Scream 2

Rating: 5/10 (21 June 2005)

It is necessary in some ways to have a sequel when in the first film it is mentioned, and it is an okay film. The film starts with Maureen Evans (Jada Pinkett Smith) and her boyfriend Phil Stevens (House's Omar Epps) being murdered at a screening of the new movie, Stab, based on the Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox Arquette) book. Now, a new "Ghostface" killer (voiced by Roger Jackson) is duplicating Woodboro in a new town and killing people with similar names, e.g. Casey 'Cici' Cooper (Sarah Michelle Gellar). Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is now under close observation by the cops, old friend Dwight 'Dewey' Riley (David Arquette), Gail and her new boyfriend Derek (Stand by Me's Jerry O'Connell). The big twist for most people is that the killer is not the man once accused of killing Sidney's mother, recently released and pursuing Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber), it is in fact Mickey Altieri (Timothy Olyphant), but it is his partner that shocks, it is Billy Loomis's mother, Debbie Salt (Laurie Metcalf). Also starring Jamie Kennedy as the still humorous Randy Meeks, Lewis Arquette (David's Dad) as Chief Lewis Hartley, Duane Martin as Joel Jones, Heather Graham as 'Stab' Casey and Tori Spelling as 'Stab' Sidney/Herself. It was never going to be as good as the first, because there are only a few great twists and turns, but it is still some good scripting by Kevin Williamson with one or two scares and some alright giggles. To be honest, I only knew of and wanted to see it because I saw the spoof in Scary Movie before it, but it is a reasonable horror comedy sequel. Worth watching!