Scream copycat crimes

They would also admit to needing the money acquired from Gina's murder to fund a killing spree and purchase two Ghostface costumes and a voice-changer used by the character in the film.

[2][1] On January 17, 1999, Ashley Murray, 13, was stabbed multiple times in the head and back before being left for dead by then-friends Daniel Gill, 14, and Robert Fuller, 15; he was later found and rescued by an elderly dogwalker.

[5] On September 22, 2006, Cassie Jo Stoddart, a high school student, was murdered by her classmates Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik in her aunt and uncle's house in Pocatello, Idaho, United States.

Adamcik and Draper recorded documentary-style videos about how they were horror movie fans, especially Scream, and wanted to reenact a similar murder in real life.

[7] In January 2022, following the release of the fifth film, Logan Smith, 18, of Cocoa, Florida, tried to strangle a jogger to death after watching Scream, with intent to keep the corpse.