Scream

I guess nobody knows, OP!

It launched the meta revolution

It was smart, funny and scary and had a great cast including Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Neve Campbell and her two front veneers.

r2 what is the meta revolution? I've never heard of that term

Yes it is and so is the first sequel.

I was surprised to have loved this movie. I thought it would be a boar, but it was great.

Like a razorback boar?

R4:

The onslaught of self-referential media that has become so common.

Half of Scream is Wes Craven making fun of Wes Craven movies and horror in general.

It was as if he was doing his own fan fiction.

Does Courteney Cox ever get bumped off in any of them? I wasn't going to sit through parts 3 or 4 unless she did.

I think she was even in the reboot with that cunt from that Reba bio show

I'm rewatching it now. Skeet was so cute then.

It was brilliant to market Drew as the lead star because that secured an audience. If they had marketed Neve, only the Party of Five audience would have shown up. Brilliant strategy.

Who's big face is that on the poster?

r13, that's supposed to be Drew's character as well

I think the big draw was the big twist that *gasp* the big star, Drew Barrymore, is the first to die!

Those don't look like Drew's eyes.

r16, it's an illustration, not a photo.

I think that's supposed to be Rose McGowan. She's the only one missing from the poster.

They made multiple posters with that motif and released different covers with various actors on the VHS sleeve.

It's a fast-paced, suspenseful thriller with what was then novel meta dialogue. If it still holds up, it's not because of the self-referential shit but because Wes Craven directed the shit out of it.

It helps that the meta-dialog is play absolutely straightly, with no winking at the camera. It would work as a slasher movie even without the meta stuff.

Great soundtrack too.

The most frightening thing about Scream 3 is Courtney's bangs.

Parker Posey as fake Gail Weathers stole Scream 3

Any film where Drew B is killed in the beginning is wonderful!

R22 Dear god those are awful.

But yea, it revitalized the slasher genre and updated the way movies were marketed to teenagers and pre-25 crowd. It made them feel like they were in on the joke instead of the facetious pandering they were used to.

Scream 2 was hilarious and quite scary as well. I prefer it to the first, which I love. Scream 3 was awful. I was pleased with scream 4 even though I cannot stand Emma Roberts.

I happened to watch this yesterday. What the hell was with all the closeups?! I was always backing away from the screen. And I thought Matthew Lillard was just awful - way too over-the-top.

It was a brilliant movie. Thought the aftermath of self-referential movies was not appreciated.

r24 = Tom Green!

Scream 4 was utter shit. Scream 3 has grown on me. I kinda liked the whole Hollywood thing.

Because people have shit for taste in movies.

Because the entire audience, even straight boys, would lick Skeet Ulrich from head to toe and suck him dry.

Skeet was so greasy looking in Scream.

Remember those epic credits at the end? Everybody gave a standing ovation when Drew Barrymore's name came up.

What was epic above the credits? What was special about Drew's credit?

Why did they put Drew in such a fake wig?

Benihime

It happens to the best of us, R35.

"By the way: nice streaks."

It was nice of the Ulrich parents to give their son another name for semen.

Skeet is not his real name. It is a nickname. When he was a kid he was light and fast on his feet--"like a mosquito." Skeet came out of mosquito.

Then why does his father affectionately refer to him as "my little jism?"

I wonder of Neve Campbell moving to London had anything to do with James Toback and John Cusack?

Skeet aged well. His character on Riverdale is so wonderful. He knows what those boys need!

Stop acting like Drew was some huge "get" at that time. Bitch hadn't had a hit movie in years.