![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/81XZ7yy3SbL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg?resize=678%2C973\")
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nAnother installment from the late 90\u2019s horror explosion, Scream took center stage in 1996. Directed by Wes Craven, written by Kevin Williamson and a collection of the very best in teen 90\u2019s film actors, Scream pulled no punches. It delivered us a gory, silly, graphic slasher film that deliberately makes fun of itself by following the \u201chorror film formula\u201d as its explaining that formula.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Full of stars who have made frequent appearances in some of our favorite mystery, horror and suspense, Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Millard and that\u2019s just off the top of my head – ALL made this movie a teen favorite and truly changed the face of horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was the start of a whole new generation in horror films – one that took itself literally, gives the audience everything (no cut away scenes of dead and mangled bodies here – you see it all) and while some aspects may be comedic throughout, the story is very real, very heavy, and even a little bit sad.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While it\u2019s not my favorite, I cannot deny its place in the horror universe, as it was hugely instrumental in shifting the current of how scary movies were told. Not only that, but it\u2019s a story that has endured, as Scream VI just came out this past spring! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what did the younglings think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dragon watched the whole thing then had a breakdown after. They no longer want to watch anything \u201cslasher, gory or about murder\u201d. I can 100% respect that and we are going to shift our movie watching from here on out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They did actually like it, they said, and thought the death scenes were actually kind of funny and clever now that they\u2019re thinking about it the morning after. Especially \u201cdeath by garage door\u201d. They also observed the fact that the killers get injured throughout, reminded them of Scooby Doo. Hit by a freezer door, kicked in the crotch\u2026 They commented, \u201cthey didn\u2019t have nearly enough bruises to have gone through all that!\u201d Then after the reveal stabbing each other and then \u201cdeath by TV\u201d had them rolling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even with the \u201cfun and funny\u201d parts, overall it was still too much and now we know where our line is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lion loved it, but admitted, it was probably a little too much. The boyfriend, Steve, is not an image you get out of your head very easily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Awww\u2026 Baby\u2019s first mangled corpse\u2026*sniff* how time flies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The big thing, though that I HAVE to mention here – <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They both figured it out in about 10 minutes. I was dumbfounded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The SECOND Dragon saw Billy, he knew. 100%, no question. Then, in the next scene at school with all the kids talking, Lion noticed how Stuart was acting and said – okay if it\u2019s not Billy, it\u2019s definitely Stuart. Neither of them wavered on their opinions no matter how many scapegoats and attempts to throw them off the scent were laid out\u2026 nope. It\u2019s Billy or Stuart. Period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then while the killer is chasing Sidney around the house at the end, Lion yells out – \u201cOh crap! There\u2019s two of them!! It\u2019s both<\/strong>!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can imagine their cheers of vindication as the reveal proved them both correct. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet, even though they had a great time and there were aspects they loved, overall this movie pushed them just over their line of comfort and we are officially done with slasher movies for this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tomorrow and the rest of this week will be insanely busy as we prep for the Zombie Pageant, the Fall Concert with Inland Master Chorale and then Halloween after, so we may be too busy to stop and watch a movie every day, but we\u2019ll see.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check back regularly for more as The Mothership enters the foggy, dark realms and into the last seven days before Halloween.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the last few weeks, we\u2019ve slowly inched our way up the horror scale but tonight, we\u2019re just gonna rip off the bandaid altogether. Tonight\u2019s movie, at Lion\u2019s request, is Scream.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[4,9,14],"tags":[197,289,876,1283,1242,1231],"class_list":["post-18269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-and-reviews","category-lessons-from-the-mother-ship","category-news","tag-forbidden-panel","tag-forbiddenpanel","tag-halloween-kids","tag-scream-1996","tag-spooky-movie-kids","tag-spooky-movie-month"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1584%2C396&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-4KF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18118,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/spooky-movie-month-day-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":18269,"position":0},"title":"Spooky Movie Month Day #5 – Attack of the 50 Foot Woman","author":"Janelle","date":"October 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"October 5th - Today we went old-school with the 1958 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman!","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18105,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/spooky-movie-month-day-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":18269,"position":1},"title":"Spooky Movie Month Day #2 – Attack of the Killer Donuts","author":"Janelle","date":"October 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Day #2 - We watched Attack of the Killer Doughnuts!","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18087,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/spooky-movie-month-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":18269,"position":2},"title":"Spooky Movie Month 2023","author":"Janelle","date":"October 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the Spooky Movie Month on the Mothership!","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17442,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/midsummer-scream-returns-to-long-beach-july-29-31\/","url_meta":{"origin":18269,"position":3},"title":"MIDSUMMER SCREAM RETURNS TO LONG BEACH JULY 29-31","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"March 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"WORLD\u2019S LARGEST HALLOWEEN AND HORROR CONVENTION CELEBRATES FIFTH ANNIVERSARY AT LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER WITH THREE DAYS OF GHOULISH FUN TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY MARCH 5TH AT 10AM! LOS ANGELES, CA - Midsummer Scream has announced its return to the Long Beach Convention Center July 29-31, 2022. The three-day event\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Events"","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6f58ec8c-f720-fe73-dd7c-5d347cb9f342.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6f58ec8c-f720-fe73-dd7c-5d347cb9f342.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6f58ec8c-f720-fe73-dd7c-5d347cb9f342.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6f58ec8c-f720-fe73-dd7c-5d347cb9f342.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6f58ec8c-f720-fe73-dd7c-5d347cb9f342.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18198,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/spooky-movie-month-day-12-so-i-married-an-axe-murderer\/","url_meta":{"origin":18269,"position":4},"title":"Spooky Movie Month Day #12 – So I Married An Axe Murderer","author":"Janelle","date":"October 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we wanted to ramp things up just a smidge but with a story that didn\u2019t take itself too seriously. Clearly, the only choice was So I Married An Axe Murderer!","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18277,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/spooky-movie-month-day-25-the-invisible-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":18269,"position":5},"title":"Spooky Movie Month Day #25 – The Invisible Man","author":"Janelle","date":"October 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"True to my word, we\u2019re done with slashers and dialing down the fear levels, so I thought it the perfect time to catch up on our history lessons!\u00a0Tonight we watch The Invisible Man!","rel":"","context":"In "Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs\/Reviews\/Stories","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/blog-and-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18272,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18269\/revisions\/18272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mothership-Logo-3-Banner.png?resize=678%2C170\"){kind=logo}
<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"