The Watchers Watch Scream (1996)

CW: Beyond all of the warnings that apply to Scream, we also talk about real world violence against women and violence in schools.

Yellowjackets might be taking a break, but The Watchers doesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets.

This week, Andrea tasked Jodie and our listeners with watching the 1996 horror movie, Scream. Directed by horror icon Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, Scream is a movie we're sure most of you have already seen, but it's also one that is part of Andrea's DNA. We talk about what the movie did for the horror genre, what it says about the high school experience, the inherent (confirmed) queerness of two of the characters in the movie, Rose McGowan's tiny eyebrows and Matthew Lillard's giant shirts.

Referenced in the episode:

• The cast of Yellowjackets at Paleyfest
• "‘Scream’ Screenwriter Kevin Williamson Confirms Billy and Stu’s Queer-Coded Relationship Was Based on Real Gay Killers"
• “How ‘Scream’ Explored the Exploitative Nature of the Nightly News”

Recommended in this episode:

• Josh Ruben, in general. His movies Scare Me and Werewolves Within, in particular
• Somebody, Somewhere

Next week, we’re watching Jodie’s second pick, the 1985 teen action movie The Legend of Billie Jean. Here’s where you can watch it.

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Thanks to Kitzy (@heykitzy) for the use of our theme song, "No Book Club."