The film that restarted it all...

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 1999)

This film spawned the 90s slasher craze thus being as important as Psycho or Halloween in continuing the serial killer phenomenan. While maybe not as sophisticated as either Psycho or Halloween this film is not a classic horror but a 90s spin on the genre. It is essentially a homage to the 80's horror genre unintentionally spawning an entire new subgenre within horror.
Neve Campbell is at the center of the film playing Sidney Prescott who becomes the target of a maniac in a costume. Rose McGowan is her plucky friend who is the only one she truly trusts because everyone else is a suspect, including her own father. The cast brings the script to life with some of the best acting I've seen in a horror. Neve Campbells performance is what you'd expect from your standard (standard being - Jamie Lee Curtis standard)lead heroine, with the rest of the cast also fulfilling expectations, especially Cox (as a bitchy tabloid writer) and Kennedy (horror fan gone wrong) whom surpass them.
With several plot twists clever parodies and sharp pop culture references, Scream is way above the usual drivel that occupies the teen slasher genre. It's as good as either Psycho or Halloween and had just as bigger impact as well. Grade - A