{"id":14728,"date":"2011-03-13T13:21:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T21:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=14728"},"modified":"2011-03-13T13:21:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T21:21:22","slug":"scream-wes-craven-1996-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=14728","title":{"rendered":"Scream (Wes Craven, 1996): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by William Conlin<\/a>. Viewed at The Fe Bland Forum at SBCC. <\/p>\n

\"\" This semester I am enrolled in Roger Durling\u2019s Film Genres class at Santa Barbara City College. The two genres we are focusing on are comedy and horror. This past week we were treated to a viewing of, in my opinion, one of the only films that successfully blend comedy and horror with out reaching a parody level: Wes Craven\u2019s Scream<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scream<\/em> is born out of a love of horror films. Its unending barrage of trivia and \u201cinside jokes\u201d makes is a film buff\u2019s fantasy. The plot follows a young girl named Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) who is recovering from her mother\u2019s brutal murder one year earlier. When her small town is put on edge by a double homicide Sydney begin to be stalked by a figure wearing a white \u201cghostface\u201d mask. As more and more people die Sydney must continue to evade the killer while dealing with a nosey reporter (Courteney Cox), the advances of her boyfriend (Skeet Ulrich) and her \u201cprotection\u201d from a bumbling deputy (David Arquette).<\/p>\n

As we were preparing to watch this film I heard numerous people discuss how much they don’t like it. I myself haven\u2019t seen Scream<\/em> in nearly 10 years and remembered it as being very campy. What I didn\u2019t take into effect is the fact that now, as a big fan of film, the movie is extremely enjoyable. When I was 10 and just seeing Scream<\/em> for the first time, I had no knowledge of all the references being made to other films. I feel I was not alone in this, as when I left the class, people had a much more positive response.<\/p>\n

Technically, the film is extremely well made for such a small budget. No one ever questions Wes Craven\u2019s ability to make a good scary movie. In the case of Scream<\/em>, it\u2019s all in the editing. The pace of the movie leaves you with a sense of uneasiness and almost always pays off. Mixed with good cinematography and a good soundtrack, Scream<\/em> is in my opinion the best slasher film of the last 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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