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.
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Within the structure of 'Scream 4,' there is the film within a film, but that's been part of the 'Scream' franchise since 'Scream 2,' when you had the 'Stab' franchise.
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.
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.
Scream was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself.
In 'Scream 2', they have this discussion about how sequels always suck.
Everybody has a story... and a scream.
One of the difficult things of making a horror sequel in general is because the horror genre is so founded on surprise.
In 'Scream,' there is very real drama that would be in almost any drama.
I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer.
To me, 'Scream' is a masterpiece on every level - the performances, the humor, the tone - it's just flawless.