Word: scream
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actors are incidental; their characters are well-developed and are as well-known to the audience as soap opera faces, for Scream fans. Most are unimpressive, although Jada Pinkett proves again how far one can get by bubbly dramatic readings of a script...
...Craven should move on; he's made his point. But look for Scream 3 in theaters next year, and don't come running when the cinema is engineered with a live-video hook-up of the audience occurring in an inset box on the screen... or something...
After that, it'd be hard to deny that the strong points in Scream 2--a movie so meant to engage the audience's memory, expectations and self-reflexive reactions--are not the meta ones, but standard horror applied in ever more surprising ways (but not too surprising; things peter out quickly). For example, a man accompanied by two others in a wide open campus field in front of several buildings is stalked and killed by man. Trying to outwit his assailant as he speaks with him on a cell phone, the man is pied-pipered to his own doom...
...holiday release of Scream 2 promises to once again send chills down America's spine, the movie's soundtrack delivers a unique mix of R & B and mainstream modern rock tracks that half-heartedly attempt to characterize the film. The combination of the two genres, however, provides a refreshing change from the normal movie soundtrack which, instead of providing variety, usually throws together a collection of similar-sounding tracks...
Disregarding Kelly's lame "One More Chance," the R & B songs honestly and freshly present twists on Scream 2's horror theme. D'Angelo does the best job with his cover of "She's Always In My Hair," written by the Artist Formerly Known as Prince. He sings hypnotically while the backing music provides the ultimate in sublime background for a slasher movie. The movie's theme "Scream," by Master P featuring Sukk the Shocker, presents a wailing cry for help, obviously fitting into Wes Craven's attempt to bring the horror movie genre into mainstream pop culture. Most humorously...