Scream Bloody Murder (2003)

Admirable film.

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

How is it possible to screw up a movie involving girls in school uniforms and killings? Somehow the producers of the movie figured out a way. A van-load of high-school girls who appear to be in their mid 20s run out of gas on a desert road and a hockey mask wearing redneck tow-truck driver tows them and their van to his garage, where deaths and other strange things being to happen. One girl is killed in a car compactor, another has an air pump shoved down her throat causing her to explode, a guy gets it up the ass from a forklift(!) and it's unclear if the inbred, redneck tow-truck-driver is responsible. Since many of the nighttime scenes were obviously filmed through a dark blue filter, it is easy to understand why the killer's identity might be unclear, ... but the final twist is actually revealed in the film's trailer. Any attempts at actual horror were given away in the film's trailer (it reveals the deaths of several main characters, as well as giving away the entire twist ending!) If it was supposed to be a satire, lame double-entendres and obvious setups (guy with crutches, taking away the cellphones) sink this from the start. And film's soundtrack sounds like someone farting uncontrollably. It might be worth a few unintended laughs to watch this once, and to check out the so-so looking girls, but anything more is asking too much.

When I began watching this movie I believed that it was supposed to be a parody movie, such as Scary Movie. But after a few moments I came to the realization it wasn't. The acting is terrible, the script is worse than the acting, and the plot was worse than the script.What really got me was the back cover description, which had in one part:Who is the killer? Is he cute? Will they ever make it to the dance on time?That was the worst....Wait, no. The worst was their reaction to the killings of their best friends. They give out a really fake, bad scream with little facial expression, then make some witty remark. Like when The cute virgin is pulled apart by whatever, the two friends find her and says "now that's just stretching it." What the hell! Wouldn't you be freaking out that A) your friend was stretched that far and B) is still talking and C) her arms haven't ripped off.Oh, and the kid and teacher having relations is just disturbing. "Something's leaking." "That's supposed to happen." ... "I'm on fire." "Me too, I'm so hot." "No, I'm really on fire!" *camera moves to her foot, which is on fire*If you are bored and want to laugh at such a terrible piece of work, rent this movie and watch it with some friends.

Last year I was at a video store with a few friends when we saw the case for Scream Bloody Murder. It was obvious right away that this would be a rather cheesy and/or bad movie. And seeing as those types of movies always make for entertaining group viewing, we rented it.We were somewhat disappointed when we got to the actual viewing part as the movie was plain bad. Not really even in the entertaining way as it was obvious that they were trying to make a campy movie (and just weren't doing a very good job of it).As the movie reaches the climatic final showdown it suddenly takes a turn for the hilarious. I don't want to spoil anything but you'll know when it happens. The humor up till then has been hit and miss at best but the last 15 minutes or so are pure gold.If you enjoy cheesy movies, and are willing to sit through the first hour or so of not so good viewing, then check it out. Otherwise, pass.

When I rented this, I was all ready for a good old-fashioned, old-school hack fest. Alas, I was bitterly disappointed. I obviously didn't rent this movie for good acting or a believable plot. But I do require gore, and if there are going to be lots of hot women, I need a little gratuitous nudity. I got neither! A couple glops of fake blood and two women making out was it.The film tries to overcome all of these dire shortfalls with comedy- sort of a mish-mash of gags and jokes paying homage to the horror genre as a whole. I chuckled a couple times, but they were the kind of chuckles that slip out when you are desperately seeking to be entertained.Don't bother with this one. 2/10