Scream (1996) a review by That Film Guy

After watching the original Scream (1996) film I was excited to hear what other people had to say about it. I thought that it was an awesome beginning to a super slasher series. This movie had me at the edge of my seat wondering and waiting to see who 'Ghost Face' was going to attack next. I found a review of Scream written by "That Film Guy" or better known as Thomas Patrick. He has his own website and reviews plenty of movies of all different genres, so I found his review credible. 

 Patrick starts out by stating that the horror genre over the years has changed in style drastically, but the film Scream has really captured what true horror is all about. The director of the film Wes Craven has already dug deep into horror and hes a director that really knows what hes talking about when it comes to horror films. The film Scream begins with the protagonist Sidney Prescott, it illustrates her trying to cope with the murder of her mother of one year prior when the film begins. Sidney is frightened when she learns that there is another killer loose in the town of Greensboro. One night when Sidney is waiting for her best friend Tatum to come over she receives a mysterious phone call from the killer named 'Ghost Face' and then she is attacked. Her boyfriend, Billy, is a suspect at this point and was arrested for questioning. While Billy is in jail, Sidney receives another call from the mysterious killer. The town sheriff, Dewey, the local news reporter Gale Weathers and a horror film expert randy try to use the clues from horror films to catch this sick attacker.

Patrick then goes on to share that the movie was originally called Scary Movie, but Scream suited the film better. At first when the film came out people weren't sure if they could think of this film as your typical horror movie. After seeing top actress Drew Barrymore was present in the film and murdered not too shortly after the movie began it was evident that no one was safe from this slasher, not even someone like Barrymore with high Hollywood stature. Patrick said this action was done on purpose by Wes Craven to get that first shock right out of the audience. 'That Film Guy' thinks that this film was excellently casted and it shows a lot for the cast members to show the kind of emotion that goes with this film. I couldn't agree more with him either, the cast members really did a good job of coming into their characters. He talks about how the sequels were also a good addition to the original film, but will never match up to it, as it cannot be duplicated. I think hes right and wrong. I think that the original is unique and it will never loose its luster, but like I said before I think that the original set up a good back drop for an awesome slasher series. Patrick ends by asking his viewers, "Do you like scary movies?". For me, that's a big HELL YES! but what about you guys? Is scary movies your thing?