Amphibious Wretch |
03-20-2007 11:22 AM |
Lest we forget before we start trashing on people who liked Scream better than Halloween, you have to take into consideration your first viewing of the source material.
Although I consider Halloween to be the better movie, there are many who (especially, but not limited to the younger generation) heard about Halloween for years before they got the chance to see it. Like The Exorcist, even though these are some of the most beloved horror films ever made hype and expectation can bring down peoples opinions. There are many who probably had a nice 'virgin experience' with Scream: no hype (other than Craven's name) no mystique to live up to. I'll be the first to admit, although I did not care for Scream, it's a solid movie with nice gore and a whimsical way with poking fun at itself. I don't have much love for what it spawned either. Scream for me, however, is the perfect example of what I'm talking about. For me, I didn't watch it until over 3 years after its theatrical release. By that point in time, not only had the hype been well overdone, but I had also had a good majority of the kills in the movie described to me in detail by rabid (and I consider impolite) fans.
Don't forget, though, when you're ready to discount other peoples movie tastes that Scream was an introduction to thousands of people to the slasher genre who will most likely turn out to be life long horror fans. Halloween did it for me, so I can't imagine why the others wouldn't hold Scream in as high regards as I do Carpenters masterpiece.
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