Smart and scary. Influential too !

Rating: 9/10 (6 May 2005)

Scream is a lot more influential than people give it credit for. Scream came at when the horror genre was running out of steam .Its witty post modern , self analytical script along with some genuinely great scares topped off with its whodunnit flavour gave the horror genre a kick in the ass and totally revitalised it.
Its legacy aside, scream is still a superior slasher film on its own merit , better than many of the films it mentions and parodies. The performances are surprisingly strong too and the twist in the end is something i did not see coming. Its slashtastic! (sorry , i couldn't think of a better way to end this review.Cant be as bad as what some people wrote though can it ? )