Was "Scream" supposed to be horror or comedy or what?

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Gee, maybe I'm just not "hip" enough to "get it", but it seemed like a mess to me.
There was no suspense, no dread, no real "boo" scenes nothing. (The only thing that came close is when one of the girls got her arm sliced. Knife slicings always keep me the cringes.)
Lots of gore and that's about it. Splatter, splatter yawn, yawn.

I'm also reading something that's supposed to be horror by Graham Masterson "Genius". I'm only about 150 pages in, so it's still in the early innings yet, but so far it's a detective story. Not a touch of horror.
So at this point, horror is batting 0 for 2 for the weekend.

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[nq:1]Gee, maybe I'm just not "hip" enough to "get it", but it seemed like a mess to me.[/nq]
"Scream" was supposed to be "dark humor." It had a lot of inside jokes. Strangely enough, I just watched it for the first time last week. Has the Department of Homeland Security been sharing my DVD list with you?

RonB
"There's a story there...somewhere"

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[nq:1]Gee, maybe I'm just not "hip" enough to "get it", but it seemed like a mess to me. There was ... detective story. Not a touch of horror. So at this point, horror is batting 0 for 2 for the weekend.[/nq]
Years ago, author of "The Manitou" which was far better than the book, also wrote a novel called "The Devils of D-Day" about a photographer in far post-WWII France who encounters an old tank with a cross welded on top. Much horror ensues, culminating in a kick *** battle between good and evil. It's a good read, but may be out of print.

This guy also, apparently, writes *** books.

Jeri Jo & Little Garcia Bear

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[nq:1]Gee, maybe I'm just not "hip" enough to "get it", but it seemed like a mess to me.[/nq]
I "got" it, I just didn't like it. But what did you expect? It's a meta-slasher movie for non-horror movie fans.
[nq:1]There was no suspense, no dread, no real "boo" scenes nothing.[/nq]
If you haven't seen them yet, check out the original "Night of the Living Dead" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". There are horror films that are out to *** with you and don't bother being polite about it. Those are the perfect place to start for folks who aren't very familiar with the genre.
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[nq:1]only thing that came close is when one of the girls got her arm sliced. Knife slicings always keep me the cringes.)[/nq]
Then you'll love Dario Argento's "Tenebre", which definitely has the most artful and stylish arm-slicing in cinema history.
[nq:1]Lots of gore and that's about it. Splatter, splatter yawn, yawn.[/nq]
Add some Argento movies to your Netflix queue if you want to see how this sort of a thing should be done. I particularly recommend "Deep Red".
[nq:1]I'm also reading something that's supposed to be horror by Graham Masterson "Genius". I'm only about 150 pages in, ... detective story. Not a touch of horror. So at this point, horror is batting 0 for 2 for the weekend.[/nq]
I don't recall reading anything by Masterson, but you should keep in mind that publishers often market non-horror novels by people like Stephen King and F. Paul Wilson as horror. If you want a great horror read, I suggest you pick up Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend". That'll have you nailed to your seat, I guarantee.
Cheers,
B

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[nq:2]Gee, maybe I'm just not "hip" enough to "get it", but it seemed like a mess to me.[/nq]
[nq:1]I "got" it, I just didn't like it. But what did you expect? It's a meta-slasher movie for non-horror movie fans.[/nq]
I think it was trying to appeal to both audiences: horror fans and non-horror fans. The big gimmick was that the characters had all seen the kind of slasher pics they were unwittingly involved in, and still got brutally slaughtered. (Well, as brutally as the MPAA would allow.)

I thought the first one worked fine. The second and third were okay but really unnecessary.
[nq:1]If you haven't seen them yet, check out the original "Night of the Living Dead" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". ... being polite about it. Those are the perfect place to start for folks who aren't very familiar with the genre.[/nq]
Chainsaw is one of the few movies out there that look to have been made by total psychopaths. The only other one I can think of Cannibal Holocaust.
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[nq:2]only thing that came close is when one of the girls got her arm sliced. Knife slicings always keep me the cringes.)[/nq]
[nq:1]Then you'll love Dario Argento's "Tenebre", which definitely has the most artful and stylish arm-slicing in cinema history.[/nq]
Anthony Franciosa died this week.
[nq:2]Lots of gore and that's about it. Splatter, splatter yawn, yawn.[/nq]
[nq:1]Add some Argento movies to your Netflix queue if you want to see how this sort of a thing should be done. I particularly recommend "Deep Red".[/nq]
I do like Deep Red, but Terror At The Opera and Tenebrae are up there as well. And Suspiria is a masterpiece.

Hercule Platini

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Yes.

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