Not Bad At All

Rating: 8/10 (10 April 1999)

Amazingly, I really liked this film, despite the fact that I can't stand any of the principal cast members and would ordinarily rather throw myself off an elevated ledge and into a pit of flames than see them parade around in their feeble attempts to "act".
But low and behold, one of the first thing this film does is kill off Drew Barrymore... and violently. When I first saw that, I gave a standing ovation and everyone else watching had to yell at me to sit back down again. Scream is a great satire on the horror genre with an intelligent and witty screenplay by Kevin Williamson; low and behold, it also features the first film directed by Wes Craven that doesn't suck.
Unfortunately, Kevin Williamson then went on to create Dawson's Creek and subsequently lost all respect I ever had for the man. Not even killing off Drew Barrymore makes up for that atrocity.