Works in this franchise with their own Trivia pages:
- Scream
- Scream 2
- Scream 3
- Scream 4
- Scream: The TV Series
- Scream: Resurrection
- Scream (2022)
- Scream VI
Trivia for the franchise in general:
- All-Star Cast: It certainly qualifies, particularly the sequels.
- Breakup Breakout: After their stint in the movies, most of the actors who either appeared as Ghostfaces or supporting and cameo characters have gone on to have a successful career since then, namely Timothy Olyphant, Laurie Metcalf, Liev Schreiber, Jada Pinkett Smith, etc.
- Channel Hop:
- The first three films were released by Dimension Films under Miramax's ownership, and distributed by Disney. The Weinsteins later bought Dimension Films and the sequel rights and moved them under the umbrella of The Weinstein Company, who released the fourth film. Following TWC's closure, their assets were purchased by Lantern Entertainment, which was later merged into Spyglass Media Group. The fifth Scream film was co-produced by Spyglass and Paramount Pictures, and distributed by Paramount. The first three Scream films are also now owned by Paramount, following ViacomCBS' minority purchase of Miramax.
- In regard to home video, Disney originally released the first three Scream films on VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD, but Lionsgate licensed the rights to Miramax' catalog after they were sold to BeIN Media Group, and released them on DVD and Blu-ray. Paramount Home Entertainment now has the rights to these films. The fourth film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Anchor Bay before their purchase by Lionsgate.
- The first two seasons of the Scream TV series were on MTV, but Scream: Resurrection hopped to VH1 following a lengthy delay.
- Completely Different Title: Known as "Frissons" (Shivers) in Quebec and as "Pânico" (Panic) in Brazil.
- Divorced Installment: Kevin Williamson wrote a script for Scream 3 that was never used, focusing on a "fan club" for the Woodsboro killers and the Stab movies seeking to become famous. Years later, he dusted off his old idea, removed all references to Scream, and created
the TV show The Following. - Fake American: The Californian Sidney Prescott is played by the Canadian Neve Campbell.
- Mutually Fictional:
- In the first scene, the film Halloween (1978) is the subject of one of the questions Ghostface asks Casey. Later, Halloween is shown at a party, with Randy loudly protesting the mistakes Laurie Strode is making. Then, in the Halloween sequel Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later, a couple of characters are watching Scream 2 in one scene.
- Also, in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the duo stumbles upon the filming of a Scream movie. The first movie in the series had a poster for Clerks, a movie in the same continuity as Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Jay and Silent Bob themselves also make a brief cameo in Scream 3, where they mistake Gale for Connie Chung and try hitting on her, receiving a middle finger in response. (That said, the film being made in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back isn't explicitly stated to be a Scream film; some fans believe it could have been a Stab sequel.)
- Real-Life Relative:
- Courteney Cox and David Arquette met on the set of the first film and were married by the third (though have since divorced).
- David Arquette's father Lewis and brother Richmond appeared in the second and third installments as Chief Hartley and an unnamed student that calls Gale out respectively.
- While neither of them worked on the same film together, actor Timothy Olyphant (Mickey from Scream 2) and screenwriter James Vanderbilt (who co-wrote the screenplays for the fifth and sixth films) are distant cousins via the Vanderbilt family.
- Reality Subtext: Dewey and Gale's relationship of meeting in the first film, in love by the second, getting married in the third, going through a rough patch in the fourth, and divorcing but remaining friends by the fifth is basically a mirror image of what David Arquette and Courteney Cox went through in real life.
- The Red Stapler:
- The Ghostface mask was a pre-existing Halloween costume that was licensed for use in the films; in fact, this was a plot point in the first film, where the mask was part of a "Father Death" costume that was sold in many variety stores. After the first Scream came out, the real-life Ghostface costume became significantly more popular, something that is acknowledged in Scream 2.
- The knife Ghostface uses is a Buck 120, which was discontinued four years prior the release of Scream; fans wanting to get their own version either searched for the rare knife, got replicas, or instead bought the Buck 120's younger brother, the Buck 119, which has a shorter blade and blood groove. As of recently, the Buck 120 has returned to the Buck catalog, renamed the "Buck 120 General".
- Caller ID sales went up due to Ghostface's favorite tactic of harassing victims with threatening phone calls. This was also noted by the second film, in which Sidney uses Caller ID to identify a prank caller pretending to be Ghostface.
- Referenced by...: In Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, one of the men terrorizing Gabe and his friends wears a Scream mask.
- Refitted for Sequel: Two ideas from earlier films ended up being used for the fifth film. Namely, the idea that the supportive boyfriend and best friend of the lead were the killers, and that the killers were both fans of the Stab movies, were originally considered for the second and third films, respectively.
- Sequel Gap: Scream 4 came eleven years after its predecessor, with the fifth Scream film following it after the same span of time.
