Summary
Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
Cast
Neve Campbell
Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox
Gale Weathers
David Arquette
Dewey Riley
Jerry O'Connell
Derek Feldman
Timothy Olyphant
Mickey Altieri
Jamie Kennedy
Randy Meeks
Laurie Metcalf
Debbie Salt
Elise Neal
Hallie McDaniel
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Cici Cooper
Liev Schreiber
Cotton Weary
Jada Pinkett Smith
Maureen Evans
Omar Epps
Phil Stevens
Duane Martin
Joel Jones
Lewis Arquette
Chief Hartley
Rebecca Gayheart
Sorority Sister Lois
Portia de Rossi
Sorority Sister Murphy
Heather Graham
'Stab' Casey
Roger L. Jackson
Ghostface (voice)
Joshua Jackson
Film Class Guy #1
Marisol Nichols
Dawnie
Tori Spelling
Tori Spelling / 'Stab' Sidney
Luke Wilson
'Stab' Billy
David Warner
Gus Gold
Selma Blair
Cici's Friend on Phone
Rasila Schroeder
Screaming Girl Up Aisle
Peter Deming
Popcorn Boy
Molly Gross
Theater Girl #1
Rebecca McFarland
Theater Girl #2
Kevin Williamson
Cotton's Interviewer
Sandy Heddings
Girl in Dorm Hallway
Dave Allen Clark
Reporter Outside Theater
Joe Washington
Reporter #1
Angie Dillard
Reporter #2
John Patrick
Reporter #3
Craig Shoemaker
Artsy Teacher
Walter Franks
Film Class Guy #2
Nina Petronzio
Film Class Mopey Girl
Stephanie Belt
Reporter #4
Richard Bruce Doughty
Reporter #5
Cornelia Kiss
Coroner at Cici's House
Lucy Lin
ER Doctor
Philip Pavel
Officer Andrews
Nancy O'Dell
Tori's Interviewer
Greg Meiss
Zeus
Adam Shankman
Ghost Dancer
Kris Andersson
Dancer
Carmen M. Chavez
Dancer
Anne Fletcher
Dancer
Erik Hyler
Dancer
Sebastian La Cause
Dancer
Lance MacDonald
Dancer
Laurie Sposit
Dancer
Ryan Lee Swanson
Dancer
Sarah Christine Smith
Dancer
Jack Baun
Tackled Cell Phoner
Christopher Doyle
Officer Richards
Jason Horgan
Fraternity Brother #1
Daniel K. Arredondo
Fraternity Brother #2
John Embry
Fraternity Brother #3
Corey Mendell Parker
Library Guy
Tim Hillman
Captain Down
Mark Oliver
Reporter #6
Jennifer Weston
Reporter #7
Shelly Benedict
Reporter #8
Paulette Patterson
Usher Giving Out Costumes
Wes Craven
Doctor (uncredited)
Jason Trost
Audience Member (uncredited)
Franco Castan
Student (uncredited)
Carrie Collins
College Student (uncredited)
Rodney L. James
Photographer (uncredited)
Matthew Lillard
Guy at Party (uncredited)
Deadra Moore
College Professor (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Wes Craven
Characters, Screenplay
Kevin Williamson
Reviews
John Chard
October 31, 2018
8
Wonderful bedfellow to the first film.
I'm just not buying into the bad rating for this film, in 1996 Wes Craven's Scream reinvigorated an ailing genre and got fans back into the horror groove. The love for that film, I feel, tends to skew opinions of the second instalment in what became the Scream foursome, Scream 2 seams perfectly from its starting point to up the daring ante, and plonk tongue even further into its cheek in the process.
Sidney Prescott has moved on from the horrendous murders in Woodsboro and is at college getting on with her life, but the peace and hope for a bright future is quickly shattered because the Scream killer is back for more carnage...
The film's opening perfectly sets out the tone for the entire picture, we see a cinema full of fake knife wielding youths dressed as the Scream killer, the film they are watching is Stab, the story of the Woodsboro murders. It's a wry commentary moment from Wes Craven, but in truth it's just one of many he makes in the film, the in jokes about sequels never gets tired, and the boo jump scare moments are all there to enjoy. Red Herrings come and go, and all the great characters who survived the first film are back again. Dewey & Gale get fleshed out a bit more, and one time caged innocent (and chief suspect) Cotton Weary is now a major character just begging us to find out if he's hero or villain.
This is a sharply scripted piece of work, it knows its aims and delivers what it sets out to do, it benefits from a brilliant sound mix to emphasise the mayhem, and Craven is something of a master in racking up the tension. To laugh and be scared is the order of the day, so sit back and enjoy a film that to me proves that not all sequels suck. Oh the ending does not disappoint at all either I have to say.
Scream 2 is a very worthy and enjoyable companion piece to the first film, very much so. 8/10
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$24,000,000.00
Revenue:
$172,363,301.00
