A weird horror movie that is very good in its own right

Rating: 8/10 (3 August 2017)

Wes Craven's "Scream" is a truly original horror film with a very original plot that wasn't even thought of before it was made, though it is very creative it isn't perfect and most movies aren't. The movie opens with a high-school girl named Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) who is home alone in her house making popcorn and is about to watch a movie until some sort of creepy voice calls her on her cell phone asking her questions that are related to horror movies such as "What is your favorite scary movie?" along with "What was the name of the killer in Halloween"?", and "Who was the killer in "Friday the 13th"?" numerous times after repeatedly hanging up on him, and then he says to her that if she hangs up again, as well as gets any questions wrong he will kill both her and her boyfriend Steven, and unfortunately both of them get killed by a serial killer dressed in some sort of ghost-grim reaper costume. The next day her whole school in shock and grief after hearing about the murders. The next person on the serial killers hit list is a girl who was a friend of the victims named Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) whose mother was murdered approximately a year earlier and fears that she might be next, and as a result is staying over the house of her best friend Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan), and also being guarded by a local Sheriff's deputy by the name of Dewey (David Arquette), while also being stalked by a journalist named Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) who wants to ask questions about her mother, and how she is doing after the murders happened, and as a result of that her school principal (Henry Winkler) suspends school for reasons of curfew until the serial killer is captured by the police. But however I will not spoil anything beyond this point which will practically give away the entire movie due to the major plot twists towards the end of the movie. During the movie however Craven and his screenwriter Kevin Williamson do a very good job of messing with people's heads by making people think that a certain person committed the crimes and then constantly make us think that it was a different person every few minutes. Craven's direction and Williamson's screenplay are very good and well balanced but could have been better with a lot more tension and suspense. Alfred Hitchcock once said to "Always make the audience suffer as much as possible." Which is what I feel like is lacking here. There is no question the Craven was one of the most popular horror filmmakers of all time along with George Romero, James Wan, John Carpenter, James Whale, Tod Browning, and many others. However this movie did make me more excited to see other horror films by Craven such as "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977), and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) which may be much better films to watch, but then again that's just me.