Scream 2

Scream 2 title

Tag Line : Someone has taken their love of sequels one step too far.

Scream 2 The radiantly beautiful 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.

It has been some time since the events of part 1. 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 based on Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) book about the Woodsboro murders, a copy cat killer is now on the loose and it looks like he's after the real-life 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 ghost face mask, one of which being none other than Sarah (Buffy) Michelle-Gellar, who ironically met a similar demise in the other Williamson scripted film, I know what you did last Summer.

David Arquette returns as bungling cop Dewey Riley, who heads over to Sidney's college with Gale Weathers to try and find the killer. Also returning is Jamie Kennedy, reprising his role as horror nerd Randy Meeks, along with Liev Schreiber playing Cotton Weary, who immediately falls under suspicion as does her 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. In particular, the scene showing us the intro to the Stab movie which is a re-enactment of the first killing in Scream. If you loved the first film you should equally love this one, which very cheekily takes the piss out of horror sequels.

Overall Marks : 8/10

Other Information.

The films budget was $24million. It successfully grossed in excess of $33million just on it's opening weekend in the US alone.
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 them. 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.
Sarah Michelle-Gellar who plays Casey 'CiCi' Cooper had previously appeared in "I know what you did Last Summer" but is ultimately best known for her leading role in the TV version of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Jerry O'Connell who plays Sidney's boyfriend Derek is probably best known for his role in the sci-fi series "Sliders".
Cici, the nickname of the character played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, is the actually the nickname of Courtney Cox (sometimes spelled Cece).
In trailers for the Scream 2, during the scene where Randy mocks Gale, and Sydney says "Randy, she saved our lives". Randy originally responded by saying "I know, I read about it in her book". However, in the actual movie this line was replaced by Randy mentioning her calf implants.
The UK release apparently uses some slightly different lines of dialogue from the US version. During the first phone call between Sydney and the killer she asks "What do you want?" and the killer replies "I want you, it's Showtime!". However, in the US version he replies "It's time girlfriend, don't you know history repeats itself?!". The UK version also cuts a scene where Mickey tells the gang that "the girl was stabbed seven times" and Hallie saying "Ouch", Instead Derek interrupts him half way through. However the scene where Randy says "The third Rule to making a successful sequel is, Never Ever...." followed by Dewey interrupting him doesn't appear in the US version.