Slasher genre reborn

Rating: Null/10 (26 December 1999)

Before I review this wonderful movie, I'd like to give you all a brief history of slasher flicks. Halloween created this genre. Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street revolutionized it. And Child's Play nearly destroyed it. Scream of course saved this dying genre which by the 1990s barely turned out a good horror film (excluding New Nightmare and Halloween 6 & 7 of course).
Scream is a classic and Wes Craven is a genius. He realized what John Carpenter realized with the first Halloween, gore doesn't equal scary. Sure, you see a lot of blood here, but the movie doesn't rely on it. Scream has a story and great scares.
During the film, it is impossible to not wonder who it is and why. You can't just sit there and not think, 'maybe it's the deputy or then again maybe it's the guy who keeps talking about the rules of a good scary movie.' Scream is wonderful slasher film that is a non stop ride of action, suspense, thrills and even a little comedy. A must see.