tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post6995459007385706857..comments2024-03-27T07:58:00.899-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: October Extras #14 - Scream (1996)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-63359879943051847272010-10-08T13:53:07.159-07:002010-10-08T13:53:07.159-07:00It's been a log time since I saw this so I wat...It's been a log time since I saw this so I watched it last night. I think this movie was wildly successful at what it set out to do. It was pretty great at satirizing slasher movies while being a very good one in the process. The plot kept me guessing (the first time I saw it), it was funny, the gore was satisfying, most of the characters (though I will always hate Courteney Cox) are likable, and the opening with Drew Barrymore is one of THEE finest moments in slasher movie history.<br /><br />Neve Campbell is the ultimate girl next door. Watching this reminded me of how much I was in love with her in this movie. <br /><br />One gripe. The two killers plan to frame Sidney' father for the murders by planting evidence on his body and then give themselves alibi's by stabbing each other. Previously, Stu helped Billy fake his death in front of Sydney with the use of Karo syrup. So, before Billy is really stabbed by Stu his shirt is completely soaked in the syrup. Obviously, any forensic investigator would find that to be extremely strange. I mean, how would Billy answer question about that? Very bad plan. Hardly the plan of someone who had successfully framed someone a year earlier, eh?<br /><br />Otherwise, great film!Miskatonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10458189434988263478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-42500409912364773252010-02-24T16:55:39.254-08:002010-02-24T16:55:39.254-08:00"There's Nothing Out There" wasn'..."There's Nothing Out There" wasn't the first movie to have a character who is aware of horror movies. "Evil Laugh" was, from 1988. Barney in that movie is reading Fangoria, talks about how if you have sex you'll die, and does other things that show he is an avid horror fan. Not to be a dick, just pointing that out (partly cause Evil Laugh is an awesome cheesefest)Chrishttp://www.twitter.com/classicmaterialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-74997611823677851992007-10-19T06:24:00.000-07:002007-10-19T06:24:00.000-07:00I went to see it with a bunch of people in 1997 wh...I went to see it with a bunch of people in 1997 who just thought it was something to watch on a Friday night.Most in the cinema thought it wasn't scary or funny.<BR/>Its oh so ironicly clever of course.I haven't seen it since 98 and well I thought Neve Cambell was decent and thats about it.<BR/>I knew half the plot before going in due to me reading sight and sound and other uk film mags.So the "shock" of Drew getting dead straight away wasn't a shock.<BR/>I despise the sequel on every level and wished I'd never watched it.Plus I was cheering when Mr Movie Geek Randy gets it.The guy is so up his own arse.Yet US watchers nearly ended up in tears as he reminded them of their own geeky video store 80's.Maybe if someone not repulsive rather than Jamie Kennedy had played him,there might have been more sympathy over here.<BR/>Then again I wanted Gail Weathers to get hanged,drawn and quartered by the end of the first one.<BR/><BR/>Oh and I may be the only person on the planet that doesn't mind the 3rd one.hahaha.<BR/><BR/>I vastly prefer THE FACULTY.I don't hate any of the characters or actors in that,even if it borrows much ideas from SCREAM.Also I vastly prefer Clea DuVall in the geek role.SimonDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760880054708861172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-24435641394397114182007-10-17T14:37:00.000-07:002007-10-17T14:37:00.000-07:00This is one of my favorite movies and definitely d...This is one of my favorite movies and definitely deserves more credit. It's like the cool thing these days to hate Scream. It's sad. Scream is a great flick, and I enjoyed most "knock-offs" like IKWYDLS and Urban Legend. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-42220559665421207212007-10-17T13:39:00.000-07:002007-10-17T13:39:00.000-07:00I'm not usually in the minority when I say that I ...I'm not usually in the minority when I say that I hate almost everything about this movie. Man, I thought it was slick and snooty. I don't think I liked even one of the characters...or the killers.<BR/><BR/>This is about the time that I realized that there was very little to be excited about with newer movies. Luckily I had just discovered Cemetery Man about the same time and Anchor Bay was starting to put out those cool clamshell videos (or where they still putting out the double cassettes?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-81812732552591274152007-10-16T12:58:00.000-07:002007-10-16T12:58:00.000-07:00This is another one of those movies where everybod...This is another one of those movies where everybody is so sick to death of the knock-offs and shitty crapfests that came after, they forget that it was actually a pretty good flick. It gets blamed for opening the floodgates for things like <I>I Know What You Did Last Summer</I> and all the similar dreck, which it probably deserves, but as you point out it actually works on its own.<BR/><BR/>The opening sequence with Drew Barrymore is fucking tense, esp. to horror fans who are playing along at home. It's a horror movie for horror fans, really.<BR/><BR/>But, has Skeet Ulrich ever given Johnny Depp his DNA back? :)The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.com