The image was imitated, parodied, and copied after the copyright expired. It was used on book covers, and pop artist Andy Warhol in 1983-1984 made a series of screen prints copying Munch's paintings, including "The Scream." In this way, he wanted to desacralize the painting by making it a massively reproducible object.
The famous killer's mask from the movie "Scream" was also modeled on a character from a Munch painting.
