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It's Like A Spoof That Isn't Funny

zjh_2002 | Iowa | 06/14/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This movie was an okay (borderline "clever") idea to begin with, but if it's horror you're looking for, it will simply not be delivered. It's just too modernized, too hip to be taken seriously. I enjoyed the light comedy and the countless references to horror movies, but this isn't a masterpiece. It also doesn't help that the main stalker ("Ghostface") just seems too down-to-Earth, and I think that any of the teens could (with a little luck) have escaped him, or even murdered him. Another low factor was that Neve Cambell's character sometimes turned this into a laughable melodrama. It's a fun movie, but probably not worth a buy."

Scary

zjh_2002 | 06/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Scream is an extremely scary movie, but when it isn't scary, it's funny, and that's what makes it so good. The story is Drew Barrrymore's character is murdered one night, so everyone at her school is being questioned by the police. Later that night, Sydney Prescott the main character is attacked by the killer, until her boyfriend Billy comes to rescue her. Sydney then notices that Billy has a cell phone[the killer called her first], which leads Sydney to believe that Billy is the killer. After this accident, Billy is sent to jail, but Sydney gets called again. After that happens, Sydney believes Billy isn't the murderer, and after what happened to Sydney, school is canceled, which leads up to a party that the killer is attending, so in turn, many deaths follow, making this a very scary movie."