Watched Scream 1 on a whim while visiting some friends and it was such a good time. One of them didn't know the double killer twist and it was a lot of fun hearing about who they thought did it. One of those movies where everyone says it's good and a classic and a must watch and they're right. It very much did revolutionize the slasher subgenre and is a legitimately fun time. Feels like it's talking to its audience on thier level, not talking down to them, which almost never gets pulled off let alone that well.
The sequel, however, fell into its own trap and talked over the audience, completing the self-aware sarcastic loop, going past smart parody and into a dumb parroting of the very tropes the first played with and smartly subverted. Truly one of the dumbest and most infuriating climax and resolution to an otherwise fun and okay movie. Unfortunatley unedrwhelming.