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A Masterpiece!

This movie changed horror. Other movies have changed the way that we are scared through film and this changed it for the teen market. The gore was there but not extreme; the stars were kids and the music for the new generation. This film also brought a self-referential nineties post-modern irony to the ball game. As a film it is very good with strong acting and some good jumps. It does lack depth although the light comedy makes up for that. This is an entertaining, if lighter than most, slick teen horror.

I'm a big fan of the horror genre and Scream is by far my favourite to date. Teen slasher movies have a tendency to be filled with annoying, brainless characters, but this one is very different: the plot, although simple, is substantial and effective; murder scenes are not overly gory (a personal pet hate of mine) and very tense and heart-pounding.The plot also has a few interesting twists and unexpected ones. It is really a very clever movie in this respect, not until the final scenes do we understand the whole sequence of events.The perfect horror movie, classic Wes Craven.

Scream is what reshaped horror films in the 90s. I was a child back then, and whenever I hear about the movie "Scream", and see Ghostface, it frightens the living hell out of me. Scream was an excellent movie though I have to admit it did look pretty obvious who the serial killer(s) were. I really liked the scene at the beginning. I think that was brilliant in regards to the character "Casey". It's that popcorn bit that strikes me for some reason. I also liked the scene right towards the end: Sadomasochism at its best. There aren't too many horror films that has an excellent beginning and ending scene. The main character "Sidney" was brilliant; in fact, she's brilliant in all the Scream movies. But what makes the Scream film standout is Ghostface. Not only the costume of Ghostface is amazing, but it's also very scary. When people think of horror films, I'm sure one of the first thing that comes to mind is Ghostface – Scream!!!

From its immediately and unexpectedly ballsy tone-and-stakes-setting opening to its fantastically frenzied and excitingly squishy finale, this fast-paced slasher is constantly playing with its audience in an extremely entertaining way and represents the second time that Wes Craven revitalised the long-standing genre (after 'A Nightmare On Elm-Street (1984)') as well as his own career, this time by - along with writer Kevin Williamson - introducing a devilishly meta-textual side to the story that isn't always subtle but is always accurate and consistent while also being enjoyably playful even during some of the more intense sequences by having the piece itself play with the conventions and tropes so often seen within the wider horror genre which, no matter how eclectic it may seem, does share a spookily similar set of conventions across the board, conventions to which this picture is no stranger as it still doesn't subvert everything but simply hangs a lantern on most; the other thing that Craven brought to the film was his penchant for proper visceral nastiness as the scarier sequences don't hold back on either the suspense or the gore, something which creatively contrasts with the colourful sets and almost comedic quiet moments to make the flick feel even further from reality and give it a bizarre tone that's cohesive yet slightly odd, almost like the whole thing is supposed to look like a movie which - given the constant meta references - is a nice touch that helps solidify its themes, and it's really only the fact that the right witty script and the right great director came together at the right time that the now varied slasher genre is even still around today. 8/10