Scream

Scream could be looked at in two ways. It could be looked at as a curse because it ushered in a whole new revival of crappy slasher movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, a Psycho re-make, and Halloween H20. Sad to say I saw all of those in the theature. I was young, sue me! But you have to look past all of that because this was a great movie. When I saw it, it had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. It is really a brilliant film, with a good cast, and a great story filled with good writing and intresting twists. I really dug the characters, especially Randy, a fellow horror enthusiast, who explained the rules of horror movies to everyone. I respected the Wes Craven could let the characters poke fun at his past movies. 5 out of 5.

Characters

• Sidney: The main stalkee of the masked killer for reasons later revealed. She has some serious intimacy issues.
• Billy: Sid's boyfriend. Suffers from a serious case of I'm A Good Guy Wrongly Accused Syndrome. Stabed with and umbrela, a knife, and then shot.
• Gale: Tabloid journalist who is out to get the scoop behind the killings.
• Dewey: Deputy of the town. Comes off as goofy.
• Tatum: Sid's best friend, which is a bad role to be in during a movie like this. Squished by a gaurge door.
• Stu: One of the gang. Kind of obnoxious. Stabed and head smashed by a TV.
• Randy: Another friend of Sids. A real horror movie geek. My kind of guy! Shot but lives due to him being a virgin.
• Kenny: Cameraman. Throat slit. Oh my God, they killed Kenny! Sorry... I had to say it.
• Casey: Sliced up in the beginning of the movie.
• Steve: Casey's boyfriend. Shares her fate.

The Totals

• Body Count: 7
• Weapons Used: A kinfe, a phone, a fridge, bottles, a garage door, a gun, an umbrela, a door, a vase, and a TV.
• Random Breast Shot: 0
• Moments where characters are mysteriously unable to run from certain death: 0
• Ominous thunderstorms: 0
• Explosions: 0
• I'll Be Right Backs: 5

Intresting Notes:

• Billy's last name 'Loomis' is taken from Dr. Loomis in Halloween. Dr. Loomis's name was taken from a character from Psycho.
• The line: 'Go to the McKinsey's house' was also from Halloween.
• During one scene, there was a janitor dressed up as Freddy Krueger. The principal called him Fred.
• He was played by the director of Scream and Nightmare on Elm Street, Wes Craven.
• Sid (Neve Campbell) joked about Tori Spelling being cast as playing her if her story was ever to become a movie, It happened in the sequel.