| I don't need to tell you that this movie will add nothing to the world treasury of cinematic art that Scream did not do already. It's written by the same screenwriter, Kevin Williamson,in the same joyous love-to-be-scred spirit as Scream, and even has the same feel to it. This is not a bad thing. It's scads of fun and a great guessing game "He's the one!" "It's her!" "I just know it's that guy!" almost the whole way through. We were all (the whole packed house) laughing and screaming and having a ball. |
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Four kids in a fishing town accidentally hit a guy with their car and they dump him in the bay. A year later, creepy and even deadly things start happening, occasionally presages by a forboding figure all encased in a black slicker. The word slicker is somehow so hilarious in this movie too, but maybe it's just because we Texans call it a RAINCOAT. All four kids are naturally upset and frightened and mayhem ensues. |
| It's gobs of fun and I don't want to give anything away. It's a perfect 80's style schlock horror film with 90's cutting and lighting and dialogue. It pokes fun at the campfire stories of HE HAD A HOOK FOR A HAND! and all the permutations thereof. For you folks who like busty ladies running and screaming and bouncing, you got that, in Jennifer Love "Party of Five" Hewitt and Sarah MIchelle "Buffy the TV Vampire Slayer" Gellar. |
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You got your hunky boys (Freddie Prinze Jr and Ryan Phillippe, both from movies no one has seen) in undershirts acting macho and handsome. You have the proverbial fake outs for tension relief and real life EWWWWWW stuff. Even a spooky turn by Anne Heche! It's got it all, even a soundtrack that screams at the kids BUY ME I'M CRAZY MAN! |
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To wit: a real hard rockin almost unrecognizable cover of
"Summer Breeze" plays over a really nice looooooong helicopter shot at the beginning. It's a perfect way to say "The movies that scared the pee outta you in the 70's are STILL ALIVE and they have a HOOK FOR A HAND!"
I know something about art and (as you may have guessed) I know what I like, and this is not art, but it's a great friggin' time, man! |
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| Pay full price and bring popcorn because you will be sucking it down while you grin bug eyed at the screen then WHAM! Face fulla popcorn! |
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