Scream 4K 1996 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

A wave of brutal murders swept through the city, defenseless people become victims. Another girl, Sidney Prescott, may become a new victim of a telephone maniac from the town of Woodsboro. A year ago, her mother was raped and killed, now the maniac threatens her herself. But in the first night fight with the killer, the girl was able to escape. Police find a mask and a raincoat at the scene of the assassination attempt. However, such masks can be bought in a horror store, and there is no use for the investigation from the evidence found. No, it seems, and motives for the murders, unless you take it for the main version that the maniac is a passionate fan of horror films and kills his victims just for the sake of pleasure ...

Review 4K Movie

Kevin Williamson rightly judged that everything new is well forgotten old. He did not reinvent the wheel, but took and shoved numerous clichés of the genre into one film. However, he did not just copy everything clean, but based on the old material, he created an exciting script that was not afraid of numerous references (and in many respects repetition or complete copying) to the most famous representatives of the genre.

For people who naively believe that "The Scream" is such a terrible horror to the point of insanity, I hasten to say - this is absolutely not the case. The film is absolutely not scary. Only persons of primary school age (who should not watch this movie because of the corresponding rating) or people who have never, I emphasize, who have never watched horror films, thrillers and slashers, can be scared when watching it.

The originality and charm of "The Scream" lies in the banter over oneself and over the genre as a whole. The film, as if playing with the viewer, made the heroes of the picture, wherever you can rattle about films of this genre, and how such pictures can help in the search for the killer; while not forgetting to laugh at (or borrow something from) Halloween, at the work of Wes Craven, and even over a dozen films that were released in the late 70s and early 80s.

As it should be, according to the laws of the genre, the film begins with a scene of the murder of someone. The creators managed to make one of the most memorable opening scenes of the 90s (in my opinion, of course). Starting with an ordinary telephone conversation, which can be reviewed more than once, the creators are systematically and purposefully catching thunderclouds over the fate of Casey, and soon the events will become not at all innocent. If we are talking about conversations, then, in my opinion, "Scream" stands out against the background of other representatives of the genre with excellent dialogues in the style of "movie fans talk about horror films." True, all their splendor can be felt, knowing the subject of the conversation, i.e. horror films of the late 70s.

When creating the main characters of such films, one cannot do without certain clichés that were established at the turn of the 70s and 80s. But for "Scream" it is absolutely unimportant, since the whole film is a weighty collection of cliches of the genre. Therefore, the main characters turned out the way they should have come out. Sydney is a standard heroine of such films, whom a maniac still cannot kill, and in the end she herself will arrange such a total must-have that will not seem like a little. Gail was made into a parody bitch-journalist in many ways, who is ready for anything for the sake of sensations. Dewey came out as a dorky rookie cop. Therefore, the minor characters, so to speak, came to the fore. It can be seen that Matthew Lillard and Jamie Kennedy themselves liked to play their roles, so the energy radiates from each frame with their participation. Most of all, of course, came off Jamie Kennedy, who played Randy - a hardcore fan of horror films. And his monologues "How to survive in horror films" and "If the police watched horror films, they would have found answers to all questions" are the most memorable in the entire film.

If we clumsily approach the classification of such films, then they can be roughly divided into two categories: films in which the killer is known immediately, and films in which the name of the killer becomes known at the last minutes. "Scream" from the second category. At the same time, the scriptwriter and director, as if mocking the audience, slip more and more candidates for the role of a maniac. By the end of the film, almost everyone becomes suspicious, although it won't be so easy to guess who the killer is. This seemingly proven detail makes the picture even more interesting.

In my opinion, the creators of "Scream" managed to make a film that is simply interesting to watch the n-th number of times, which is a rarity for such films.