Why was it popular?
commentary on the state of horror movies at the time
slashers were considered long gone
>>214538915It's clever, gruesome and high-quality slasher thriller that sends up the movies from its own genre. It was meta before people were aware of that phenomenon and grew to hate it.
because of the maskthats it
>>214538915Who's that on the far right?
>>214538915Faggot.
>>214538915Right time. Right place.
It's a really well made movie even if you take out the meta elements. Craven knew how to shoot a picture.