Scream

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Casey receives a strange phone call from a mysterious voice one night. The voice  turns out to be a murder who murders Casey and her boyfriend (Steve). This sends the town into panic, and police are forced to question students from the local high school. Sidney Prescott, still recovering from her mothers death that is approaching its one year anniversary, soon finds herself the murders next target. She continues to receive strange phone calls as the murder count continues to grow. 

This film was directed by Wes Craven. It isn't too surprising that this twist on slasher films came from Craven. He had made a several twists in this genre, including  A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. This film took a very unique turn in the slasher genre. Its first shocker was having a popular actress become the first murder victim. The other shocker came in with its plot and self aware characters. It exposed how much the teenage modern culture has changed, and showed how desensitized the world is becoming. The teen culture is where most of its humour comes from. This film was a great satire to emerge in 1996, because it turned away from the popular 1980's horror sequels and, instead, started a franchise of its own. The plot is full of unexpected irony. There is also minor gore in the film, but its not overplayed and it doesn't take away from the film. The story mainly satire's the slasher genre without being too goofy. It was a great plot that needed to be done at some point. Keeping this film in a small town like setting was a great idea that really benefited the film.

The cast was great together. Neve Campbell played the leading role of Sidney Prescott. She was great in playing the role of the damsel without being to damselish. She also gave her character plenty of heart through deep emotional trama. Rose McGowan played the role of Tatum, Sidney's best friend. She was great in this role. She has the greatest satire death scene in the film. David Arquette played the role of Deputy Dewey, Dwight. He was great creating the clueless cop who is helpless trying to save lives by finding the killer. He managed to create this character making him appear friendly and not completely inept. Courteney Cox played the role of Gale Weathers. She was great being the obvious satire of current popular media outlets. She really pulled out the aggressiveness of the character. Jamie Kennedy, Randy, was great in his role. He was the satire of the film. He was the character who established the rules of a slasher film. Skeet Ulrich played the role of Billy Loomis. He was great being the character who you could never fully tell if he was sinister or good. Matthew Lillard played the role of Stuart, Stu. This was one of his early 1990's film that helped to start his career in Hollywood. He was great in his role of being Billy's best friend, and Rose's boyfriend.

I give this film 5 out of 5 stars! It was a great film that changed the way slasher films were presented in modern cinema's.

Answer to last blog: Doctor Emmet Brown's dog, from Back to the Future Pt. 1, is named Einstein.

Que: What other film featured actress Never Campbell and actor Skeet Ulrich?

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