What can I say about this one? It’s a complete mess. A
few girls get harassed by someone using the voice from
Scream (admittedly – they make several references to
Scream). They guess it’s their friend
Ryan, and then guess it’s their friend Scooter. And for a long time, the movie
cuts to some hand-held footage of doorknobs and things, and it goes on and on.
This footage is never explained, but is dropped with like twenty minutes to go.
There is also some news footage that doesn’t feel the least bit real. At the
bottom of the screen it says, “
Breaking Story,”
but the footage is of nothing whatsoever. And why didn’t the hair person fix
the reporter’s hair? It’s a mess. Maybe there wasn’t a hair person on this
film. I don’t know. The biggest problem, however, is the sound design. There
are basically two big musical cues, and they are used repeatedly throughout the
film (one is a piano cue that tries to be like
Halloween). Even worse is the Foley. Yes, that’s right. I don’t
think I’ve ever complained about Foley in a film before. For those who don’t
know, Foley is manually produced sound effects, like doors slamming, footsteps,
and so on. For this movie, only three footsteps were recorded – two loud steps,
followed by a soft step, like the person stopping. And you hear those three
steps throughout the film. Seriously. Once you notice it, it’s impossible to
ignore. Plus, the footsteps are those of a heavy shoe, but what we see is a
Converse All Stars-type shoe, which just wouldn’t make that sound. Also, there
are popping sounds throughout the film, which are really irritating. And then
at one point, a line is completely lost. It’s just not there. The woman says a
line, and we see her mouth moving, but we hear nothing, and then the sound
comes back in for the response to that line. It’s so fucking ridiculous that
that wouldn’t be fixed. The filmmakers are completely incompetent. And the end
is just fucking stupid. So what’s good about it? Well, the lead actor is really
pretty. And there are some humorous moments early on, when they’re playing
around with the
Scream gag. But
unless you love watching girls talk on the phone, cut with jumpy footage of
doorknobs, it’s probably best to skip this one.
