Review: Scream

Penguin October 12th, 2007

Rating: 3/4 stars

I finally watched Scream. Yeah, yeah, I know. It’s hard going into it cold considering everything that has built off of it in the last 10 years or so. Still, I managed to still be thrilled and a little surprised.

I could really tell the influence this film had on the horror industry. I really enjoyed the in-jokes and references to the conventions of the genre. It’s smart and self-aware without being too much so to the point of being annoying.

My favourite part where Randy (Jamie Kennedy) was yelling at Jamie Lee Curtis to look behind her. Only because I knew that it was Jamie Kennedy.

If you haven’t yet, you should definitely watch Scream. Oh, and Drew Barrymore is only in it for like five seconds.

-Penguin

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  • Jeff
    I dunno, but I sure do love a good horror flick.
  • NinjaVsPenguin
    It's a credit to Wes Craven who truly understands the genre. He helped create it and helped revive it. With that said, he has put out some crap too. Who would've thunk it would be so genre redefining when it first came out.
  • Jeff
    I totally agree. It is crazy the influence that Scream has had... mind you there had been horror films for years and years before that, but they were usually B movies and after a bigger showing in the 80's, the genre had kinda petered out altogether... Scream essentially revived it.

    It's so funny to think about it, because well... it's Scream. It's not like we're talking about some masterpiece like Citizen Kane or something here, but it was an important film.
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