So Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven....just kidding. Also known as The Outing
Scream is a simple name for a bizarrely simple but also way too complicated movie. Scream stars nobody and was directed by a guy mostly known for stunt work, this movie supposedly started filming without a finished script or an ending in mind, and boooooyyy does it show.
Scream is a simple enough idea, a bunch of people are at an abandoned town in the middle of nowhere and a dead body shows up and soon enough they're being hunted by a mystery killer. The town is too far (more on this later) from anything to go get help so they try to band together and use their wits to escape the situation.
Okay, so they say it is 30 miles from the nearest help. You know guys, I'm a hiker. I did 13 miles, half of it uphill with an elevation gain of 3000 feet. I did this in about 5 hours. The average person walks a 20 minute mile. Just wake up and head out at 6am, you'll get there by nightfall. It is not that hard. I'm tired of movies saying they're too far to walk to get help.
As the strangers wait in this town, random things also start happening to them. A pair of motorcyclists come out of nowhere and they try to use the bikes to get help. But then later the weirder one - a black cowboy comes out of nowhere with the body of their friend, drops it off, evades all questions and leaves, and is never explained. WHAT???
The good things about this though is that the music is great, and the bizarreness does achieve a level of atmosphere that sorta pulls you in. This is not as amateur as it could be, and the low 2.3 rating on IMDb seems a little wrong. I'd give it like a 2 I guess.
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