To me, 'Scream' is a masterpiece on every level - the performances, the humor, the tone - it's just flawless.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Scream was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself.
The original 'Scream' is one of those classic things, but it totally pokes fun at itself too. It's never taking itself too seriously, which is why I think it's such a cult classic.
What 'Scream' was great at was presenting ironic detachment and then making you actually care about the people that were having it, and juxtaposing it with their situation, all in the service of making a great horror movie. It was fresh.
There's nothing wrong with the screaming style of singing, and I'll be the first to admit that it conveys an emotion. But I'm getting older, and I can't scream and shout about the same things anymore. The songs I'm writing with Stone Sour call for a lighter, different approach.
Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart.
The 'Scream' series is unique in that it's an ongoing murder mystery, even though it's a different killer, so if you know who that killer is, then half of the fun of the movie is gone.
Usually, when I see films that don't have any score attached to them, I think they're beautiful. I love just the naked sound of the voice. That's already music.
'The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.
For me, the sound design and the musical score is a big part of what makes scary movies work.
A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music.