With such expression as “hurt by time” being used (too often without consideration), Scream is a good example of the opposite: a film that is better today than when it was released. It was a trend setter of its time, and a very solid slasher film and semi-parody of the genre. 15 years later it’s easy to see Scream is also a perfect zeitgeist. For this reason alone it’s a classic, even if not yet very widely recognized as such.
Scream 2 (USA, 1997) – 3/5
The first Scream was both a genre parody, and a real horror movie. The sequel attempts to be a bit too funny and clever on its own right, not to mention that the horror film aspect is merely a remake of the first one without any modifications made. Nevertheless, the ending is successfully insanely funny, and, in fact, perfectly fitting, too.
Got some nostalgic memories of the first film. My friend owned the video tape, so we watched it at his place when his parents were away. We were both 10 or 11. Aah, the good old times.
The VHS was uncut. Even though it was still film censorship era in Finland, and all 18 rated movies would have to be edited down to 16 for video distribution, they started passing more violent films uncut in the late 90’s. Both the theatrical and director’s cut version of Scream were granted a 16 without cuts.
