Scream a postmodern horror film
Analysing the screams trailer shows many reasons for it to be postmodern. The first point that stands out most to me is the fact that it has the rules on how to survive a scary movie. This contradicts its self by doing exactly what it’s saying. For example answering the phone and opening the door with the bad guy at the end of the line/door.
Scary movie has many intertexuality relations just in the trailer. For example the police referring to the bill and the scary masked character you can relate to from films such as a nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween. Scream has been referred to as many things; a parody is one of the most common. Critics have described it as a parody, but is this a correct application of the word. Is Scream a parody of previous horror films? People say this film is the same as every other horror film ‘Some killer that chases a blonde girl and she falls over while running away.’
However I think that Scream is a pastiche because it uses moments to scary rather than for humour.
The character shown as Drew Barrymore is represented as the one who gets killed because she has blonde hair, ditsy and the male attraction to the film.
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