Review of Scream (1996) by Levitation — 13 Apr 2021

Wes Craven initially turned down the film. He was already busy developing a remake of The Haunting (1963) and was considering distancing himself from the horror genre. He signed on to direct after Drew Barrymore agreed to appear in the film.

Also he was confronted by a young little boy fan who was about ten. The boy accused Craven of "going soft"; and that he had more guts back in the day when he was making movies like "Last House on the Left".

That pushed him over the edge and he called the people at Miramax and agreed to do Scream.