Filled with in-jokes but not very funny ones.

Rating: 6/10 (26 October 2016)

Scream its a 1996 film directed by We Craven who isn't one of my favorites, but I still respect him enough, this is a movie that everyone knows better because it was parodied in Scary Movie (2000).
Scream its a movie in which its characters know that they are in a scary movie, they know the clichés and everything, but there's enough genuine moments and tension to it that makes me wonder if I should give it a higher rating, but then I remember everything else in the movie.
The film is filled with unlikeable characters, all of them are annoying assholes, even the main character its pretty detestable. There are a few likable characters but not much to keep you engaged.
I like to think that the characters are unlikeable because Wes was using an old giallo trick, making all of the characters assholes its a way to make your audience suspicious about every character, so there isn't a clear answer on who's really the killer.
Overall, the film was trying to make fun of slasher movies but it wasn't trying to make a legitimate slasher instead we got stupid in- jokes and a bit of giallo here and there.
I wont recommend it, but if you are not looking for a genuine horror film then this may be up your alley