Scream 2 Review

 

Scream 2 is a slasher movie. It's a sequel to 1996's Scream, thus making it the second installment of the franchise. It was produced by Craven/Maddalena Films and Konard Pictures and distributed by Dimension Films. Scream 2 was once again written by Kevin Williamson and was also again directed by Wes Craven.

The story is, it's been two years since the events of the last movie and the survivors of the Woodsboro massacre are living their lives at Windsor College. But their years of peace are over when a copycat killer is donning the Ghostface mask and targeting them.

• Negatives

I've got nothing.

• Mix

Now I think my only mix feeling was sometimes the movie can be predictable. Not all the time, but some parts you do know what's gonna happen. It didn't bother me too much because there was still a lot of things I did enjoy.

• Positives

Alright time to praising. One good aspect of the movie was the humor. Much like the first, there's great moments of both dark comedy and satire, mostly satirizing sequels, makes sense given this is a sequel. Even the dialogue can be really funny.

Then we have the intensity. While I wasn't fully scared, I can't say I wasn't tensing up quite a lot. There's this one great scene where Sidney and her friend Hallie are trapped in a police car with an unconscious Ghostface. I won't give away what happened, but believe me it's pretty nerve-racking.

My last bit of credit goes to the whodunit mystery. Now I have read people saying they found out who Ghostface was because someone barely shows up. Admittedly that was my attitude for quite a while. However I realized there was far more thought put into the mystery then I gave it credit for. When watching again I found clues to the identity of the killer and also went online where people pointed out more clues. Some of which were in plain sight and I somehow missed them. So I say the mystery aspect is far better than I thought.

Scream 2 isn't better than it's predecessor but, it's still a very entertaining sequel.

My final rating is, Good.

That's all for today. Come back on Saturday, Oct 12th, for my review of the newest Hulu original horror movie, Mr. Crocket. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.