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It's difficult to underestimate just how much of an effect "Scream" had on the horror genre. The Wes Craven-directed slasher lovingly poked and prodded at the tropes of genre movies from decades past, while never losing sight of the very real menace that Ghostface posed. Conversations among horror nerds were being acknowledged by the mainstream. It ultimately led to a slew of horror films that often tried to emulate its meta spirit, with films like "Urban Legend" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" that featured a whole bunch of youthful stars on the poster. A lot of them came from Dimension Films, the Miramax subsidiary that produced/distributed "Scream." It certainly put the distributor in an interesting predicament when it came time to make "Halloween H20." If you've ever thought that "H20" felt more aligned with "Scream" than its own series, you're not wrong. In addition to being more aware of horror cliches, portions of John Ottman's score were swapped out for "Scream" tracks from Marco Beltrami. It's incredibly noticeable, especially if you've seen these movies a whole bunch. Other times, however, you start to notice things that never really registered before. "H20" takes place at a private boarding school named Hillcrest Academy in Summer Glen, California, and it was about halfway through that I started to make some interesting connections. "H20" was largely shot at the Canfield-Moreno Estate in Silver Lake, California. But do you know what other movies filmed there? Why, it was none other than "Scream 3," where the manor served as the film's climactic set piece. Reusing locations, especially for movies made under the same company, isn't that surprising, but it is eerie how they coincidentally share one other very specific thing in common.
