A classic

I remember it very well, when this movie was released, I was honestly not really interested. Eventually, there was a massive word of mouth (back in those days, that’s how it worked, there was no internet or social medias involved), everybody was talking about it so I was eventually eager to check it out. And, indeed, it was really good, the genuine rebirth of the slasher flick and an impressive come-back for Wes Craven. Indeed, Craven pushed the genre to a different level, it became really meta and quite entertaining. Basically, instead of the usual naive or even stupid victims, here, the characters were all smart-ass and quite aware of the rules of this genre resulting in some pretty nifty dialogues. Eventually, even though they played with those rules, they actually still remained pretty faithful to the genre so I think it is actually more an homage than a parody like it was sometimes described. Of course, since it was a huge success, they made some sequels, all directed by Wes Craven which was rather unusual, but those other installments were all really disappointing (I especially dreaded the 1st sequel). Anyway, to conclude, I really liked this flick, it is definitely a 90’s classic and it is absolutely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

8/10