Kevin Williamson conceived the original movie Scream (1996) after learning about the Gainesville Ripper, a real-life serial killer who murdered five college students with a knife in Gainesville, Florida, in 1990. The film was initially titled Scary Movie and later changed to Scream, inspired by a 1995 song performed by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.
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