classicsoncall
Considering Drew Barrymore is top billed in the picture, she didn't last very long, did she? Maybe she had another gig that interfered and could only take a bit part. For it's genre, not a bad horror flick, though it does cater to a teenage and young adult audience. The picture reminded me that Courteney Cox and David Arquette were hooking up for real around this time or shortly after. I could never see the attraction between the two but what do I know? The picture has it's fair share of misdirection and has some fun referencing other horror flicks along with taking pot shots at itself for inferring that it's a movie in it's own right. Some of that was pretty clever but director Wes Craven probably over did it at a certain point. Still, there was enough clever stuff going on to keep one guessing about the real killer. If O.J. Simpson's murder case occurred after this movie came out he might have come up with a dual killer angle himself. If you think about it, the picture does it's best job by illustrating the absurd by being absurd. Case in point, I would refer to the dumbest line in the movie. After getting stabbed three times and going head over heels down the stairs, Billy (Skeet Ulrich) is asked by his girlfriend Sidney (Neve Campbell): "Are you okay?"
Seriously?
theterminator-92378
With horror dying in the 90's Craven thought of an amazing idea Scream a self aware movie with some comedy and some mystery solving put in as well. Neve Campbell plays Sidney Prescott the main girl who's confident and strong and she is just a perfect hero. Gale weathers is played by Courtney Cox and she does great at a women who just wants to make her place in the world. David Arquette is deputy Dewey who wants to protect Sidney but also have to follow police rules also in the men part of the cast is Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Lillard were Billy and Stu who are 2 best friends who love movies and they are perfect at their knowledge of movies. Scream was a movie that i enjoyed it wasn't just a horror movie it was also a comedy and a mystery which kept us on edge for who the killer was and it was cleaver in referencing other horror movies but it also wasn't afraid to be different and that's why it worked and it would span into 3 more movies and a spin-off series which would would make fun of other horror movies so its always going to be a movie i could re watch.
Ilikehorrormovies
I hope no one compare this movie to the show even though I like that show. This movie has their own flow of a horror movie like it's better than They (2002) (We don't talk about that movie ever). A thriller in the 90s are great including 70s and 80s. Just cause they mention a lot of horror movies doesn't mean it's going to be bad like some horror movies mention other horror movies but I'm not mentioning it right now because I can't remember. Overall a good film most 90 slashers are good including this one.
