movie.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Doesn't Elvira wear black nail polish?

[@ginalobendo752]

As a kid at family dinners, my siblings, cousins, and I would put black olives on our fingers and run around re-enacting that film.

[@taylortyler1867]

"Oh great....now I have a fear of garage doors".🤣 That made my day, F-ing hilarious.

[@tommullin5154]

I want to be in the sequel. There's too many classics like 'Silence of the Lambs' that Ashleigh has to catch up on. I hope whoever wins the giveaway to pick a film picks one like that.

[@goldilox369]

I think she should do silence of the lambs as well.

[@davidmoyes7010]

Anthony Heald.

[@tommullin5154]

Definitely do 'Silence of the Lambs' before films like 'UHF'.

[@marniejane11]

"I want to be in the sequel." I've been waiting for this month since last Hallobeans!! So excited!! Are you doing three a week this month?!?! Woohoo!!

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Makes you wish Spooktober was twice as long :3 So she could watch the entire Scream series and also other spooky movies.

[@SquirrelPotatoes]

"I want to be in the sequel." If you didn't notice the janitor was dressed like Freddy.

[@raputathebuta]

Played by Wes Craven!

[@Earthshaker513]

Always loved the twist of Billy and Stu being tag-team killers.

[@ethancharles2189]

"I want to be in the sequel." The reason they chose that mask is because it is widely available and therefore impossible to track. I really hope you react to the rest of the series. Scream is the few (if only) horror series where the sequels are just as good, if not better than the first and they all have the fun whodunit element that keeps you guessing until the end. They also all provide a phenomenal critique on society.

[@Blarglesnarfe]

Except for 3. 3 is not.

[@ericbogerd5306]

I want to be in the sequel! Actually, this movie has some pretty good sequels, they dig more into the horror tropes by literally talking about how things have to ramp up in the sequels and such. In a lot of series the sequels can be trash, but this is Wes Craven and he can sometimes do really go ones (like Nightmare on Elm Street 3, and in fact more of the NoES sequels are better than the original).

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

I do love this entire series of movies. It's been a while since I saw the sequels but there wasn't a disappointment in the batch.

[@Crl2p3]

I want to be in the sequel! This film absolutely reinvigorated the horror genre. Please continue the Scream series!

[@jaytheokie]

"When is THAT movie going to make it on the channel?" Funniest thing I've heard all week Ash.

[@bryanparker2925]

“Tucker and Dale vs Evil” or “What We Do in the Shadows”. These 2 for your non scary Hallobeans movies

[@crystalford4022]

Tucker and Dale is one of my favorites!

[@FullMetalB]

There is no way she wouldn't absolutely love both of those

[@Kevin_Fiol]

Then she can do WWDitS TV show too!!!

[@PorkchopXpress]

Tucker and Dale is a masterpiece. I never even heard of it until a couple years after it was released. So underrated.

[@jenjen4louise]

“It’s been a doozy of a day, Officer.” 😂

[@christinefaithful2607]

"I want to be in the sequel." I also agree that you should watch the rest of the Scream series and Practical Magic, but also The Others with Nicole Kidman.

[@JohnWilsonComicsGuy]

I never want to be in a horror movie, but "I want to be in the sequel" of anything Ashleigh enjoys this much!

[@final_queer]

This movie really revitalized the horror genre at a time and has managed to have sequels that actually hold up with the others. Such an iconic horror franchise and Stan Sidney Prescott for life!

[@vadalia3860]

The line you missed in the beginning (you said something over it) was such a great one! He asks Drew Barrymore's character her name, she asks why he wants to know, and he says "Because I wanna to know who I'm looking at." That line always gives me such goosebumps because it's the first indication that this isn't just an annoying prank call but something actually sinister going on.

[@WRam-fo2sc]

I want to be in the sequel! ... and I can't wait for Ashleigh's reaction when she finally watches "True Lies".

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

"THAT is a trademark Tasker takeoff, right there! It's like riding a bicycle, really! Once you know how, you never forget!"

[@birthdefect1186]

actually the costume they used was a red herring. if you go back and freeze frame the movie where deputy dwight shows the costume from the 5 and dime, youll see the name of it is father death. it was meant to hint at the killer being her dad.

[@hawke4589]

I want to be in the sequel. Give "pumpkinhead" a try this Halloween season!

[@pompe221]

"Pumpkinhead" is SUCH an underrated movie! I adore that scene where the old swamp witch mockingly asks him what he expected would happen when he summoned a vengeance demon -- "did you think it would be quick and clean and painless? You're a fool."

[@hawke4589]

@@pompe221 "What you want Ed Harley is vengeance. Say it. Say it. SAAAAAYYYY IIIIITT!"