Scream 2

Alternate titles : None.

Tagline : "Someone has taken their love of sequels one step too far."

The lovely Neve Campbell returns to do battle with another knife wielding maniac in a ghostly mask, in this highly enjoyable sequel by Director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson.

Now at college, Sidney thought she'd put her troubles behind her and moved on with her life. But unfortunately, with the opening of the film "Stab", which is based on the Woodsboro murders, a copy cat killer is now on the loose and it looks like he's after the surviving members of that incident.

Of course it isn't too long before Sidney's friends, new and old alike, are being targeted by the new killer in the Ghostface mask, one of which being none other than Sarah (Buffy) Michelle-Gellar. David Arquette returns as bungling cop Dewey Riley, who heads over to Sidney's college with Reporter Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) to try and find the killer. Also returning is Jamie Kennedy, as horror nerd Randy Meeks.

Suspicion falls upon new boyfriend Derek (Jerry O'Connell), but as the bodies pile up, it looks like nobody is above suspicion.

As with the first film, this delivers more slapstick murder, mayhem and humour. If you loved the first film, you should equally love this one, which very cheekily mocks horror sequels, in the same way the first film mocked horrors.

Overall Marks : 8/10.

Terrifying Trivia

• Apparently, the cast were not told who the killer was until the final scene was shot and didn't receive the last 10 pages of the script until it was time to film. If that wasn't enough, the last 10 pages were also printed on grey paper, therefore making them unable to be illicitly photocopied and all the cast had to sign contracts saying that they wouldn't discuss the movie's outcome, or the killer's identity, with the media.
• The films budget was $24,000,000.
• Sarah Michelle-Gellar, who plays Casey 'CiCi' Cooper, also appeared in "I know what you did Last Summer" prior to this. But is undoubtedly best known for her leading role in the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
• Jerry O'Connell also played the sleazy porno director in "Piranha 3D".
• The trailers for the Scream 2 used some alternate dialogue compared to the lines that were used in the film. During the scene where Randy mocks Gale, and Sydney says "Randy, she saved our lives". Randy responds by saying "I know, I read about it in her book". However, this line was replaced in the film by Randy mentioning her calf implants. There was also some alternate lines of dialogue between Sidney and the killer on the phone and where Mickey is telling them how many times the girl was stabbed.
• Cici, the nickname of Sarah Michelle Gellar's character, is the actually the nickname of Courtney Cox (sometimes spelled Cece).
• Eric Mabius, Natasha Gregson Wagner, and Paula Marshall all auditioned for roles.
• The scenes from the "Stab" movie seen in the film were Directed by Robert Rodriguez.
• Rather than just dub the voice of the killer on the phone after filming, Wes Craven had Roger Jackson, who provides the voice, to actually speak down the phone to the actors during filing, so they could interact properly. Jackson also made a point of hiding on set, so they didn't know what he looked like, so they couldn't put a friendly face to the voice.

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