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16. Tatum's Jersey Is An Homage To A Nightmare On Elm Street

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One of Scream's more memorable supporting characters is Sidney's ill-fated best friend Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan), who spends the mid-portion of the movie wearing a crop-top jersey with the number 10 on it.

This might seem like the most basic, generic piece of wardrobe for a female high school student, yet it's in fact a nod to Wes Craven's own A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

In the 1984 original, Johnny Depp's equally doomed character Glen Lantz wears a distinctly similar jersey also bearing the number 10 and being cropped at the midriff.

A coincidence? Possibly, but knowing Craven's meticulous eye for detail throughout the film - especially where references to prior horror films, including his own, are concerned - probably not.

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