Thrilling

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 1999)

"Scream" is a sharp, startling and thrilling slasher movie that deserves all the praise that it received. I strongly believe that is the most influential horror films of the 90`s, it revived the dying horror genre. Instead of recycling cliches that have been used to a tedious extent, "Scream" is brilliantly created with it`s own ironic, mocking style. The script is one of the film`s main highlights, as it constantly delivers references to other classic horror films, while it takes place in one at the same time. The film certainly entertains as well, from the first nerve-jangling twenty minutes to the electric climax, "Scream"`s wit and scariness is impossible to ignore. All the characters in the movie are complex and believable, mainly because the actors who play them are fit perfectly for the role (Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, David Arquette, Rose McGowan, Courteney Cox, etc.) and second, because they actually have brains.(Unlike the conventional "Help me, I`m being stabbed repeatedly"! kind of bimbos seen in inferior slasher flicks). If gore is a problem for people, this movie is a lot of it, but not to a repulsive degree. "Scream" never ceased to surprise me, not even after the climax was over, and I don`t think it will for most people either. A great movie.