Scream Trilogy Review November 8, 2008
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I can’t have movie reviews on my blog without having a review of one of the smartest, scariest and well put together trilogies of all time… The Scream Trilogy!
Synopsis
A psychopathic serial killer is stalking a group of teens who have seen one too many scary movies.
Review
SCREAM starts out like no other… killing off the biggest star in the movie… in the opening scene. It all starts with a ringing phone and ends in the satisfaction of a great scary movie. Drew Barrymore was supposed to be Sidney… but Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson thought it would be better to have Neve play Sid, then keep the audience guessing. I mean really… who is going to kill off Drew in the opening scene? Now many horror movies start out the same way… kill scene at the beginning of the movie… then opening credits and titles. Wes and Kevin were pioneers starting this craze.
After the opening scene, it is a SCREAM to try and figure out who the killer is. The ghost mask? Pretty damn creepy if you ask me. The kill scenes are realistic and the whole movie is put together really well. There are the stupid exceptions of the Sidney dumb moments… I count 3 or 4 off the top of my head…
“Do they know who did it…” with her scratching her head at the start of the movie (after Drew bites it)
“Ah dad…” at the end of the movie when her dad comes crashing out of the closet
But you get what I mean. The plot was well done, you could never guess there was going to be two killers at the end (Billy was a gimme) and there was lots of scary. Great job!
