This Day in Halloween: Director Wes Craven's slasher satire "Scream" opens across the U.S. in 1996. / Illustration by Madison Kemp
Scream opens across the U.S. in 1996. Wes Craven’s slasher satire based on the real-life Gainesville Ripper is a hit, spawns three sequels and revitalizes the genre, yet is also blamed for inspiring at least three copycat crimes.
