10 Terrifying Horror Movie Phone Calls You'll Never Forget

The opening act of Scream is utterly iconic and set the tone for a movie which would ultimately reinvent the horror genre.

From the legendary Wes Craven, Scream shook up the world of horror by poking fun at the overplayed tropes that had long become commonplace by the time of that film's release back in 1996. And not just did Craven's '96 picture mock the genre, it also managed to be a totally terrifying beast at the same time.

Of course, the opening of Scream introduced audiences to Ghostface, as Drew Barrymore's Casey Becker was tormented in an almost playful way before her lifeless body was left dangling from a tree.

Seeing Barrymore killed off was a huge shock - with her being front 'n' centre as the star of the movie in all of Scream's marketing - and that death gave horror fans their first experience of Ghostface's penchant for troublesome phone calls.

That call is the very first thing we see in Scream, and what starts as a fun piece of flirtation during a wrong number mishap ends up seeing the infamous "what's your favourite scary movie?" line thrown out for the first time. For poor Casey, her knowledge of the Friday the 13th franchise would let her down and only add further to the tense, chilling phone call which launched one of the all-time great horror series.