Oh no, not again!

Rating: Null/10 (26 June 1999)

Remember the seemingly endless stream of stupid teen horror flicks in the 1980's? Just when you thought Hollywood might start making REAL horror movies again (Exorcist, Shining, Poltergiest, Alien) along came Scream. Now everybody is back making teenybopper slasher flicks like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Urban Legend, and Halloween H20.
Scream claimed to be different by satirizing slasher flicks, but it ultimately sucks. As in most Teen Slasher Flicks, the Heroine is a whiny, unlikable character. She has perfect friends, a boyfriend, and lives in an upscale neighborhood. A shining example of most teenage horror flicks.
Now I don't know about you, but I have never been scared by horror films with stylish, beautiful characters and pop soundtracks. Not once did I really get scared at this movie. In order to have a scary movie, you have to have characters that you can identify with. Jump scenes every 2 minutes get old reeeeal quick.
Scream isn't a terrible movie (it is much better than the atrocity 'I Know What You Did Last Summer') but it could be much better, much much better. What is it about putting teenagers in horror movies that makes the movie suck?
Don't lose hope, horror fans, the Blair Witch Project is coming, if it is as scary as everyone says, we'll show Hollywood what real horror is all about.