Terrifying Truths: The Best Horror Movie Scream Quotes That Will Haunt Your Mind

TL;DR: Struggling to remember the best *Scream* quotes? I’ve got you covered with the most unforgettable lines that’ll bring the horror back to life.

Do you ever watch a horror movie and get chills from a line that’s so perfect, it sticks with you? Scream is full of those moments. The series has some of the best lines in horror history.

But let’s face it—remembering those quotes can be a nightmare. You want to share that iconic line with friends, but it’s just out of reach.

It’s frustrating, isn’t it? You know the words are powerful, but they slip away like a ghost in the night. You end up searching through endless lists, but nothing captures that spine-tingling moment.

So, what if I told you there’s a way to relive the most bone-chilling Scream quotes without all the hassle? I’ve gathered the very best for you.

These lines will remind you why you fell in love with the series in the first place and maybe even give you the chills all over again.

What Are the Top 10 Quotes from Scream That Will Haunt You?

1. “Movies don’t create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative!” — Billy Loomis

2. “Not in my movie.” — Sidney Prescott

3. “Do you like scary movies?” — Ghostface

4. “There are certain rules someone must abide by to survive a scary movie.” — Randy

5. “No, please don’t kill me, Mr. Ghostface, I wanna be in the sequel!” — Tatum Riley

6. “Everybody’s a suspect!” — Randy

7. “She looked dead, man. Still does.” — Stuart

8. “What’s the matter Sidney? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” — Billy Loomis

9. “I’m feelin’ a little woozy here!” — Stu Macher

10. “So, this game is like a scary movie, Sid. How do you think it’s going to end?” — Billy Loomis

Which Scream Quotes Will Send Chills Down Your Spine?

1. “What do I have to do to prove to you that I’m not a killer?” — Billy Loomis

2. “I’m going to slit your eyelids in half, so you don’t blink when I stab you in the face.” — Ghostface

3. “Careful. This is the moment when the supposedly dead killer comes back to life, for one last scare.” — Randy

4. “Casey: Look, I am two seconds away from calling the police! Phone Voice: They’ll never make it in time.”

5. “Fairness would be to rip your insides out and hang you from a tree!” — Principal Himbry

6. “Casey: Please… leave me alone…

Phone Voice: Answer the question and I will. Which door at I’m at?”

7. “You never told me your name…[why do you need to know my name?] Because I want to know who I’m looking at.” — Ghostface

8. “If you hang up on me you’ll die just like your mother! Do you wanna die Sidney? Your mother sure didn’t.” — Ghostface

9. “Casey: What do you want?

Ghostface: To see what your insides look like.”

10. “I can’t, Billy, you already cut me too deep. I think I’m dying here, man!” — Stu Macher

11. “Lucky for you there’s a bonus round, but poor Steve… I’m afraid he’s OUT!” — Ghostface

12. “Then you should know that Jason’s mother, Mrs. Voorhees was the original killer. Jason didn’t show up until the sequel. I’m afraid that was a wrong answer.” — Ghostface

13. “Did we ever find out why Hannibal Lecter like to eat people? DON’T THINK SO! See, it’s a lot more scarier when there’s no motive, Sid.” — Billy Loomis

14. “See, you push the laws and you end up [gone]. Okay, I’ll see you in the kitchen with a knife.” — Randy

15. “Hey, we’re not finished yet. Final question. Are you ready?” — Ghostface

16. “You tell me your name, I’ll tell you mine.” — Phone Voice

17. “Why would you be calling from my front porch?” — Sidney

18. “You hang up on me again and I’ll gut you like a fish!” — Ghostface

19. “You take a knife and you slit them from groin to sternum.” — Stuart

20. “Oh, so you thought you would climb through my window and have a little raw footage?” — Sidney

21. “They’ll never make it in time. We’re out in the middle of nowhere.” — Stuart

22. “You get one right, you die.” — Billy Loomis

23. “You’re making popcorn?” — Ghostface

24. “The question isn’t, who am I? The question is where am I?” — Ghostface

25. “Name the killer in Friday the 13th.” — Ghostface

Can You Identify These Iconic Quotes from Scream?

1. “It’s the millennium. Motives are incidental.” — Randy

2. “I’m sorry Deputy Dewey-boy, but we’re ready to go. Now! Okay?” — Tatum

3. “Stupidity leak!” — Tatum

4. “That’s right. You gave it up. Now, you’re no longer a virgin. You’re not a virgin. Now you got to die. Those are the rules.” — Stu Macher

5. “Looks like we’ve got a serial killer on our hands!” — Gale

6. “You should never say ‘who’s there?’ Don’t you watch scary movies? It’s a death wish. You might as well come out here to investigate a strange noise or something.” — Ghostface

7. “I’m sorry if my traumatized life is an inconvenience to you and your perfect existence!” — Sidney Prescott

8. “What’s the point? They’re all the same. Some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can’t act who is always running up the stairs when she should be running out the front door. It’s insulting.” — Sidney

9. “You’re not scared, are ya?” — Dewey

10. “That is so sexist. The killer could easily be female. Basic Instinct.” — Tatum

11. “Oh, this is the greatest fun. You’re going to love this. We got a surprise for you, Sidney. Yeah, you’re going to love this one. It’s a scream, baby. Hold a second, be right back.” — Stuart

12. “If you were the only suspect in a senseless bloodbath – would you be standing in the horror section?” — Randy

13. “Guess I remembered the safety that time, b**tard.” — Gale Weathers

14. “What did mama tell you? When I wear this badge, you treat me like a man of the law!” — Dewey

15. “People treat me like I’m the anti-Christ of television journalism.” — Gale

16. “Sidney, how does it feel to be almost brutally butchered? People want to know. They have a right to know! How does it feel?” — Reporter

17. “I’m 25. I was 24 for a whole year.” — Dewey

18. “Well, you’re not going to be alone any more, right? If you pee, I pee. Is that clear?” — Tatum

19. “Sidney Prescott: But this is life. This isn’t a movie.

Billy: Sure it is, Sid. It’s all a movie. It’s all one great big movie. Only you can’t pick your genre.”

20. “You wish it was Ted. Don’t forget to set the alarm!” — Ghostface

21. “Sidney Prescott: Randy, that’s so unoriginal. I’m disappointed in you.

Ghostface: Maybe that’s because, I’m not Randy.”

22. “Gale Weathers: Can you tell me anything?

Tatum Riley: Yea, you’re a real pain in the ass!”

23. “I’ve got an ending for you. The reporter left for dead in the news van, comes to stumble on you two dipsh*ts, finds the gun, foils your plan, an saves the day.” — Gale

24. “Stu Macher: As if.

Randy Meeks: Oh, really, Alicia?”

25. “Watch a few movies; take a few notes…it was fun!” — Billy Loomis

26. “Who am I, the beer wench?” — Tatum

27. “Look, here comes the obligatory tit shot.” — Randy

28. “Well, I don’t really believe in motives, Sid. I mean did Norman Bates have a motive?” — Billy

29. “Second, you can never drink or do drugs.” — Randy

30. “If I’m right about this, I could save a man’s life. Do you know what that would do for my book sales?” — Gale Weathers

How Many of These Scream Quotes Will Take You Back to Its Best Moments?

1. “More of a game really. Can you handle that… blondie?” — Ghostface

2. “As if. That’s all I’m saying… as if.” — Stuart

3. “Yeah, Casey and Steve were completely hollowed out. In fact, it takes a man to do something like that.” — Stuart

4. “Why can’t I be in a Meg Ryan movie? Or even a good porno.” — Sidney

5. “I never said I was in YOUR closet.” — Ghostface

6. “Don’t go there, Sid. You’re starting to sound like some Wes Carpenter flick or something. Don’t freak yourself out, okay? We’ve got a long night ahead of us.” — Tatum

7. “It’s called GUESS HOW I’M GONNA DIE!” — Billy

8. “We’ve already played that game. Remember? You lost.” — Billy

9. “Are you alone in the house?” — Stuart

10. “Don’t ever, EVER say I’ll be right back, cause you won’t be back.” — Randy

11. “Surprise, Sidney.” — Stu

12. The police are always off track with this s**t! If they’d watch Prom Night, they’d save time! There’s a formula to it. A very simple formula!” — Randy

13. “It’s called subtlety, Stu. You should look it up.” — Billy

14. “Her dad’s out of town, all right. She’s staying with us tonight.” — Tatum

15. “We put her out of her misery because let’s face it, Sidney, your mother was no Sharon Stone.” — Stu Macher

16. “I will totally protect you. Yo, I am so buff I got you covered, girl.” — Stu Macher

17. “Tatum: Hey, Sid, just think, if they make a movie about you, who’s gonna play you?

Sidney Prescott: I shudder to think.

Deputy Dwight “Dewey” Riley: I see you as a young Meg Ryan, myself.

Sidney Prescott: Thanks, Dewey. With my luck, they’d cast Tori Spelling.”

18. “Sidney Prescott: What’s your motive? Billy’s got one. The police are on their way. What are you going to tell them?

Stu: Peer pressure. I’m far too sensitive.”

19. “Not so fast, we’re going to play a little game. It’s called: Guess who just called the police and reported your sorry motherf**king a**!” — Sidney

20. “I know. I should be in New York covering the Sharon stalker, but who knew?” — Gale

21. “It occurred to me that I had never snuck through your bedroom window.” — Billy

22. “Sorry Billy. I guess I got a little too zealous, that’s all.” — Stuart

23. “I wouldn’t dream of breaking your underwear rule.” — Billy

24. “It certainly would improve your high school ‘Q’.” — Randy

25. “We all go a little mad sometimes.” — Billy

26. “So, two of your fellow students, just savagely murdered, and this is the way that you show your compassion and sensitivity, huh? Let me tell you something…” — Principal Himbry

27. “What would Sidney want with Steve? She’s got her own bubble-butt boyfriend, Billy.” — Girl In Bathroom

28. “Okay I think it’s going to go something like this, just stay with me. Hi, this is Gale Weathers with an exclusive eyewitness account of this amazing breaking story. Several more local teens are dead, bringing to an end the harrowing mystery of the masked killings that has terrified this peaceful community like the plot of some scary movie. It all began with the scream of a 911, and ended in a bloodbath that has rocked the town of Woodsboro. All played out here in this peaceful farmhouse, far from the crimes and the sirens of the larger cities that its residents have fled. Okay, let’s take it back to one. Come on, move it! This is my big shot. Let’s go.” — Gale Weathers

29. “Tell me something. Did you really put her liver in the mailbox? Because I heard they found her liver in the mailbox next to her spleen and her pancreas.” — Randy

30. “If I may say so, Miss Weathers, you are much prettier in person.” — Dewey

Do You Remember These Unforgettable Scream Quotes?

1. “Scary night, isn’t it? With the murders and all it’s like right out of a horror movie or something.” — Stuart

2. “I’ll be right back.” — Stu Macher

3. “My name isn’t Jesus.” — Kenny

4. “Don’t go there, Sid. You’re starting to sound like some Wes Carpenter flick or something. Don’t freak yourself out, okay? We’ve got a long night ahead of us.” — Tatum Riley

5. “My mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me!” — Stu Macher

6. “Janitors are your superior.” — Tatum

7. “You make me so sick. Your entire havoc-inducing, thieving, whoring generation disgusts me.” — Principal Himbry

8. “Think he did it?” — Dewey

9. “What’s the point? They’re all the same. Some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can’t act who is always running up the stairs when she should be running out the front door.” — Sidney

10. “Well, a ‘serial killer’ is not really accurate. Gotta knock off a couple more to get that title.” — Dewey

11. “Was that before or after he sliced and diced?!” — Randy

12. “Now that Billy tried to mutilate her, do you think Sid would go out with me?” — Randy

13. “Look, Kenny, I know you’re about fifty pounds overweight, but when I say hurry, please interpret that as, move your fat tub of lard a** now!” — Gale

14. “I never thought I’d be so happy to be a virgin.” — Randy

15. “I always had a thing for ya, Sid!” — Stu Macher

16. “What’s leatherface doing here?” — Randy

17. “There’s always some stupid bullshit reason to kill your girlfriend. That’s the beauty of it all! Simplicity! Besides, if it gets too complicated, you lose your target audience.” — Randy

18. “Corn syrup. Same stuff they used for pig’s blood in Carrie.” — Billy

19. “Jamie Lee was always a virgin in horror movies. She didn’t show her t**s ’til she went legits.” — Randy

20. “Listen, it was Jason! I saw that movie twenty goddamn times!” — Casey

21. “When I say hurry, please interpret that as, move your fat tub of lard ass, now!” — Gale Weathers

22. “Name the killer in Halloween.” — Ghostface

23. “It’s like Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs when she keeps having flashbacks of her dead father.” — Billy Loomis

24. “Listen up. They found Principal Himbry dead. He was gutted and hung from the goal post on the football field.” — Randy

25. “Would you settle for a PG-13 relationship?” — Sidney