Scream (1996)
Country: US
Technical: CFI 111m/106m
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Drew Barrymore, Liev Schreiber, Henry Winkler
Synopsis:
A high school student preparing to mourn the anniversary of her mother's brutal murder suddenly finds herself the target of a new serial killer, whose calling card is to ring his victims on his cellular phone before he knifes them.
Review:
Self-referential take on slasher movies, its gimmick being that the characters are so steeped in the movie genre that they end up living or dying by it. Occasional black jokes apart, it is no less cynical than its Halloween/Friday the 13th/Nightmare predecessors when it comes to exploiting the very clichés it purports to subvert. Still, it is pacy, scary and orchestrated by a past master at these things.
Country: US
Technical: CFI 111m/106m
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Drew Barrymore, Liev Schreiber, Henry Winkler
Synopsis:
A high school student preparing to mourn the anniversary of her mother's brutal murder suddenly finds herself the target of a new serial killer, whose calling card is to ring his victims on his cellular phone before he knifes them.
Review:
Self-referential take on slasher movies, its gimmick being that the characters are so steeped in the movie genre that they end up living or dying by it. Occasional black jokes apart, it is no less cynical than its Halloween/Friday the 13th/Nightmare predecessors when it comes to exploiting the very clichés it purports to subvert. Still, it is pacy, scary and orchestrated by a past master at these things.
Country: US
Technical: CFI 111m/106m
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Drew Barrymore, Liev Schreiber, Henry Winkler
Synopsis:
A high school student preparing to mourn the anniversary of her mother's brutal murder suddenly finds herself the target of a new serial killer, whose calling card is to ring his victims on his cellular phone before he knifes them.
Review:
Self-referential take on slasher movies, its gimmick being that the characters are so steeped in the movie genre that they end up living or dying by it. Occasional black jokes apart, it is no less cynical than its Halloween/Friday the 13th/Nightmare predecessors when it comes to exploiting the very clichés it purports to subvert. Still, it is pacy, scary and orchestrated by a past master at these things.