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Originally Posted by Chewy

A) Games are a similar form of media

B) Because they actually were influential films, and films that followed, followed their style - if Scream influenced this generation of slasher films....then...lol, that's nothing to be proud of.

A) I see your point but we were still talking about cinema. I do not play video games so cannot possibly comment further.

B) Of course I’m not denying they were hugely influential in terms of style and narrative conventions. But by the time Scream was released, the slasher film had well and truly run its course. Scream followed the typical slasher guideline that was laid out by Halloween but gave the genre new life by adding the post-modern, self referential element. This is still present in most modern day horror films. That’s how it has been influential. And you’re acting like every post-Halloween slasher film made was a masterpiece, which was certainly not the case.