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You're saying a thread hasn't stayed on track? Sweet Lord above.
If Martin Scorcese made a clever, self-referential film constantly winking and tipping the hat to his hard-as-nails gangster dramas so the audience "got him".... would he be smart to do so?
People would think he had gone all Tarantino - but at least QT started in this vein as he meant to go on with Reservoir Dogs right up to Kill Bill.
Perhaps horror film fans like smarty-pants posturing more than they used to... or perhaps Scream is what the genre has been waiting for, to show it up for the predictable nonsense that it really is?
But you're right, Williamson's creations are universally odious - Craven just abandoned his true horror abilities (if he had any left) in time to make some serious bucks by selling out to those who need to leave cinemas pandered to, satisfied, safe and untroubled.
Clever, Wes.
Bye, Wes.
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