Is Scream actually good?

Scream sits in the 0.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 0.1% of them.

How does Scream compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Scream lands in the 0.0% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Scream's score based on?

30 calibrated reviewers stand behind Scream's score.

1981

global pct

0.1

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

Scream

Name: Scream
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 1981

Scored from 30 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

0.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

0.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

0.5%

AI-adjusted percentile

30 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Released in 1981, Scream is a horror and mystery film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Only 30 of its IMDb reviewers are calibrated, so the calibrated figure rests on a thin sample; a broader pool of 31 reviewers with at least two reviews feeds the raw-average track.