Scream 2

Director: Wes Craven Wes Craven

Overview

A year after the monstrous success of 1996's neo-slasher flick Scream, director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson reunited for this follow-up. Since viewers last saw the characters, nosy newswoman Gale Weathers has written a sleazy best-selling book based on the events of the first film, a book that has been adapted into a Hollywood film called Stab, starring Tori Spelling as Sydney Prescott. The real Sydney (Neve Campbell) has since gone away to college in Cincinnati in hopes of leaving the horrific events of her past behind her. Unfortunately, at a showing of Stab, two college students are murdered in a fashion that is reminiscent of the slayings that took place back in Woodsboro. Suddenly, Sydney, her pal Randy (Jamie Kennedy), and dopy deputy Dewey (David Arquette) find themselves once again pursued by a ruthless masked killer. Among the other potential killers and victims are Sarah Michelle Gellar, Laurie Metcalf, and Liev Schreiber.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/04/2022
UPC:	0191329230114
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	R
Source:	Miramax
Format:	Blu-ray

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

David Arquette	Dewey Riley
Neve Campbell	Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox	Gale Weathers
Sarah Michelle Gellar	Cici Cooper
Jamie Kennedy	Randy Meeks
Jerry O'Connell	Derek
Laurie Metcalf	Debbie Salt
Elise Neal	Hallie
Timothy Olyphant	Mickey
Jada Pinkett Smith	Maureen Evans
Liev Schreiber	Cotton Weary
Lewis Arquette	Chief Louis Hartley
Duane Martin	Joel
Omar Epps	Phil Stevens
David Warner	Gus Gold
Rebecca Gayheart	Lois
Portia de Rossi	Sorority Sister Murphy
Tori Spelling	herself/Sidney in 'Stab'
Marisol Nichols	Actor

Technical Credits

Kevin Williamson

Wes Craven	Director
Lisa Beach	Casting
Marco Beltrami	Score Composer
Kamar Bitar	Makeup Special Effects
Ted Burner	Art Director
Peter Deming	Cinematographer
Kathleen Detoro	Costumes/Costume Designer
Kelsee Devoreaux	Stunts
Ed Gerrard	Musical Direction/Supervision
Cary Granat	Executive Producer
Bob Kensington	Set Decoration/Design
Cathy Konrad	Producer
Daniel Lupi	Co-producer
Patrick Lussier	Editor
Marianne Maddalena	Producer
Martin Roy Mervel	Set Decoration/Design
Richard Potter	Executive Producer
Andrew Rona	Executive Producer
Jim Stuebe	Sound/Sound Designer
Harvey Weinstein	Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein	Executive Producer
Kevin Williamson	Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Bob Ziembicki	Production Designer

Editorial Reviews

A sequel to the 1996 smash that both parodied and reiterated the slasher pic genre, reuniting much of the original film's cast and its writer and director, respectively, Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven. In witty fashion, the movie comments on horror sequels while being one, but what sets this apart from most sequels of any classification is its uncommon attention to character. The principals in this film seem even more fleshed out, even compassionate, giving the film some much-needed class to offset the standard slice-and-dice conventions. Longer and less exciting than its predecessor, but filled with a lot of the cheeky humor that made the original so much fun. Reportedly, the screenplay was written on special paper so that duplication of it was not possible, responding to the various internet leaks that marred films like it in its release year.

All Movie Guide - Jason Clark