Scream (1996)
Frequent horror director Wes Craven takes the helm for this slasher film staring Neve Campbell. The local town panics when someone starts slashing up teens and generally terrorising the community.
As much as being a slasher film itself this film is about slasher films in general, taking some what of a comedic look at the genre that is very hard to take series in the first place. While the film does a good job of pointing out the deficiencies in the genre it is hard to know how to take the film itself as it does not stray completely into the arena of full on comedy as does it's own parody Scary Movie (2000). Despite being an odd mix of ingredients this still ends up being a watchable film if not an earth shattering one.
4/5
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