Scream Louder The Second Time

Rating: Null/10 (25 August 2011)

Wes Craven is back with Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Jamie Kennedy for the sequel of slasher spoof 'Scream'. This time the film pokes fun at the slasher sequels where the twists and turns are more absurd and silly and with more deathcounts. The team does a successful job and just like in the first movie the element of suspense and humour is fused together very well. The new cast includes Omar Epps, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Liev Schreiber (who did have a smaller role in the first movie), Jerry O'Connell, Timothy Olifant, Laurie Metcalf, Marisol Nichols, Portia de Rossi and Rebecca Gayheart and they contribute well. The latter two are particularly hilarious as they parody sorority sluts. Now I won't reveal which ones get butchered and which ones survive for that is best left to the viewer but Craven and his team have succeeded yet again in parodying the subgenre. Some may argue that it is less clever compared to the first but that's the point because sequels usually are sillier than their predecessors and the final revelation here is hilarious. On the technical side, music is effectively used and the camera-work does its trick. The sets are also quite impressive, particularly in the theatre scene.
It's silly alright but thankfully not as far-fetched as in the fourth movie. Let's see what the third one has in store.