What More Could A Horror-Buff Ask For?

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2001)

What more could a horror-buff ask for? `Scream' has it all. Movie trivia, movie spoofs, twisted ending, twisted beginning, talented actors/actresses, a great motive, lovable characters, and even scary the second time you see it. `Scream' is about a young girl named Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), who is trying to put her life back together after the brutal murder of her loving mother, a year earlier. The accused murderer, Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber), is locked up and is waiting for an appeal to be put to death by the gas chamber. Out of the blue, these mysterious killings start to happen. The nosey, local news reporter, Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox), is scooping out this mystery of why these killings are starting. Weathers believes that Weary is innocent of the murder of Sidney's mother. Sidney disagrees. But Gale Weathers isn't too far from proving Sidney wrong. So, is the real murderer getting nervous, about getting caught for the murder of Sidney's mother, and the framing of poor Cotton Weary? Is the murderer going to try and frame somebody else for the murder of Sidney's mother after Weary is proven innocent, like.Sidney, or even Sidney's father? Is that why there is a killing spree? Sure, why else would the murder want to reveal Weary's innocence? If the murderer doesn't do something soon, (s)he'll be caught. So (s)he wants to throw Weathers off track. Though we wonder what the killer with do next, we also wonder.who is the killer? Could it be Sidney's boyfriend, Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich)? Sidney's best friend, Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan)? Tatum's brother, the town's deputy, Deputy Dwight `Dewey' Riley (David Arquette)? Tatum's boyfriend, Stuart (Matthew Lillard). Sidney's secret admirer, the town's mastermind, who knows everything about everything, Geeky Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy)? Or even Gale Weathers herself? (Gale is money hungry, and seeking for fame, maybe she could use a little publicity, you never know.) But I tell you, the killer is great and surprising, with a fantastic motive. I did not see any problem with this movie, except for a couple bloopers (which no movie doesn't have), so I give it a 10/10. (And I'm the kind of guy who watches stuff like: `Citizen Kane' or `The Godfather)!