It's Time to Scream! Ranking the Movies and TV Series Behind Everyone's Favorite Nightmare

Franchise has kept moviegoers on the edge of their seats for two decades

By McKenna Aiello Oct 20, 2016 4:00 PMTags
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"What's your favorite scary movie?"

Combine one fateful prank phone call and those five infamous words with a flaming bag of popped popcorn, finish it off with the brutal murder of Drew Barrymore and what do you get? The most popular slasher movie franchise of all time, of course!

Since 1996, Wes Craven's four part horror series and MTV's ongoing small screen adaptation has kept horror junkies on the edge of their seats, and for good reason. In honor of E! News' '90s Nostalgia Week, we've taken a Ghostface-inspired stab at ranking every onscreen Scream project, from the films to the television series. 

Click through the gallery below for a frighteningly fantastic blast from the past. Did your all-time favorite steal the top spot? Sound off in the comments!