Scream 2 (1997)

Scream 2 (1997)

7/10

               

Starring

David Arquette

Neve Campbell

Courteney Cox

Directed by Wes Craven

As with the first Scream movie, the first scene of Scream 2 stars actors who are now established in their own right. The first death scene was acted by Jada Pinkett Smith and Omar Epps.
Well, this first murder scene wasn’t as spectacular as the iconic opening of the first movie, but it did deliver something very different. Our victims were murdered in a cinema—one got stabbed through the ear while eavesdropping, and the other was killed while watching a movie. She walked to the front of the theater and bled out.

What I love about this second part is that Gale (Courney Cox) got sucker-punched again by Sidney. This movie also featured more teen actors who ended up becoming stars—Sarah Michelle Gellar, Timothy Olyphant, and Portia de Rossi were all in this movie.
Scream 2 is considered by many to be better than Scream (1996), but to me, both delivered the same power punch needed to make the movies unforgettable.

This time, masterful acting was the driving force in Scream 2. I guess the "seen it all before" feeling was something the writer and director duo were afraid of, especially since the movie was made just a year after the first. So, they took more obvious steps to improve the quality of the production and writing.
If you haven’t seen this movie before, the killer was given enough camouflage this time to keep you, the viewer, guessing.

The twist in this movie was: crazy runs in the family. It’s an idea the makers sold well as we watch things unfold in the second installment of the Scream series.

This time, our leading lady Sidney has moved to a new town and started a new life two years after the events of the first movie. Thanks to Gale’s new book, which was about the incidents in the first movie, a film adaptation has been made and is airing as this movie begins. It’s during the screening of this movie that the first murder occurs.

At first, it seems the murders aren’t connected to Sidney, but as the killings continue, the police notice a pattern, and Sidney is placed under protective custody. Soon, the killings bring the survivors of the first incident together as they begin to search for the killer. As they get attacked one by one, desperation sets in—and here’s where I stop. But, like the first movie, it couldn’t have been just one person behind it all, so we must find out who the new killers are.

Scream 2 was also a critical and commercial success, just like its predecessor, and both movies are must-watches.