12 Trivia Tidbits You Probably Never Knew About the Scream Franchise

Wes Craven had been billed as the "horror guy," according to Vanity Fair, and when offered what was then called Scary Movie, he turned it down. Twice. Trying to escape the genre, the director passed but eventually decided he liked the "irreverence embodied in the title Scary Movie," which was then, of course, changed.