Scream 2
Scream 2 is a 1997 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Elise Neal, Timothy Olyphant, Jada Pinkett and Liev Schreiber. The film was released on December 12, 1997, less than a year after the first, by Dimension Films, as the second installment in the Scream film series. Scream 2 takes place two years after the first film and again follows the character of Sidney Prescott (Campbell), and other survivors of the Woodsboro massacre, at the fictional Windsor College in Ohio, where they are targeted by a copycat killer using the guise of Ghostface. Like its predecessor, Scream 2 combines the violence of the slasher genre with elements of comedy, satire and "whodunit" mystery while satirizing the cliché of film sequels.
Plot
Two Windsor College seniors, Maureen Evans and Phil Stevens, attend a sneak preview of Stab, a film based on the events of the Woodsboro massacre. Briefly exiting the theater to use the bathroom, Phil is killed by the masked killer now known as Ghostface. Ghostface sits beside Maureen in Phil's place and stabs her, leading her to climb up on stage in a cry for help, which the audience mistakes for a publicity stunt until she falls dead.
Cast
- Adam Shankman
- Anne Fletcher
- Christopher Doyle
- Courteney Cox
- David Arquette
- David Warner
- Duane Martin
- Elise Neal
- Éric Etcheverry
- Heather Graham
- Jada Pinkett Smith
- Jamie Kennedy
- Jason Trost
- Jerry O'Connell
- Joshua Jackson
- Kevin Williamson
- Laurie Metcalf
- Lewis Arquette
- Liev Schreiber
- Luke Wilson
- Marisol Nichols
- Matthew Lillard
- Nancy O'Dell
- Neve Campbell
- Omar Epps
- Peter Deming
- Portia de Rossi
- Rebecca Gayheart
- Roger L. Jackson
- Rose McGowan
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Selma Blair
- Timothy Olyphant
- Tori Spelling
- Wes Craven
More details
| author | Kevin Williamson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Ohio |
| director | Wes Craven |
| editor | Patrick Lussier |
| events | mass media revenge serial killer |
| genre | comedy horror mystery satire thriller |
| keywords | abandon arrest best friend build camera man crime scene cry for help diane sawyer even events of the woodsboro massacre film film within a film gale weathers ghostface haze hazing in greek letter organizations kill masked killer murder police officer publicity stunt rape and murder safe house scar scream shoot sidney prescott sorority house stab |
| musicBy | Marco Beltrami |
| publisher | Dimension Films |
| recordedAt | Ambassador Hotel |
| theme | independent sequel serial killer slasher teen horror |