Whilst filming Scream (1996) Drew Barrymore accidently called 911 for real several times. The prop master had forgotten to unplug the phone before filming. Barrymore would call, scream and hang up. In the middle of one take the police rang back in confusion to ask why they kept calling.

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image showing Whilst filming Scream (1996) Drew Barrymore accidently called 911 for real several times. The prop master had forgotten to unplug the phone before filming. Barrymore would call, scream and hang up. In the middle of one take the police rang back in confusion to ask why they kept calling.

shez33 on October 12nd, 2020 at 22:14 UTC »

Lol what? You’d hope if someone calls the cops screaming they would send someone over there ASAP on top of calling back. As a small kid in Canada I called 911 out of curiosity and hung up a second into the call and they still sent someone over pretty fast.

TooShiftyForYou on October 12nd, 2020 at 22:16 UTC »

Scream was about an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims.

Consumer sales of Caller ID devices tripled after this movie was released.

TooShiftyForYou on October 12nd, 2020 at 22:27 UTC »

Drew Barrymore is an outspoken animal lover. In order to make her look genuinely upset during filming, Director Wes Craven would tell her real-life stories of animal cruelty in between takes.