Scream

Rating 4/5

"What's your favorite scary movie?"-That line and many other horror nostalgia/cliches are what propelled Wes Craven's Scream to success.

Scream begins with a teenager named Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) who's home alone for the night. She has big plans for eating popcorn and watching a movie and as she is putting her Jiffy Pop on the stove, the phone rings. Suddenly her quiet night has been turned into the makings of a nightmare.

The next day, teenager Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) arrives at school and hears of the gruesome murders of Casey Becker and her boyfriend Steve. As rumors and theories begin to fly about the school, Sidney attempts to hide from it all. Not only is she struggling with the news of her slain classmates, but she is also dealing with the upcoming one year anniversary of her mother's murder. Shaken from the day's events, Sidney decides to spend the night at her friend's house. While she is waiting, she receives a phone call. Soon, it is evident that the murders of Casey and Steve are not an isolated incident. Every teenager in the town of Woodsboro is in danger, and no matter how much blood is shed, it doesn't seem that the police will get any closer to finding out who the murderer is.

Scream came to the horror world in a time where the slasher genre seemed to be either repeating itself or taking itself too seriously. What made Scream a breath of fresh air was its' ability to poke fun and point out the cliches of slasher films past, but still be able to create a new style of horror. The cast does great work at keeping the viewers on their toes; wondering from beginning to end which one is the person behind the ghost-face mask.

Scream is a goody bag of nostalgia and scary movie references. I would assume that most self proclaimed horror fanatics have seen this movie, but if they haven't, it is a definite must see.