Scream 2 [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

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:	09/07/2021
UPC:	0191329204641
Original Release:	1997
Source:	Miramax
Language:	English
Time:	2:00:00
Sales rank:	24,113

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Neve Campbell	Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox	Gale Weathers
David Arquette	Dewey Riley,Chief Louis Hartley
Sarah Michelle Gellar	Cici Cooper
Jamie Kennedy	Randy Meeks
Laurie Metcalf	Debbie Salt
Elise Neal	Hallie
Jerry O'Connell	Derek
Timothy Olyphant	Mickey
Jada Pinkett	Maureen Evans
Liev Schreiber	Cotton Weary
Duane Martin	Joel
Omar Epps	Phil Stevens
David Warner	Gus Gold
Portia deRossi	Sorority Sister Murphy
Rebecca Gayheart	Sorority Sister Lois
Paulette Patterson	Usher Giving Out Costumes
Rasila Schroeder	Screaming Girl Up Aisle
Heather Graham	`Stab' Casey
Peter Deming	Popcorn Boy
Molly Gross	Theater No. 1
Rebecca McFarland	Theater No. 2
Kevin Williamson	Cotton's Interviewer
Sandy Heddings-Katulka	Girl in Dorm Hallway
Joe Washington	Reporter No. 1
Angie Dillard	Reporter No. 2
John Patrick	Reporter No. 3
Craig Shoemaker	Artsy Teacher
Joshua Jackson	Film Class Guy No. 1
Walter Franks	Film Class Guy No. 2
Nina Pertronzio	Film Class Mopey Girl
Stephanie Belt	Reporter No. 4
Richard Doughty	Reporter No. 5
Marisol Nichols	Dawnie
Cornelia Kiss	Coroner at Cici's House
Lucy In	ER Doctor
Philip Pavel	Officer Andrews
Timothy T. Hillman	Captain Down
Nancy O'Dell	Tori's Interviewer
Tori Spelling	Herself
Luke Wilson	`Stab' Billy
Greg Meiss	Zeus
Adam Shankman	Ghost Dancer
Jon Kriestien Andersson	Dancer,Actor
Carmen M. Chavez	Dancer
Anne Fletcher	Dancer
Erik Hyler	Dancer
Sebastian LaCause	Dancer
Lance MacDonald	Dancer
Sarah Christine Smith	Dancer
Laurie Sposit	Dancer
Ryan Lee Swanson	Dancer
Jack Baun	Tackled Cell Phoner
Corey Parker	Library Guy
Chris Doyle	Officer Richards
Mark Oliver	Reporter No. 6
Jason Horgan	Fraternity Brother No. 1
D.K. Arredondo	Fraternity Brother No. 2
John Embry	Fraternity Brother No. 3
Jennifer Weston	Reporter No. 7
Shelly Benedict	Reporter No. 8
Jada Pinkett-Smith	Actor
Dave Allen Clark	Actor
Lucy Lin	Actor
Nina Petronzio	Actor
Marco Beltrami	Composer

Technical Credits

Kevin Williamson

Wes Craven	Director
Kevin Williamson	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Lisa Beach	Casting
Tony Cecere	Stunts
Cathy Konrad	Producer
Marianne Maddalena	Producer
Ron Trost	Special Effects
Harvey Weinstein	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Richard Potter	Executive Producer
Cary Granat	Executive Producer
Andrew Rona	Executive Producer

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