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Scream 2 (1997)

Catch Jada Pinkett-Smith as Maureen Evans

Theatrical Release Date: December 12, 1997

Summary: It has been two years since the tragic events at Woodsboro. Sidney Prescott and Randy Meeks are trying to get on with their lives, and are currently both students at Windsor College. Cotton Weary is out of prison, and is trying to cash in on his unfortunate incarceration. Gale Weathers has written a bestseller, "The Woodsboro Murders," which has been turned into the film, "Stab," starring Tori Spelling as Sidney. As the film's play date approaches, the cycle of death begins anew. Dewey Riley immediately flies out of Woodsboro to try to protect Sidney, his "surrogate sister." But in this sequel to the 1996 horror film, the number of suspects only goes down as the body count slowly goes up!

Review: Scream 2 deserves a hearty round of applause for not tumbling into the trap that has engulfed so many other forgettable sequels. Like the original film, Scream 2 dances delicately around its inherently cheesy material by being an effective thriller that adheres to the rules of the genre while simultaneously mocking itself and those same rules by which it so steadfastly lives. It is all at once a rehash of the first film, a satire on sequels in general, and a satisfying extension of characters we already know and care about. In addition to returning cast members, Scream 2 boasts a true rarity in the slasher genre: the same writer/director team that created the original, evidence that this sequel was a planned event and not just a quickie churned out to capitalize on an earlier success (although the speed at which it was produced would suggest exactly that). Horror veteran Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) once again shows a sure hand behind the camera while guiding the screenplay by Kevin Williamson, who has become one of the hottest screenwriters in Hollywood.

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