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"Do you like scary movies?": the Scream thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 297349" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>I'm a big fan of the original SCREAM. It's one of Top 10 favorite horror films and would rank somewhere in a listing of my favorite films over all. Just last weekend, I saw the re-release in theater; I'm pretty sure I had not seen the original until it made its way to cable, although I did see a couple of the sequels in theaters.</p><p></p><p>I'm not a big fan of slashers in general. Of the two main cycles -- the 70s/80s heyday and the 90s revivals -- I only like the originator of both groups: the first HALLOWEEN and the first SCREAM. I have no interest in the sequels and copycats. The SCREAM sequels in particular are that peculiar breed of follow ups that manage to somehow be both repetitive and overly convoluted. Whereas I watch SCREAM every Halloween, I'm not sure I've ever rewatched the sequels; if so, it's been years.</p><p></p><p>I'm only tepidly interested in SCREAM 5, the soft reboot. For one, it's weird to release it in January rather than the Halloween season. I don't watch horror movies much outside of October. Plus, as a soft reboot rather than just a straight sequel, it has a bigger challenge: it needs to repurpose itself for a new era in much the same way SCREAM resuscitated the slasher genre 25 years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 297349, member: 5079"] I'm a big fan of the original SCREAM. It's one of Top 10 favorite horror films and would rank somewhere in a listing of my favorite films over all. Just last weekend, I saw the re-release in theater; I'm pretty sure I had not seen the original until it made its way to cable, although I did see a couple of the sequels in theaters. I'm not a big fan of slashers in general. Of the two main cycles -- the 70s/80s heyday and the 90s revivals -- I only like the originator of both groups: the first HALLOWEEN and the first SCREAM. I have no interest in the sequels and copycats. The SCREAM sequels in particular are that peculiar breed of follow ups that manage to somehow be both repetitive and overly convoluted. Whereas I watch SCREAM every Halloween, I'm not sure I've ever rewatched the sequels; if so, it's been years. I'm only tepidly interested in SCREAM 5, the soft reboot. For one, it's weird to release it in January rather than the Halloween season. I don't watch horror movies much outside of October. Plus, as a soft reboot rather than just a straight sequel, it has a bigger challenge: it needs to repurpose itself for a new era in much the same way SCREAM resuscitated the slasher genre 25 years ago. [/QUOTE]
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