Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

First of all, this movie should only be seen by die hard slasher fans. And I mean, those who can stand almost 90 minutes of mediocrity, terrible cinematography, boring plot, and stupid characters. Yes, there is a "mysterious" killer but that isn't enough.The plot deals with a bunch of teen rafters that get lost in a Ghost Town. You don't need to know more because before we can understand what's going on; the characters start to get killed one by one in off-screen scenes! So don't expect a serious slasher flick.The locations weren't that bad, and actually, looked creepy at some points but the horrible cinematography ruins it all.I found a VHS copy of this crap some time ago and I can only say that it serves for historic purposes only. Otherwise, I don't see the point of watching it.

Starts off with a slow pan across an old room, with a painting of a ship rolling in rough water, and over to a mantel. The mantel has three figurines on it, a butcher, a baker and (I'm guessing) a candlestick maker. Above the mantel is a painting, which we don't get to see, and on the mantel is also a clock that is striking 12 o'clock.The camera then pans back to the figurines, and the baker and candlestick maker have lost their heads. Both heads are at their feet, and the latter's appears to have blood on it, while the former is still rocking. The butcher has blood on his apron. Then in a close-up, his eyes move.From here, there's a rafting trip. They stop in a ghost town to stay the night. None of the people are given any identities. Some people get killed offscreen. The only time blood is seen is when one of the weapons is shown, since the killer apparently can't be bothered to clean the blood off them. The rafts disappear. The people decide to stay in the town, rather than walking to a real town, or just floating down the river without the rafts. A few other people show up, but they're not much help.At the end of the movie, the room from the opening scene is shown again. We see the painting, and also the butcher has also lost his head, and there's some voice-over, but I couldn't understand what it was saying at all. Bad.

Scream, or the Outing as it's known in the UK, has one of the most bizarre opening scenes I've ever seen. A slow moving camera shot over some horrible wallpaper revealing a painting of a boat in an incredibly cheap wooden frame, eventually the camera comes to rest on an antique looking clock (considering the films budget it's probably a fake) which is striking 12 O'clock. The camera then moves along to three doll like figures, two of which are decapitated & the third has splashes of blood on it, then the film cuts to the opening credits & three rafts travelling downriver. At this point I was confused about the painting, clock & figures. Unfortunately the filmmakers don't really care & it never becomes clear what the opening was all about, although I will return to this opening scene later. Anyway, three rafts stop ashore and the passengers get off. They are all on a $100 each tour. The guides, two cowboys called Stan (Etan Wayne) & Rudy (Joseph Alvarado) lead them to a deserted ghost town for the night. Just think of an old western set & your pretty much there. Everyone starts to bed down for the night, in sleeping bags on dusty floors no less. Great holiday choice. While outside on his own having a cigarette an old man named Allen (Alvy Moore) is hung. Some woman whose name is never mentioned finds him. After everyone has finished discussing the situation and decided that there is a killer running around a fat guy with a beard named Ross (Gregg Palmer) thinks going outside on his own in the dark to fetch a can of beer is a good idea, hey this guy deserves to die. Luckily the killer does his job and Ross is dead within minutes. The next morning the rafts are gone, the remaining tourists are trapped. Luckily two bikers show up, Rod (Bobby Diamond) & Jerry (John Nowak). Unluckily their soon both dead, along with another couple of our main group. And that's about it as the film plods along as they try and survive the night, half way through which a man on a horse named Charlie Winters (Woody Strode) and his Rotwieler turns up, tells them a story about how he used to be a Sailor & then rides off again! I really don't want to discuss Scream anymore so if you want to find out how it all comes together and ends then you'll have to track a copy down & watch it for yourself, although I'd strongly advise against it! Executive produced, written & directed by Byron Quisenberry this is one sorry lame excuse for a horror film. First lets talk about the script, most of the characters are never given a name & absolutely no personalities or background. This makes caring and emoting with anyone almost totally impossible, none of the characters are given any human qualities. Nor do we discover anybodies relationship with anyone else. Logic, or a lack of it to be more precise, why do people insist on splitting up all the time when there's a psycho killer running around? The killer or their motives are never revealed, hell we don't even know whether their a man or woman. The film as a whole is also very slow, boring & ultimately frustrating because nothing is explained or revealed to keep anyone unlucky enough to be watching this interested, & I haven't forgot about that opening scene which still baffles me even now! Almost the exact same shot is repeated at the very end of the film too, only this time all three figures are decapitated and the camera zooms in on the painting and reveals the date which is '1891' & then the film finishes and the end credits roll, what the hell is all that about?! Forget about any decent murders or gore, there's a meat cleaver with some blood on it and a decapitation from a really bad camera angle that basically shows the viewer nothing. That's it, I can't remember anything else that might keep you awake. On a positive note, hey I'm trying to be generous here OK, there is a cool shot where the camera moves along a wall with the killers collection of weapons, an axe, a meat cleaver & a scythe which as I said is quite a cool shot, unfortunately the killer doesn't really use them to any great effect. It is also competently made, not brilliant but at the same time not too bad, & that's about it for good points I'm afraid. Scream is absolutely terrible & doesn't deliver anything that a slasher film should, avoid at all costs. Trust me you'll be glad you did.

This movie was AWFUL! The summary on the back of the cover was much more entertaining reading than watching the movie itself. This movie is about a bunch of rafters that end up stranded in an old "ghost town" that looks to me like more of a set of a cheap western than a haunted ghost town. One by one the lame characters are killed off by an unseen killer. The only characters other than the helpless rafters are two bikers and an old man riding on his horse with his dog that claims to have been a sailer from the year 1890 something. This movie is just plain awful and I do not recommend that anyone should rent this movie. It has lame killings, low gore and stupid pathetic acting and on top of all that a horrible ending!