Shockingly obnoxious

Rating: 5/10 (4 August 2017)

I've gotta plead ignorance on "Scream"; I didn't get it. It started with that Drew Barrymore opening, the stuff of icons; it was after all the centerpiece of the marketing, the movies lasting image, and what all the girls in math class were raving about in '96 (even I remember that). But my god, is it grating.
And things never improve from there. The horror clichés are the point, but these characters are just there to rattle off references. With Craven at the helm and a veritable who's who cast, this was no lightweight movie. But even at an age where I get the horror movie callbacks, this did nothing for me.
5/10