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Scream 2

  • 19971997
  • RR
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
188K
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Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Jada Pinkett Smith, Courteney Cox, and Jerry O'Connell in Scream 2 (1997)
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Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
188K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
925
275
    • Wes Craven
    • Kevin Williamson(characters)
  • Stars
    • Neve Campbell
    • Courteney Cox
    • David Arquette
    • Wes Craven
    • Kevin Williamson(characters)
  • Stars
    • Neve Campbell
    • Courteney Cox
    • David Arquette
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 637User reviews
    • 215Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
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    Neve Campbell in Scream 2 (1997)
    David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Jamie Kennedy, and Duane Martin in Scream 2 (1997)
    Wes Craven in Scream 2 (1997)
    Liev Schreiber and Kevin Williamson in Scream 2 (1997)
    Sarah Michelle Gellar in Scream 2 (1997)
    Neve Campbell and Liev Schreiber in Scream 2 (1997)
    Jada Pinkett Smith and Omar Epps in Scream 2 (1997)
    Neve Campbell, Liev Schreiber, Courteney Cox, and Jerry O'Connell in Scream 2 (1997)
    Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox in Scream 2 (1997)
    Neve Campbell in Scream 2 (1997)
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    Neve Campbell
    Neve Campbell
    • Sidney Prescott
    Courteney Cox
    Courteney Cox
    • Gale Weathers
    David Arquette
    David Arquette
    • Dewey Riley
    Jada Pinkett Smith
    Jada Pinkett Smith
    • Maureen
    • (as Jada Pinkett)
    Omar Epps
    Omar Epps
    • Phil
    Paulette Patterson
    • Usher Giving Out Costumes
    Rasila Schroeder
    • Screaming Girl Up Aisle
    Heather Graham
    Heather Graham
    • 'Stab' Casey
    Roger Jackson
    Roger Jackson
    • The Voice
    • (voice)
    • (as Roger L. Jackson)
    Peter Deming
    Peter Deming
    • Popcorn Boy
    Molly Gross
    • Theater Girl #1
    Rebecca McFarland
    Rebecca McFarland
    • Theater Girl #2
    Elise Neal
    Elise Neal
    • Hallie
    Liev Schreiber
    Liev Schreiber
    • Cotton Weary
    Kevin Williamson
    Kevin Williamson
    • Cotton's Interviewer
    Sandy Heddings
    • Girl in Dorm Hallway
    • (as Sandy Heddings-Katulka)
    Dave Allen Clark
    • Reporter Outside Theater
    Joe Washington
    • Reporter #1
      • Wes Craven
      • Kevin Williamson(characters)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      One scene in Kevin Williamson's screenplay was described simply as "Wes Craven will make it scary."
    • Goofs
      (at around 16 mins) Randy corrects Film Class Guy #1's quotation of Ripley's famous exclamation in Aliens (1986) ("Get away from her, you bitch!"), but Randy is wrong; Film Class Guy #1 was correct. Film Class Guy #1 was supposed to misquote Aliens (1986), but Joshua Jackson spoke Jamie Kennedy's line. Thinking fast, and to keep the scene going, Kennedy spoke the quote intended for Film Class Guy #1, "Stay away from her, you bitch."
    • Quotes

      Randy: [from the trailer] The way I see it, someone's out to make a sequel. You know, cash in on all the movie murder hoopla. So, it's our job to observe the rules of the sequel. Number one: the body count is always bigger. Number two: the death scenes are always much more elaborate. Carnage candy. And number three: never, ever, under any circumstances, assume the killer is dead.

    • Crazy credits
      There are no opening credits.
    • Alternate versions
      The DVD omits Robert Rodriguez's directors credit during the opening titles for "Stab"
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Amistad/Titanic/Good Will Hunting/The Apostle (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      She's Always in My Hair
      Written by Prince (as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince)

      Performed and Produced by D'Angelo

      Courtesy of Capitol Records

    User reviews637

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    7/10
    Still fun, but less clever than the original
    How do you make a sequel to a horror film whose whole plot was made of in-jokes and film references? Easy: make the follow-up even more in-jokey and self-referential than its predecessor. This formula actually seems to work for Scream 2, at least in the first two acts.

    The prologue is arguably a masterclass in self-irony: an African-American couple (Omar Epps and Jada Pinkett Smith) go to a movie theater where a new horror film, called Stab, is screening. This flick is based on Gale Weathers' (Courtney Cox) book The Woodsboro Murders, which recounts the events of the first Scream. As the movie begins, Smith's character complains about Stab being a film "with no black people in it" (just like Scream was), and, predictably, this leads to the two African-Americans being brutally murdered as the film-within-a-film's prologue (with Heather Graham replacing Drew Barrymore) is shown on the screen, so that the fictional and real deaths occur almost simultaneously. From there on, things take the usual turn: the media go crazy about the killings and once again Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is in the spotlight, as she and her friend Randy (Jamie Kennedy) must protect themselves from the new foe, who is apparently mimicking what happened in the past (an obvious reference to the first film's "Movies don't create psychos" line).

    The main charm of the original Scream was its ability to almost seamlessly combine clever in-jokes and a believable plot. This time around, the in-jokes are the best thing in the movie, while the story, particularly in the overblown conclusion, suffers from merely repeating key scenes from the first film. Now, this might be a satire on the lack of originality in most horror sequels, and it would work if the characters were developed correctly. Sadly, such a thing doesn't happen, with Sidney being reduced to the usual girl who keeps running and screaming (fitting, huh?) and everyone else (including Liev Schreiber, who gets more screen-time in the sequel) playing stereotypes, with the exception of David Arquette, very likable as the nice cop again trying to solve the case, and Kennedy, who has a great time stating the rules to follow in a sequel.

    Ironically, the movie's funniest scene has a bunch of film students discussing follow-ups that are better than the originals. And while few could have anything bad to say about Aliens, Terminator 2 or The Godfather: Part II, it must be said that Scream 2, while fun and watchable, most certainly doesn't have the same sharpness that made its predecessor an above-average horror film.
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    • Apr 14, 2007

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    • Which characters in this movie are also from "Scream" (1996)?
    • Wasn't Randy wrong about the "Aliens" quote?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 12, 1997 (United States)
      • United States
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    • Filming locations
      • Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Dimension Films
      • Konrad Pictures
      • Craven-Maddalena Films
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    • 2 hours
      • Dolby

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