what’s your favorite scary movie welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
taking a look at the 1996 movie scream
and the effects it had on horror genre
in the 90s or for lack of a better term
how it ruined horror movies in the 90s
before we get into the blood mask if
you’re into the 90s be sure to click on
the iCard or the link below to get our
magazine on the top 100 decade defining
movie moments of the 90s the 60s had
Norman Bates the 70s had Michael Myers
and the 80s and Freddy Krueger and Jason
Voorhees yes with these and countless
other horror movie icons throughout two
decades the slasher genre was running
sale on fresh ideas by the time it came
to the nine enter scream a slasher flick
so original in ruined Cole’s honor
director Wes Craven previously known for
bringing to life horror classics such as
a Nightmare on Elm Street and The Hills
Have Eyes saw a new direction for the
genre by the turn of the 1990s with the
overabundance of the same old horror
cliches genre needed something new
something that would Reese Park the fans
love for these films they needed to
become self-aware while he experimented
with adding an extra layer in new
nightmare Kraven would perfect the idea
of the meta film with 1996 scream dead
okay number two you can never drink or
do drugs the meta film which got its
start in the world of literature under
the name metafiction refers to the idea
of an author or in this case a director
constantly reminding the viewer that
they’re watching a film early examples
of this type of storytelling are found
in the work of Charlie Chaplin of Chuck
Jones whose Looney Tunes shorts duck
amuck showcases this concept perfectly
it may come as a complete surprise to
you to find that’s it makin cartoon
bringing it back to horror it’s the
thing that turns a moment like this into
something that looks a little more like
this this is the moment in the
supposedly dead killer comes back to
life take the iconic opening scene for
example on the surface the same place I
was like your typical slasher kill but
Kraven is completely changing the way we
think about horror here slasher movie
trivia serves as the backbone to Casey
Becker’s death as she’s asked to answer
questions about canonized slasher films
to survive
the killer in Friday the third this is
where Cravens experience in horror comes
in handy
most people’s fear of horror movies
stems from them assuming the characters
have no knowledge of the rules that
they’re killers play by don’t watch
scary movies death wish – whether you
come out here to investigate a strange
and all in the Sun of course Craven
inverts this trope by giving the
character and overall knowledge of how
these conventions work and thus flipping
audiences expectations leaving the
viewers to be the vulnerable scream is
simply built around the idea of audience
expectation and you would think that
people would apply this to movies that
were inspired by Craven classic well
unfortunately not not only did scream
spawn many disappointing original films
such as urban legends and I know what
you did last summer with iconic slasher
franchises such as child’s play and
Halloween
even took a stab at replicating the
success of scream where these films
flopped is that they’ve either taken too
much or too little
from what made scream so great a film
like I know what you did last summer
reverted back to the tropes that scream
aims to poke fun at without any of the
self-awareness contrast this with a more
self referential film like Bride of
Chucky which ditched most of its slasher
elements in favor of a comedic tone the
issue with this is a meta film relies on
timing and since screen was fresh in
people’s minds the meta film genre was
already starting to feel as stale as the
genre it was ripping on for this reason
you can say that a meta film should
stand on its own after an oversaturation
of a genre for every trend is always a
camp of people looking to make fun of it
perhaps that’s why none of the scream
sequels were as critically successful as
the original or why the meta horror
genre had seemed to die out by the turn
of the century you can look at similar
self-aware genre films to see this trend
further Deadpool divot for superhero
movies Hot Fuzz did it for action movies
and cabin in the woods had a new take on
horror in the 2010 yes you had zombie
but this is Sambi redneck torture family
they’re entirely separate speak deadpool
for example came at the peak of
superhero mania and only time will tell
if its legacy will help the genre grow
or face similar falls to that of scream
and further over saturate the market
remember if scream has taught us
anything it’s that too much of a good
thing is problematic and that you should
be very worried when this guy comes okay
– just get in the car want more from
WatchMojo check out other great clips on
our YouTube channel and be sure to take
a look at our special feature of the top
100 movie moments of the 90s
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
taking a look at the 1996 movie scream
and the effects it had on horror genre
in the 90s or for lack of a better term
how it ruined horror movies in the 90s
before we get into the blood mask if
you’re into the 90s be sure to click on
the iCard or the link below to get our
magazine on the top 100 decade defining
movie moments of the 90s the 60s had
Norman Bates the 70s had Michael Myers
and the 80s and Freddy Krueger and Jason
Voorhees yes with these and countless
other horror movie icons throughout two
decades the slasher genre was running
sale on fresh ideas by the time it came
to the nine enter scream a slasher flick
so original in ruined Cole’s honor
director Wes Craven previously known for
bringing to life horror classics such as
a Nightmare on Elm Street and The Hills
Have Eyes saw a new direction for the
genre by the turn of the 1990s with the
overabundance of the same old horror
cliches genre needed something new
something that would Reese Park the fans
love for these films they needed to
become self-aware while he experimented
with adding an extra layer in new
nightmare Kraven would perfect the idea
of the meta film with 1996 scream dead
okay number two you can never drink or
do drugs the meta film which got its
start in the world of literature under
the name metafiction refers to the idea
of an author or in this case a director
constantly reminding the viewer that
they’re watching a film early examples
of this type of storytelling are found
in the work of Charlie Chaplin of Chuck
Jones whose Looney Tunes shorts duck
amuck showcases this concept perfectly
it may come as a complete surprise to
you to find that’s it makin cartoon
bringing it back to horror it’s the
thing that turns a moment like this into
something that looks a little more like
this this is the moment in the
supposedly dead killer comes back to
life take the iconic opening scene for
example on the surface the same place I
was like your typical slasher kill but
Kraven is completely changing the way we
think about horror here slasher movie
trivia serves as the backbone to Casey
Becker’s death as she’s asked to answer
questions about canonized slasher films
to survive
the killer in Friday the third this is
where Cravens experience in horror comes
in handy
most people’s fear of horror movies
stems from them assuming the characters
have no knowledge of the rules that
they’re killers play by don’t watch
scary movies death wish – whether you
come out here to investigate a strange
and all in the Sun of course Craven
inverts this trope by giving the
character and overall knowledge of how
these conventions work and thus flipping
audiences expectations leaving the
viewers to be the vulnerable scream is
simply built around the idea of audience
expectation and you would think that
people would apply this to movies that
were inspired by Craven classic well
unfortunately not not only did scream
spawn many disappointing original films
such as urban legends and I know what
you did last summer with iconic slasher
franchises such as child’s play and
Halloween
even took a stab at replicating the
success of scream where these films
flopped is that they’ve either taken too
much or too little
from what made scream so great a film
like I know what you did last summer
reverted back to the tropes that scream
aims to poke fun at without any of the
self-awareness contrast this with a more
self referential film like Bride of
Chucky which ditched most of its slasher
elements in favor of a comedic tone the
issue with this is a meta film relies on
timing and since screen was fresh in
people’s minds the meta film genre was
already starting to feel as stale as the
genre it was ripping on for this reason
you can say that a meta film should
stand on its own after an oversaturation
of a genre for every trend is always a
camp of people looking to make fun of it
perhaps that’s why none of the scream
sequels were as critically successful as
the original or why the meta horror
genre had seemed to die out by the turn
of the century you can look at similar
self-aware genre films to see this trend
further Deadpool divot for superhero
movies Hot Fuzz did it for action movies
and cabin in the woods had a new take on
horror in the 2010 yes you had zombie
but this is Sambi redneck torture family
they’re entirely separate speak deadpool
for example came at the peak of
superhero mania and only time will tell
if its legacy will help the genre grow
or face similar falls to that of scream
and further over saturate the market
remember if scream has taught us
anything it’s that too much of a good
thing is problematic and that you should
be very worried when this guy comes okay
– just get in the car want more from
WatchMojo check out other great clips on
our YouTube channel and be sure to take
a look at our special feature of the top
100 movie moments of the 90s
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