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With the smash hit Scream, novice screenwriter Kevin Williamson and veteran horror director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) revived the mouldering corpse of the teen horror picture, both creatively and commercially, by playfully acknowledging the exhausted clichés and then turning them inside out. Scream is a postmodern slasher movie, a horror film that cleverly deconstructs horror films, then reassembles the dead tissue, and (like Frankenstein's monster) creates new life. When a serial killer starts hacking up their fellow teens, the media-savvy youngsters of Scream realise that the smartest way of sticking around for the sequel is to avoid the terminal behaviours that inevitably doom supporting players in the movies. They've seen all the movies, and the rules of the genre are like second nature to them. One of the scariest and funniest setups features a kid watching John Carpenter's seminal Halloween on video. As Jamie Lee Curtis is shadowed by Michael Meyers and the kid on the couch yells at her to turn around, Craven reverses his camera and we see that the kid should be taking his own advice. The fresh-faced young cast (including Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette) is fun to watch, and their tart dialogue is sprinkled with enough archly self-conscious pop-culture references to make Quentin Tarantino blush. --Jim Emerson
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Scream, the classic horror directed by the legendary Wes Craven, now available for the first time on Blu-ray. A hyper-intelligent serial killer preys on the teenage denizens of a small town, using their fascination with horror movie conventions to set up his diabolical doings. An intelligent, well-crafted thriller from the creator of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Drew Barrymore, David Arquette and Skeet Ulrich. All in DTS HD Master Audio Surround 5.1
Extras: Audio Commentary with director Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson, Production Featurette, Behind the Scenes, Q&A with Cast and Crew, Trailers
Extras: Audio Commentary with director Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson, Production Featurette, Behind the Scenes, Q&A with Cast and Crew, Trailers
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
This isn't a review for the movie itself, just the Blu-ray. I've always enjoyed Scream and was hoping it would look even better on Blu-ray, but it doesn't really. The picture is sharper yes, but it's also grainy at the same time. Enough to be noticeable from a distance, but even more so when you examine it close-up. For half the price, I would have just stuck with the DVD if I'd known.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film looks like a terrifyingly scary horror film at first glance, however, once you watch it, you find out that it is just as funny as it is scary. It had me on the edge of my seat at times, but laughing at the ridiculousness of it at others. I loved it, and Courtney Cox plays the part of the super keen news reporter very well. I would definitely recommend this product if you want a film that is scary, but then makes you laugh to relieve the tension.
The reason that I have given this film three out of five stars though, is that it frankly it is so ridiculous and unrealistic that the whole film comes across as a complete shambles. It almost deserves four stars, but it doesn't quite make it to be honest. If you are a hardcore horror film fan, then this will not be a great film for you, but if you want a hilarious, and only moderately scary film, then this is for you.
The reason that I have given this film three out of five stars though, is that it frankly it is so ridiculous and unrealistic that the whole film comes across as a complete shambles. It almost deserves four stars, but it doesn't quite make it to be honest. If you are a hardcore horror film fan, then this will not be a great film for you, but if you want a hilarious, and only moderately scary film, then this is for you.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
scream1 will not only terrfie it will haunt your mind for months on end . its has to be my favoirt horror film but i have to say it could of been a bit better in places other wise i think its amazing and you wont regret bying and for 5.00 i think its a brillent by.
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