Last December, however, the makers of "Scream" and "Scream 2" turned things around.

CNN: Putting the scare in summer movies

Although the coalition took a kicking in last week's local elections, if the nation really wanted to scream their opposition to cuts and reforms, why did two-thirds of the electorate in England not even bother to vote?

BBC: Striking while the iron is cool

Few Americans have seen "The Scream" in person: The version being sold at Sotheby's was last in the U.S. at Washington's National Gallery of Art in the early 1990s.

WSJ: 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch