Wes Craven on SCREAM and the Horror Movie Genre

Director Wes Craven talks with AFI about horror movies and the creation of the SCREAM franchise.

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You know, most of my career has been

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You know, most of my career has been
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spent scaring people. There's a sense of

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spent scaring people. There's a sense of
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um of pleasure to know that you've

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um of pleasure to know that you've
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gotten to that place where people don't

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gotten to that place where people don't
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like to talk about it, but have done it

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like to talk about it, but have done it
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in a way that hasn't hasn't bruised them

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in a way that hasn't hasn't bruised them
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so much as uh allowed them somehow to

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so much as uh allowed them somehow to
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come out of the film happy. And that's

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come out of the film happy. And that's
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the majority experience coming out of a

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the majority experience coming out of a
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a good scary film is the audience is

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a good scary film is the audience is
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bubbling. something has been released in

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bubbling. something has been released in
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a way that scared the the the Jesus out

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a way that scared the the the Jesus out
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of them but also lifted something off

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of them but also lifted something off
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them and Scream did that. It was

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them and Scream did that. It was
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intriguing. It was intelligent. It made

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intriguing. It was intelligent. It made
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you think. Most of the people could not

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you think. Most of the people could not
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guess who the killer or killers was or

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guess who the killer or killers was or
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were. And uh the performances were

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were. And uh the performances were
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great. I just flowed into an old west,

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great. I just flowed into an old west,
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you know, that was a lot of fun to do

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you know, that was a lot of fun to do
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and wasn't worried about offending

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and wasn't worried about offending
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people and and at the same time I had

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people and and at the same time I had
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this wonderful script. um which could

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this wonderful script. um which could
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never be discounted. You know, it had

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never be discounted. You know, it had
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been something that Kevin had written

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been something that Kevin had written
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years previously and had worked on a lot

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years previously and had worked on a lot
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and it just was a welloiled machine. So,

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and it just was a welloiled machine. So,
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there was virtually nothing that needed

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there was virtually nothing that needed
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to be done to it. And uh it's one of

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to be done to it. And uh it's one of
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those cases when you have the script and

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those cases when you have the script and
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you have the stars and you have the

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you have the stars and you have the
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support from a studio that isn't afraid

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support from a studio that isn't afraid
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to spend money, then you can really do

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to spend money, then you can really do
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