The idea is pretty original, but the fact we know who the killer is and everything just makes the film not scary. I read on this board this is better than Scream, no its not because Scream though witty it was pretty scary because you didn't know who it was.
I liked the film though, I saw the twist that the reporter and her crew were going to be apart of the "final chapter" a mile away.
First sorry, but I have to LOL at you for actually thinking Scream was remotely scary.
This movie wasn't scary, but neither are +90% of the rest of horror movies made. It did have something that most other horror movies don't have (the same thing that made Scream a good movie for it's time): a fresh look on the genre.
Personally, I think this movie is awesome for being from the killer's perspective. They made the killer the protagonist of the movie and I love them for it.
And knowing who the killer is doesn't automatically disqualify a movie from being scary. The Ring, Jaws, The (original) Wolfman are perfect examples of knowing who the killer is and still being scared.
You do know this film and Scream deal with the sub genre of slasher films not horror in general.
By the way the protagonist was the reporter woman, not the killer. We may have got more insight to a killer than in normal slasher films, he still was the antagonist. Wrong choice of words.
I think one could easily argue that Vernon was the protagonist. When the documentarian was making the movie, he was clearly the main focus of the movie and not her. So when 3/4 of the way through the movie she becomes the intended target instead of just a person making a movie about him, that doesn't (IMO) instantly transform her into the protagonist.
I will watch the movie again tonight as its been a couple of months since I have seen it and throw up an edit if you do infact turn out to be right.
EDIT:
So I'd say Robert Englund Aka 'The Ahab' is the movie's antagonist and Vernon is definitely the protagonist. The movie is ABOUT Leslie Vernon and the reporter is really just a supporting character until almost the end. You aren't rooting for the reporter to finish her film, you want Leslie to complete his mission.
She 'wins' at the end only because that is part of the rules that Hollywood has set up and continually reinforced that Leslie has been following throughout the movie.
AND most slashers do actually tell the audience who the killer is pretty early.
"She's empowering herself with C*ck" lol!
Someone is adept at missing the point.
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"It's better not to know so much about what things mean." David Lynch
I don't think it was meant to be scary. Just a black comedy in the nature of the horror genre.
Why would it be scary? You're basically seeing the movie through the eyes of the killer throughout most of it. Scary movies are scary because unexpected things happen, but in this movie the killer explains pretty much everything that's going to happen before it happens.
Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!
I agree with everything you're saying here, I did like the film but wouldn't even call it a horror
Do guys like "the thing"?
They like it better than no thing.
Just for the record, I have never seen a scary slasher movie.
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