Scream A Thrilling Horror Film With A Few Flaws

Rating: 8/10 (8 June 2009)

Scream is a thrilling horror film with a few flaws but the good outweighs the bad in this one. Filmmaker Wes Craven continues to show his skill with Scream giving audiences a horror film that delivers on what fans expect from the genre bloody deaths, a scary villain, and some suspense that doesn't quite pay off entirely but it's still worth seeing at least once. The cast of relative unknown actors at the time including Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and Skeet Ulrich are admirable in their roles. David Arquette (Courtney Cox's future husband), Matthew Lillard, and Rose McGowan turn in decent supporting performances but they aren't given much screen time. Drew Barry makes a brief appearance and then is written out of the movie rather quickly. The rest of the cast including Jamie Kennedy, W. Earl Brown, and Liev Shreiber in a brief cameo make the best of their small parts in the movie. There are surprises in the movie one I sort of saw coming and the other I didn't about the identity of the killer(s)were satisfying but once they're revealed there's no more real suspense. With it's flaws aside Scream is still an entertaining horror movie that has just the right amount of gruesome deaths, anticipation, and some suspense that makes it worth the time to watch.