Compliment to the horror genre...

Rating: 4/10 (31 January 2004)

Originally intended as a spoof on the slasher genre, Wes Craven accidentally created a horror classic and truly interesting piece of horror lore. Like the film "Adaptation", the entire film spoofs other films and then purposely becomes cliche in the end. Intelligent, creepy, original, and witty, with horror film referrences galore, this is one of the coolest pieces of horror pie to grace the big screen ever. Look for the great surprise ending and the creepy opener straight from the pages of the Hitchcock classic "Psycho".
(*** and a half out of ****)