In fact, it's nearly a rewrite of the original script, with a few improvements and a few misjudgments. Once again, Roger Corman hired a female first-time director, hoping that the series' feminist energy would continue. Though the script has some clever lines and situations, the film goes more for the horror than the Scream -preview original. A bunch of fun-loving teens are playing volleyball on the beach. Wasting no time, next stop is a shower scene.
Somebody is startled by a cat.
The boys peep through a window and catch the girls slut dancing. Later, a plugged in vibrator offs one young lady in the bathtub, but fails to blow a fuse, which would alert her companions. And of course, no one can hear the noisy carnage in the next room. She gets drilled on the run. Just in case you haven't guessed the killer's identity, a handy still gives it away right on the back of the DVD case.