Synopsis
Away at college, Sidney Prescott thought she'd finally put the shocking murders that shattered her life behind her... until a copycat killer begins acting out a real-life sequel.
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Cast
- Neve CampbellSidney Prescott
- Courteney CoxGale Weathers
- David ArquetteDewey Riley
- Jerry O'ConnellDerek Feldman
- Timothy OlyphantMickey Altieri
- Jamie KennedyRandy Meeks
- Laurie MetcalfDebbie Salt
- Elise NealHallie McDaniel
- Sarah Michelle GellarCici Cooper
- Liev SchreiberCotton Weary
Recommendations
- 90
Salon
Inevitably a little patchier and less startlingly original than its predecessor -- S2 is an ingenious, often hilarious, movie that does nothing to diminish the well-deserved cult reputation of its director. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Only a few sequels have been as good as the originals; the characters especially like "Aliens'' and "The Godfather, Part II.'' As for Scream 2, it's ... well, it's about as good as the original. - 75
ReelViews
Paradoxically, there's a lot less gore. There is blood, of course, but nothing excessive by slasher-movie standards, and there are no depictions of spilled entrails. Craven has remembered that scares are more important that graphic displays of human insides and bodily fluids. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Though Craven satirizes horror cliches, he also knows how to cut through them and do new things. Throughout, the action comes unexpectedly and quickly. - 70
The New York Times
Even if you haven't spent as much obsessive time at the video store as these guys have, you might enjoy helping 'Scream 2' laugh all the way to the bank. - 67
Austin Chronicle
It's one of the better sequels to come out in years, and although it doesn't pack the emotional wallop of the first film, it's still head and shoulders (and punctured eyeballs) above most of what's out there. - 63
Boston Globe
I'm not sure that I really want to see "Scream 3,'" but Craven, Williamson, and the screamers certainly bring this one off by not only slapping all their cards on the table, but insisting we admire the way they play them. - 63
San Francisco Examiner
It's not as good as the original - which was fresher, funnier and scarier - but if it were, then by the criteria of the film's resident movie scholar, it wouldn't be a genuine sequel.
