A Nice Love Letter to Horror Fans

Rating: 7/10 (26 October 2015)

Let me make one thing very clear; I'm not a horror junkie. Sure, I'll watch horror movies like "American Werewolf in London" and "Misery", and enjoy them, but I haven't seen the major horror landmarks like "Nightmare on Elm Street", or "Friday the 13th". For the past few years, I've always tried to watch a new horror movie every October. This year, it was "Scream", and...it's alright. Maybe I'd enjoy it more if I saw all these "slasher" horror films that this one is clearly paying homage to. But I did like it. However, it didn't scare me that much. Sure, it's gory and has plenty of jump scares, but it takes more than 50 gallons of fake blood and false alarm jump scares to get me. I mean, yeah, it's bloody, but in the gore department, I've seen much, MUCH worse. Okay, I've bashed this film enough, what did I like about it? Well, it was really good at keeping me guessing. I already knew there were two killers, I don't remember how I knew, but I kept guessing on who they were. When you watch it again, you realize they were directly telling you who they were the entire time. But for that first viewing, it's a wonderfully gory version of "Clue". So, did I enjoy myself? Yes. Will I watch it every Halloween? Probably not. My recommendation depends on how you feel about horror movies. Want a scary movie this Halloween? Give this one a try. Want something that's not too bloody? This isn't for you.