Fresh
The rest of the cast of disposable archetypes deadpanned about why ''sequels suck'' -- a particularly funny joke, since this one didn't.
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
Scream 2
Someone has taken their love of sequels one step too far.
1997 · 2h · R
Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Wes Craven
Overview
Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
Director and cast
- Wes Craven Director
- David Arquette as Deputy Dwight 'Dewey' Riley
- Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
- Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Casey 'Cici' Cooper
- Jerry O'Connell as Derek
- Jamie Kennedy as Randy Meeks
- Timothy Olyphant as Mickey
- Laurie Metcalf as Debbie Salt
- Elise Neal as Hallie McDaniel
- Heather Graham Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Visceral, witty and appropriately redundant...
Leonard Klady, Variety
Fresh
If you liked Scream there's no reason you shouldn't like this sequel.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The film itself is stuck in a cycle of repetition, with slight variations.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Wes Craven was born to direct this material. One of the most successful of horror filmmakers.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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