Who's Doing All The Slashing?

Rating: 6/10 (9 April 2012)

In the case of Scream my review should be taken with a grain of salt as I'm not really into these slasher flicks. But for its kind and the fact that it was directed by Wes Craven who does get the best out of them, it's as good as it will get.
The film opens up with Drew Barrymore and her boyfriend being sliced and diced by some guy in a black cape and ghost mask. That's just to get the audience in the mood. It seems as though this slashing is connected to a case a year ago when Neve Campbell's mother was killed in the same grisly manner. This gives Neve a rooting interest to find out who is doing these killings.
Two other people are interested in the story, TV reporter Courtney Cox and her then husband David Arquette playing a sheriff's deputy on the cases. But the killings go on and someone is after a lot of the town's teen population.
Wes Craven borrowed a gambit from Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None for his story involving the real killer. If you know that film or the book Ten Little Indians from whence it comes, then you might just figure out who's doing all the slashing.
Scream and its successors aren't exactly my cup of tea, but you might like this if that is your taste.