Entertaining in parts, but overall pretty poor

Rating: 4/10 (3 April 2002)

I didn't like this film a lot. It didn't scare me AT ALL, and the thing that first put me off was when at the very beginning either the killer or Drew Barrymore says that Michael Myers, the killer from Halloween, kills babysisters! GRRRRRRRRRR! Being the HUGE fan of Halloween that I am, I was annoyed at this comment.
The whole 'who's the killer' thing was good to begin with, but then it got really boring. The best thing about Scream was Jamie Kennedy, who played Randy the horror buff. The whole 'rules' thing was very good and I liked it, but that was about all. I give this movie about 5 out of ten.
Despite this, I saw the two sequels. I thought Scream 2 was marginally better than the first, and Scream 3 was the best out of the three, because (a) of Jamie Kennedy's neat appearance, which was very clever, and (b) it tied the films together, and had new plot developments, something that horror movies alot of the time forget. If you're gonna watch Scream, WATCH ALL THREE.