Essentially a repeat of it's predecessor, only not as good.

Rating: Null/10 (19 February 2000)

After an enjoyable experience of watching "Scream", I decided to rent the sequel, so I could say "yeah, I've seen em' all". I liked it in some ways, because of it's more humorous attitude towards the subject matter. I liked the idea of the incidents in the first "Scream" movie becoming a box-office smash called "Stab", where souvenirs and costumes of the killer are bestsellers. It was funny, original, and poked fun at sensationalism. However, "Scream 2" was not much different from the first one, and it was not nearly as scary. There was a sort of "seen that, been there" taint and some scenes were scary, like the one where Sidney climbs out of the car over the killer, while still others wasted time. There were also moments when it got a little weird, like the scene where Sidney's new boyfriend is carried away by crazed kids who tie him to a prop used for a play, strip him, and pour beer on him. That left me scratching my head. The biggest flaw though is the revelation of the killer. I couldn't help but go "Aw, c'mon!" when the killer's, or killers' identity was revealed. I am still curious about the 3rd "Scream", and just because I didn't like "Scream 2" as much as it's predecessor doesn't mean that I didn't have as much, if not more fun watching it. One last thing though. How does that one guy Dewey keep surviving no matter how hacked and maimed he gets by the killer?