2 and 4 are better in my opinion

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2017)

Scream is a pretty entertaining slasher film, but I think that scream 2 and 4 are better. The whole feel of this film is fairly fresh. Fresh meaning that it's not completely forgettable like a whole of past slasher horror movies. This movie is not comedic, but it is slightly satirical at times, it knows the horror movie clichés, and it plays off them and kind of makes fun of them. There are lines of dialogue among high school teens about the rules of "surviving a horror movie", and of course they're all the obvious cheesy things that teens in old slashers do. It is neat to see a movie that does poke a little fun at itself, but not in an outright comedic way, it still is very much a serious horror. The cast did a fine job with their roles. Neve Campbell does a good job with the starring role of Sidney. Sidney is a pretty tortured teenage girl who has recently lost her mother. And Courtney Cox (Friends) is a journalist/reporter who is writing a book on the murder case of Sidney's mother and is also trying to interview Sidney everywhere she goes. The plot isn't too complicated, crazy killer on the loose and you don't know who it is and people are dropping like flies. The goriness in the movie is in some scenes necessary and in others not so much. The ending is pretty thrilling and I enjoyed that, I also really liked the very beginning scene, Drew Barrymore does well with her 5 minutes of recognition lol. It was a good scene to open the whole thing with. Set the tone.