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so you believe scream was the catalyst?
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In terms of dumbing down and cheapening the horror genre to appeal to a new, younger and more cynical audience... yes.
Of course,
Scream fans are made to believe they are
in on the joke by Craven/Williamson and therefore leave the theatre quite proud of themselves and their ability to understand all these tributes and in-jokes and tongue-in-cheek references to the classics... but are we any further forward in scary movies, or have we simply created a new pointless sub-genre in the hip, "knowing", party horror film? It seems at odds - surely the mystery and uncertainty of being scared is the whole point?
Perhaps we can take it all too seriously, but it is kinda alarming to see kids getting off on Craven's clever manipulation tactics instead of getting down to the far more important movies he is ripping off and poking fun at.
It would be fun to see teenage reactions to a double bill of his fun
Scream and savage
The Last House on the Left.