1. Scream advertises itself as a horror slasher film. However it is a pastiche of these genre or film. The film imitates the stereotypes of horror, such as the mask of Michael Myers in Halloween.
2. The mask itself is an appropriation of Edward Munch's famous painting, 'The Scream'. It has striking similarities, including the general shape of the head and openness of the mouth.
3. Scream uses irony in its story. The teenage victims claim to know a lot about horror movies, stating that they would know what to do in that type of situation because of that. "What's the point? They're all the same. Some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can't act who is always running up the stairs when she should be running out the front door. It's insulting." However, the fact that they know all this doesn't prevent them from being murdered.
4. Scream acknowledges the fact that it audience will have seen horror films before, and invited us to comment on his predictability. At the time it was a new, self conscious and at times humorous example of the genre.
5. The film sets it own "rules" as it goes on. "Don't have sex. Only the virgin survives. Don't drink or do drugs. Don't say 'I'll be right back'."
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