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6. Scream

Charon - 1
Johnbobb - 3
Genny - 5
JONA - 6
Snake - 6
Scarlet - 7
Inviso - 8
Karo - 21
KBM - 26

Charon - Easily the most important horror film the the 90's, Scream revamped the slasher genre and revolutionized horror in a way that can still be seen today. Scream was an innovator and the film is often mimicked or parodied to grand scales. The film's strengths are found in its wit, unpredicability and its ability to blend comedic elements into a film that's still actually tense and scary. Scream as a franchise is one of my all time favorites, and the original is arguably the best, though I'd be hard pressed to actually choose. The characters here are unlike most supporting cast members, at least in my opinion, as they all really are able to stand out and be memorable. The actors succeed greatly in interaction; I guess it isn't a surprise two of them even got married once upon a time. The film's love letter approach to slasher films that came before it is much appreciated, and it clearly takes all the best elements from those films and makes an awesome composition from them.

Johnbobb - Goddamn, this movie. THIS is how you do satire while also making something that stands on its own. Pretty easily the best Wes Craven movie in my opinion, even if the Elm Street movies might have it beat on creative kills. Everyone's a suspect, but once you know who the killers actually are, everything makes more sense on rewatch, to the point where you feel bad for not catching the clues the first time around. You've got two killers with wildly different motives and psyches (Matthew Lillard in particular gives what is probably the best performance in any teen horror movie), both of whom steal the show toward the end. Jamie's constant "rules of horror" are hilarious, and the whole movie is just endelessly entertaining.

Genny - Don't lie: the first time you watched Scream you didn't see the twist coming. At that time it just blew my mind that two psychopaths could work together... well for the most part anyway. The movie still holds up well to this day, despite being campy enough to be parodied to death. I'll admit there is a lot of cheesiness to it, but it's 9.2/10 iconic level.

JONA - Scream has just the right amount of meta I would want for a movie like this. Enough to be clever but not enough to take away from the fear of the situation. I love the mix of horror and whodunnit and it makes the non-slasher parts more engaging. The humor of the movie helps with that too. The identity of the villain being a mystery and human and not being this larger-than-life character thats the selling point feels refreshing. Screams just a great all-around package.

Scarlet - Its amazing how this self-aware culturally-hip one-of-a-kind slasher has become such a staple of the genre that even it comes across nowadays as another convention-filled paint-by-numbers slasher film. When Wes Craven created Scream, he was paving a new way into a previously braindead genre with some really witty and metatextual self-awareness. Now, everyone and their brother has to make sure that every character in their slasher is just too cool to be killed without grabbing a one-liner.
Rating: 68/100
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