Scream (1996) and Skyline (2010)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

There was a bit of a bidding war when an upcoming writer called Kevin Williamson penned an idea called Scary Movie. It'd change its name to Scream a little way down the road, but having been inspired by a creepy night when he was housesitting, Williamson went with a lower offer, and the company most likely to actually make the film. The problem? Nobody wanted to direct Scream. At first, including the man who did. The brothers Strause meanwhile had huge successes in visual effects, and made their directorial debut with the, er, 'less successful' Aliens Vs Predator - Requiem. For their next film as directors? They wanted something they had more control over - Skyline - and it turned out it was really useful one of them had just bought a new apartment... Stories of both are told in this episode... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time.
0:02.8	We'll be on it all the time.
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1:02.5	Hello?
1:04.0	You like scary movies?
1:05.6	I don't mind them, actually.
1:07.2	What's your favorite scary movie?
1:09.7	Probably Superman 3.
1:11.8	The one where the guy had knives for finger.
1:14.5	Nah, it's the one where the woman steps out the computer at the end and he's absolutely terrifying.
1:19.8	Look, I haven't got time for this, podcast to do.
1:22.1	Call later. Tarrah.
1:23.5	Come with me.
1:25.7	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
1:28.3	And movies, movies that had stories.
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