Blood, guts, and goofiness get the attention (Ichi The Killer, Audition, Versus) but Kurosawa’s recent work is more akin to Andrei Tarkovsky than Sam Raimi.
Wes Craven can be traced back to one of the most infamous films, The Last House on the Left. In the early ’70s, this film knocked audiences on their asses.
Scream 3 is much funnier than Scream 2, and probably funnier than the first. Many of the jokes build on jokes from the previous films, especially the first.
“An encyclopedic knowledge of premium-cable history and the ability to make up new slang words simply aren’t enough to maintain success in Hollywood anymore.”