When I saw Scream in the Theatres I said to my friends that it had been done already. A horror spoof from a killer that calls his victims, and they all thought I was full of it. I finally got them all to watch this movie, and we still quopte it. I would love this on DVD if anyone knows where to get it I would appreciate it. THan ks
"Death to the 1-X robots!!!"
You sure you don't meen Scary Movie? if so, than I completely agree
shareYep, Student Bodies was more like Scary Movie than Scream. But yeah, Scary Movie definitely ripped this off.
shareActually, both. They were both spoofs but yes, Scary Movie was more like Student Bodies in is zany comedy.
I don't know why Student Bodies rates so low and Scream and Scary Movie rates higher. SB was the pioneer, and IMHO, the best.
You had to see it when it first came out to understand.
<<I don't know why Student Bodies rates so low and Scream and Scary Movie rates higher. SB was the pioneer, and IMHO, the best. >>
Because Scream was a bigger hit. Plain and simple. It had people in it who were already famous, so it was easy to promote for the studio. And also it was an actual R rated film (versus a PG rated film in which a very contrived but funny sequence to devised solely for the purposes of giving the film an R rating). Hence, it was bound to be more popular.
Student Bodies, by contrast, is a comparatively low budget film, with literally a cast of unknowns (nearly all of whom never appeared in another picture), produced during a writers strike (that's why it was made in Texas, with mostly local talent, as I understand it), and probably not marketed very well by the studio once it was released. Due to the lack of notoriety of most of the people in the film, it doesn't even get the "Before they were famous" acclaim that pictures like Piranha II: The Spawning (James Cameron's first film), The Burning (which featured a not-yet-bald Jason Alexander), and A Boy And His Dog (which starred a very pre-Miami Vice Don Johnson) have.
And it's a shame, because Student Bodies went there first, in terms of lampooning slasher films, and it was a far better picture too.
I agree. Scream borrowed ideas from several superior horror movies. I don't think they got the idea for the killer to call his victims from Student Bodies, though. That was already done in Prom Night. They even mention Prom Night in Scream. It's hard to come up with new ideas. I'm still a big Wes Craven fan. Wish I could write horror movies for a living. I have ideas the studios would pay anything to have. American audiences could once again feel fear and have reason to repeat It's Only A Movie.
shareStudent Bodies was a great film I thought. However I thought Scream and Scary Movie were two of the lamest pieces of **** ever filmed. I saw them both for free thank goodness.
Another film, 1990's There's Nothing Out There, was ripped off by Wes Craven for Scream.
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Hi! I just bought this movie from a seller on ebay. It is a copied copy but it plays great! I would high recommend it! I got it for under 10 dollars and that included shipping and handling!!
My favorite scene is when the phone is ringing with the babysitter and she won't pick it up and it starts shaking insane like picke me up!!
A great movie!!
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NO. It was stolen from BLACK CHRISTMAS, which is what When A Stranger Calls, Scream, Halloween (they admitted to getting the idea from that movie) and many others were based off of. Black Christmas came out in the early-mid 70's (BEFORE Halloween, for anyone who still thinks Halloween came first) and it involved a Sorority being terrorised by phone calls and then murders happening. Yep. BlackChristmasIsLove.
Watch Silent Night, Bloody Night. It came out before Black Christmas, and also features a creepy calling killer.
shareAnd there are definitely some gialli that use that plot device as well, such as "What Have You Done to Solange?" in 1971.
shareOh, 1972's "When Michael Calls" also features a calling killer.
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you can the DVD at fleshwoundvideo.com. check it out
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