Scream (1996)

Written by Keith Williamson and directed by Wes Craven this is the film that reinvented the long dead teen slasher genre for the 90s. All to aware of the genres conventions over the years, the films 'ghost face' killer plays with his victims on the phone, quizing them on their favourite horror movies, before brutally killing them! With a big budget cast and crew that included Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell and Couteney Cox, I shyed away from this in the 90s, but reflecting on it now, its a real triumph that a big Hollywood movie reinvented a genre so well and got it bang on the money. I always get the feeling from Cravens films that lurking underneath is a feeling of a disfunctional America... This is no different. A real classic that has already stood the test of time.
8/10