1. Film's screenwriter Kevin Williamson, a big fan and an expert of horror
films, tried to write a story that would acknowledge the legacy of its
predecessors and bring this genre to new heights. He seized that very
postmodern irony, he rethought clichés of the genre. "Scream"
scenario is a real encyclopedia of slasher films. This film is a pastiche of
horror genre.
2. Some directors thought that "Scream" is a parodical comedy.
And at the end of the film it really looked like one. However, film’s humor did
not cross out, but, quite the opposite, emphasized its horribleness, while also
giving the audience time to rest between tense scenes.
3. "Scream" is not only full of references to its close relatives:
”Halloween”(1978), ”A Nightmare on Elm Street”(1984), ”Friday the 13th”(1980),
but is also full of references to other different films: For example, the scene where dead Casey is hanging on a
tree is similar to one of the scenes in the beginning of Italian horror film "Suspiria".
4. On one hand, director of "Scream" takes what has already been
done many times, but, on another hand, he flavours it a bit in his way. This points
out to us that this film is postmodern avant-garde.
5. With numerous replicas of characters about various horror films, this
film does not allow the viewers to forget that they are watching a film (about
a film).
:D
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