About TV series: Scream (2014)

Those are slasher movie. You can't do a slasher movie as a TV series

(Noah Foster)

Developer: Jill Blotevogel, Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattle, Michael Gans, Richard Register

Stars: Willa Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus, John Karna

Origin: USA

Episodes: 10

Sinopsis: When a YouTube video opened the veiled town dark secret about murder

The moment I knew that there will be Scream TY series, I was like "what the hell" but I was giving it a try and it's not that bad, imo. I'm kinda like it though there is some things that I don't understand about it, but it's okay, I enjoy the show. As the first season, this is good. In fact, it's beyond my expectation. The thing is while the first episode is giving me the impression that it just Scream in series, this series actually has a different path. The first murder in the pilot episode may remind you of Drew Barrymore's scene in Scream. However, later you'll find out that the series is not only about a slasher who wants to murder the protagonist. It's a new thing that the series tells you more about the protagonist, her friends, her mother, her college life and everything. I mean, you can't find it in the movie, since it's only about 2 hours or less. But, the screen writer can develop the story into interesting and makes-sense one. And it's clever to make me confused about who the murder is. Well, there is a time that I guess the right person but, it still makes me doubt that the person is the real murderer.

One thing that makes this series interesting for me is the appearance of Noah (played by John Karna). Well, he seems the encyclopedia of murder/slasher movies and he is the one who presents all of the notions seen in those kinds of movies. It's like the movie is all about him since he KNOWS everything and yeah, some of his hypothesis are true and that's what makes him looks like the real murderer. But yeah, you won't know about that until the ending. It's pretty amazing (imo) to know that the real murderer is actually that person.

Another one, well, I must admit that I haven't watched many American TV series but, I'm just a bit surprised that there are some explicit scenes in here (which something's a bit too much to be on TV, imo). It's also a bit surpassing the movie version, but that's what makes this series refreshing than the TV version. It shows you the horror in these days. A mere stab won't affect the audience in the recent days, people need to see something beyond their imagination. Exaggerating things that still can be imaginable.
In sum, when I watched this series, I can find some hints about Craven's Scream, but the story is pretty different. Idk if Wes Craven will like this version, but I'm relieved that these people doesn't turn Craven's masterpiece into piece of shit. Ah ya, I've heard that there will be the second season of Scream. Am bit anxious and hope that it won't just be a junk series to milk out more money.

(try it)

Credits:

MTV @ youtube