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Name: Scream 2
Director: Wes Craven
Genre: horror, mystery
Released: 1997
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 6.3

Scream 2 has an iRankMovies score of 68.4/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Scream 2 (1997)

Someone has taken their love of sequels one step too far.

Release:1997

Runtime:2h 0m

Country:United States

Director:Wes Craven

Language:English

Genre

HorrorMystery

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Keywords

MaskCollegeCampusSequelSlaughterSerial Killer SlasherUniversity

iRank68

Scream 2 rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.3/10· 231K votes

Rotten Tomatoes83%

Metacritic62%

TMDb6.517/10· 5K votes

With 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.3/10 on IMDb and 62/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Scream 2

Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.

Cast of Scream 2

Neve Campbell
as Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox
as Gale Weathers
David Arquette
as Dewey Riley
Jerry O'Connell
as Derek
Timothy Olyphant
as Mickey
Jamie Kennedy
as Randy Meeks
Laurie Metcalf
as Debbie Salt
Elise Neal
as Hallie
Sarah Michelle Gellar
as Cici
Liev Schreiber
as Cotton Weary
Jada Pinkett Smith
as Maureen
Omar Epps
as Phil

Scream 2 facts

Budget: $24M
Box office: $172.4M
Collection: Scream Collection

Our take on Scream 2

Wes Craven's 1997 sequel returns to the self-aware slasher formula two years after the Woodsboro killings. Sidney Prescott is trying to settle into college life when someone in the Ghostface costume begins a fresh string of murders, dragging her back into a game she hoped was over. As a horror-mystery, it keeps the whodunit hook central while nodding knowingly at the rules of sequels themselves. Craven balances suspense set pieces with a wink at the genre's conventions, so the fun is guessing the killer as much as flinching at the scares. Best for slasher fans and anyone who enjoyed the first film's mix of tension and irony.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Self-referential comedy balances horror and humor creating engaging genre parody tone
•Meta-commentary on sequels works within franchise framework generating clever satire
•Energetic pacing delivers scares alongside witty banter and character dynamics

What the audience disliked

•Copycat killer premise feels derivative of original film without substantial originality
•Campus setting limitations restrict scope relative to first installment narrative breadth

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