Reviews

the biggest problem with it was that wes craven came up with 2 really unique & original ideas for a dracula story. But he tried to combine them into One movie. And that really messed it up. Had the 2 ideas been 2 separate movies, they probably would have been better. But they just didn't work with each other right, it was like 2 movies cut & clipped into one. it was two completely separate storylines that didn't even connect until the very end. And the way he connected them was cheesy, stupid, and didn't work at all.

he had some good subtle clues, and neat ideas in the beginning and middle of the movie, but he never elaborated on them, or hinted at why there were there. I hate movies that go out of the way just to give you fluff & stuff. there was no relevance to about a third of the scenes in the movie.

and the end gave me that explicit feeling that they ran out of money, and just had to end it quick.

Let me sum up my thought of scream 3 very briefly: Just like the first 2, it sucked horribly. Not as bad as the second one, but worse than the first one.

As I left the theater, I was in much discontent. I kept wondering what happened to the great horror movie? I went to the last showing, it ended at 1:00am. (A great time of night to be scared.) My girlfriend and I were up till 4am discussing the demise of the true scary movie.

The original Scream movie knew the facts: That horror movies had become nothing more than hack'em slash'em gore fests. Designed and written to make the audience jump in it's seats more times than the last movie did. The original Scream set out to mock this, and create a new type of horror flick. But it quickly turned into the same type. As did the sequel, and now, the third (god i hope) final 'chapter'.

Does anyone remember what makes a horror movie scary? Maybe it's just me, but jumping in my seat (which by the way never happens in Scream 3, it's too predictable) doesn't mean a movie is scary. Some of the scariest movies I've ever seen never claimed to be scary at all. Such as Aliens. Aliens was a sci-fi/action movie, with a few scary elements. But James Cameron managed to weave a story that haunted me for weeks, i didn't want to sleep the first night that i had seen it.

My girlfriend had nightmares from Independence Day. By no means a horror movie. But it managed to make an impression on her as a very scary movie.

The greats of horror, Mary Shelley and Alfred Hitchcock for example, knew how to scare people. And they did it very well. Horror doesn't mean jumping in your seat a few times, then going home remembering that it's just a silly movie. Horror is when you go home from the movie, or close the book, and you don't want to lay down and close your eyes. You just can't shake the thoughts, you know it's not real, but something just lingers in the back of your mind, not letting you rest.

I find it a grave injustice that movies like Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Halloween, Friday 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc. get called horror movies. When in fact, they are nothing more than a cheap slasher, shocker, or gore flick.

Scream 3 is probably the finest insult to date, to the horror movie category (even worse than the final Critters movies).

With a sick love of B movies and low budget horror flicks. I have to say that Flash Gordon takes the cake for the best written & acted 'B' movie of all time. Flash Gordon finds a happy middle ground between the ultra-cheesy movie and the box-office smash.

And you can't help but get reminded of the 80's when you watch this movie either. The set designs, the costumes (even though they are 'futuristic') and even the special effects just scream EIGHTIES! This movie truly ushered the change from the exagurrated 70's to the wild and extravagant 80's back in 1980.

Although you might not enjoy this movie, I would certainly recommend seeing it, it is sure to bring back a couple good memories or flash-backs to where you were in the early 80's.