Innovative Horror

Rating: 8/10 (16 October 2016)

The story takes place in a small town called Woodsboro, where the high school stereotypes flow like honey. Everything seems to be going well, until Drew Barrymore and her boyfriend get sliced open by a mysterious killer with a costume from the five-and-dime. In the next 20 minutes, we meet our main characters, who consist of Sidney, the leading lady, Gale, a conceited news reporter, Dewey, a somewhat incompetent police officer, Billy, Sidney's boyfriend, Tatum, Sidney's best friend, Stu, Tatum's boyfriend, and Randy, a film nerd who has a crush on Sidney. The killer action ramps up, and the movie comes to a bloodbath climax. The killers are revealed to be Stu and Billy, Billy wanting revenge for Sidney's mom having an affair with Billy's father, causing Billy's mother to leave. Billy brought Stu as his accomplice on this killing spree. Sidney uses her wits to take out Billy and Stu, and we live happily ever after... at least until the sequel.
This movie had what other horror films back in the 90s didn't exactly have, and that was suspense. We were on our 9th Friday the 13th film and our 6th Halloween movie, and we were just getting the same blood and guts we did every other slasher movie. But this film pushed the boundaries of slasher films by taking it's clichés, and bend them like rubber. The plot can be a little confusing sometimes, but the fun kills and twists can make up for that. This is the most fun I've had with a horror movie in a long while.
8/10 stars.