SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTERRRRRRR

My reaction to the NCTJ Government syllabus

Have you ever screamed into a pillow? If not - try it now. Feels good, huh?

I'm of the school of thought that considers a good old scream/cry/swear to be essential every now and then in order to release tension, stress and get some crazy out.

Sometimes people need to shake themselves out of the comfortable monotony of daily life and this is a sure-fire way of doing so.

Another is to scare oneself shitless...(do you see where I'm going with this?)

Barrymore getting a prime cover spot regardless to the fact she's gone in the first 10 mins.

"Hey Sydney, what's your favourite scary movie?"and "I'm gonna gut you like a fish" are just a few of the timeless phrases to come from Wes Craven's 1996 slash hit, Scream.

This blockbuster flick was more than just a quote-fest; jam-packed with more dark humour, slick twists and suspense that Ghost-face could shake a carving knife at. Paying notable homage to other films of it's genre, Scream tapped into a whole new generation of blood-thirsty fear-mongers.

So what happens with every mass success: why yes, they make a sequel.

And then another one.

And ten years on from the last? ANOTHER ONE!

(Although don't get me wrong - I'm actually as excited about the prospect of more bloody skullduggery as the next prepubescent boy...)

Same knife. Same mask. Same basic plot.

Ghost-face is back, and he still ain't over it (me thinks someone wasn't hugged enough as a child) and this time he's EVEN STABBIER.

With a new generation of Woodboro High students going under the knife, many questions remain unanswered:

- Why DOES Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) keep returning to Woodboro when she's pretty much guaranteed a slicin?
- Why are local retailers still selling the costume? (according to theory, no mask= no stabby)
- Why are we STILL being forced to see David Arquette dressed as Deputy Doofy and take it seriously?

I have no such answers but what I do have is the promise of more edge-of-your-seat suspense, gore and bloody ridiculous escapades.

*SHRIEKS*


Scream 4 is in cinemas nationwide now.