Slasher-flicks are back, woo hoo

Rating: Null/10 (16 January 1999)

A previous reviewer put it just right, saying that Wes Craven and what's-his-name, that hack writer, are laughing all the way to the bank. Have teenagers always been this stupid? I guess that's why Wes Craven can be so rich, because there's always a fresh crop of eager young people who are ready to pay money to see his latest piece of mind-candy hokum.
I mean, come on--do you really think this movie is SOOOOO clever? Think--it's all a gimmick. Wes Craven had come full circle, after his Nightmare on Elm Street series finally fizzled out after like 25 installments. He needed to jump-start his income, so he thought that by making fun of his own movies, throwing that bit of banal sarcasm into the script, he could start a whole other series. And his fresh batch of teenagers ate it up. Now, thanks to him and the willing youth of America, here come the sequels once again.
Maybe everyone will have learned their lesson after "Scream 8" and "I Still Know What You Did That Summer 10 Years Ago." But no, probably not.