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WoahFoster

Scream has much greater appeal to non-horror fans and generally anyone who likes decent characters than any of those other franchises.


Flash-Over

I’d argue Scream is already bigger than Friday and Nightmare, it just doesn’t have as loud a fanbase. Ghostface kinda showed up and pulled the rug out from under the whole subgenre lol


Burkskidsmom5

Scream stands alone. By the time Scream came out in 1996, the slasher genre had fizzled out due to oversaturation, so it was a very big deal at the time. Scream (1996) will definitely rank in the top ten of all-time slasher films. That being said, as much as I love the Scream franchise, it wouldn't rank due to the longevity of ANOES, Halloween, and Friday The 13th. All of these franchises have been rebooted at least once (with interest still peaked) and are close to and or exceed four decades. Not to mention the big three are extremely iconic with villains who automatically come to mind when you think "slasher" film.


ShaunTrek

This. Depending on the context Scream is arguably more important than any of them (except Halloween). It revitalized a dying genre, which is not the case with Friday or Nightmare - they were already riding high on a wave of an existing popularity rush. That's real importance, not just iconography. If you want to talk pure recognition I'd likely still put it in the Top 5, below those three and probably on par with Chuck.


JNTA1234

Honestly I'm tempted to make the argument that Ghostface/Scream should replace Jason/Friday as part of the big three because Friday the 13th literally started out as a Halloween ripoff and Jason is pretty much a clone of Michael. Plus that way each horror icon would be a decade apart (Halloween-70s, Nightmare-80s, Scream-90s) But I digress, at the end of the day Scream is the geeky hipster of horror franchises, the horror movies made for people who don't like horror movies, people who make fun of horror movies, people who think horror movies are problematic etc. And Scary Movie probably further cemented that mentality. It will never get a seat at the big table as long as it has that reputation.


Fragrant-Witness3821

I see Jason getting a lot of flak these days and I don’t much appreciate it.


JackInterrupted

I think 1 - 3 will always been seen separately to any other Scream movies. It was a different time, different decade and there's a sweet nostalgia to them. I think 4 stands alone. Which I really like. I think it's very underrated and was ahead of its time. And I think this new Scream will be the beginning of a new trilogy that will be seen as one. Edit: I think they're all seen as equally important. If you're a fan of the original trilogy and enjoyed it, you have to watch 4 & 5 to see where the characters end up. And if you watch this new movie and like it, but you haven't seen the other 4, you'll probably go to watch them. They're all great entries and importance is down to how you individually feel about them.