Scream 2

Scream 2
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Directed by	Wes Craven
Written by	Kevin Williamson
Produced by	Cathy Konrad, Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena
Starring	Neve Campbell Courteney Cox David Arquette Jamie Kennedy Sarah Michelle Gellar Jerry O'Connell Laurie Metcalf Jada Pinkett Smith Timothy Olyphant Elise Neal Rebecca Gayheart Portia de Rossi Liev Schreiber
Distributed by	Dimension Films
Release dates	December 12, 1997
Running time	120 min.
Language	English
Budget	$24,000,000

Scream 2 is a 1997 satire of the horror film genre, particularity sequels, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. It is the second part of the Scream trilogy, which was concluded by Scream 3.

Plot

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Sarah Michelle Gellar as Cici, a new version victim with the same pattern as the first movie

The plot is centered on a group of college friends, an ex-cop and a news reporter as they deal with some mysterious killings that take place after the release of the horror movie Stab, which was inspired by the events of the original film. Many of the survivors from the first movie return to reprise their original roles in this film.

Sidney, (Neve Campbell) and Randy, the film geek, (Jamie Kennedy) now attend Windsor College. Sidney is now a drama/theatre major in college, dating a fraternity guy named Derek Jerry O'Connell. They see on the news that a couple (Jada Pinkett Smith and Omar Epps) were murdered at the preview of Stab, a movie based on a book by Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) about the Woodsboro murders. Cici Cooper, a sorority girl who also attends Windsor, is the next victim. They realize that it's starting all over again. Dewey (David Arquette) is hanging around the campus to make sure Sidney's alright. Randy and Dewey talk about the "rules" of a horror film sequel, and explain to each other that anyone could be the killer (known as Ghostface), including themselves.

Eventually, Gale and Dewey figure out that there is a pattern to the recent killings. The pattern follows names of people from the original Woodsboro killings: Maureen Evans, alluding to Sidney's mom, Maureen Prescott; Phil Stevens, alluding to the name of Casey Becker's boyfriend, Steven; and Cici Cooper's, whose her real name is Casey, alluding to Casey Becker. While sitting in the college quad, the killer calls a cell phone, which Randy answers. As Randy talks to him, Gale and Dewey search for where the call is coming form when the killer says he can see them, leaving Randy alone. When outside Gale's camera man's van, Randy looks around when he is unexpectedly pulled into the van and stabbed viscously by the killer. Sidney's new best friend, Hallie (Elise Neal), is frequently around her in the movie and attempts to comfort her after attacks. The police station assigns two bodyguards, as well, to protect Sidney.

When in the school's theatre, Gale and Dewey get caught up in a tense game of cat and mouse with the killer, resulting in Dewey being stabbed several times. Gale escapes, however, leaving Dewey trapped in a locked sound studio for dead. Shortly after, the two bodyguards are just about to get in a car with Sidney and Hallie to take them somewhere safe when the killer attacks the group. The two bodyguards are killed in a variety of gruesome ways when the car crashes, and the killer gets knocked unconscious. After Sidney and Hallie suspensefully crawl over him in the car and escape, he comes to and chases after them, killing Hallie in the process. Sidney manages to get away, and heads for the Campus theatre.

In the final confrontation on the theatre's stage, the killer reveals himself to be Mickey (Timothy Olyphant), Derek's best friend. Mickey then shoots and kills Derek with a gun, whom he had tied up on the stage. Immediately after, a door opens, and in walks Gale with a fellow reporter. The other reporter reveals herself actually to be Mrs. Loomis (Laurie Metcalf), the mother of Sidney's previous boyfriend, Billy, who was the killer in the first film. Mrs. Loomis went insane after her family's break-up and wanted to kill Sidney and all who she holds dear as revenge. She and Mickey were working together throughout the movie and were actually both the killer. She then shoots Mickey with her gun, wanting to leave no witnesses, and stating that his pretend motive was too absurd and unbelievable (Mickey was going to blame it on the craze and violence of the movie, Stab, and claim that he is a "victim" of movie violence). Before he collapses, Mickey shoots Gale as she is running towards him, causing her to fall off the stage. Sidney and Mrs. Loomis proceed to fight and chase each other around the stage. Eventually, Mrs. Loomis gets Sidney in an arm-lock, and as she is about to kill her, Cotton Weary (played by Liev Schreiber, who was the man who wrongly went to jail in the first movie for allegedly killing Sid's mother) appears, and picks up Mickey's gun.

Mrs. Loomis tries to convince Cotton to kill Sidney so he can be the only survivor and get all the attention, but Cotton does the right thing and shoots Mrs. Loomis instead. Gale is alive, as the bullet just bounced off her rib. Suddenly, Mickey suddenly jumps up and Gale and Sidney quickly react shoot him multiple times, putting the nail in the coffin. Finally, Sidney turns around and shoots Mrs. Loomis in the head to make sure she is dead, "just in case". It is then revealed that Dewey was alive after, quite literally, being stabbed in the back earlier in the sound studio (while a horrified Gale watched, unable to hear him cry for help because of sound-proof glass). Gale is overjoyed that he was found alive, and the movie ends with Sidney looking up into the sky and walking away from the scene of the carnage.

Production

• The film production was plagued by unusual summer heat, cast injuries and frequent sound problems due to aircraft activity in the nearby area.
• The signature Dewey theme song that plays over Dewey's first appearance in the film is actually a sample from the score to the film Broken Arrow composed by Hans Zimmer. The filmmakers had used the sample for the scratch track (a temporary track used early in the editing stage that is normally replaced later by a dedicated score), but were unable to find or compose anything that worked as well.
• Filmmakers were on such a tight schedule that many scenes and dialogue sequences in the film were entirely improvised by Wes Craven and cast members.
• A young woman who greets Maureen and Phil at the theatre and offers them their "Stab" souvenir costumes was actually the winner of an MTV contest.

• The Cassandra play sequence was choreographed by Adam Shankman who went on to direct films like Cheaper by the Dozen 2, A Walk to Remember, and the film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray. The sequence was scored by Danny Elfman and the same orchestrations are later used in the film during the final confrontation.
• Originally the cafeteria sequence where Derek publicly serenades Sidney with a rendition of "I Think I Love You" was supposed to feature Dolly Parton's song "I Will Always Love You" but filmmakers were unable to secure the rights.

Cast

• David Arquette as Dwight 'Dewey' Riley
• Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott
• Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers
• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Casey 'Cici' Cooper
• Jamie Kennedy as Randy Meeks
• Laurie Metcalf as Debbie Salt
• Elise Neal as Hallie McDaniel
• Jerry O'Connell as Derek Feldman
• Timothy Olyphant as Mickey Altieri
• Jada Pinkett Smith as Maureen Evans
• Liev Schreiber as Cotton Weary
• Lewis Arquette as Chief Lewis Hartley
• Duane Martin as Joel Jones
• Rebecca Gayheart as Sorority Sister Lois
• Portia de Rossi as Sorority Sister Murphy
• Heather Graham as 'Casey' in Stab
• Luke Wilson as 'Billy' in Stab

==The Rules==

the man behind this mask. tbh ent is not a mask its just face paint on preston. look at the photo

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A signature device, started in Scream and continued in Scream 2 and Scream 3, was the typical "rules" for that type of horror movie being stated by the characters. In Scream 2, the rules for a sequel (as described by Randy) are:

1. The body count is always bigger.
2. The death scenes are always much more elaborate, with more blood and gore.
3. Randy starts to describe the third rule: "If you want your films to become a successful franchise, never, ever...' before being interrupted by Dewey. (The joke is that the filmmakers are admitting there is no surefire way to ensure a film franchise is successful.) However, the film's original teaser trailer featured an extended version of the rules scene which reveals that originally the third rule was supposed to be "Never, ever, under any circumstances assume the killer is dead." This referenced Randy's last line in the original Scream which stated that a killer always comes back to life for one last scare.

Trivia

• Tori Spelling portrays Sidney Prescott in Stab. In Scream, Sidney said, ironically, that if her story was transcribed into a movie, she'll be portrayed by Spelling.
• Matthew Lillard makes a cameo in the scene set at the Ky Dem Alpha party. He can be seen entering the room as the camera pans around at the beginning of the scene. According to Wes Craven, Neve and Matthew were dating at the time of filming Scream 2.
• Despite rumors that Rose McGowan cameos in the theater scene, she does not. However, the camera lingers on an uncredited actress who looks like McGowan. Rose does appear in the background of the same party scene where Matthew Lillard makes a cameo.
• Wes Craven makes an uncredited appearance in the hospital scene.
• There are a number of TV stars within the film: Campbell (Party of Five), Cox (Friends), Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), O'Connell (Sliders), Spelling and Gayheart (Beverly Hills 90210), Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek), and Portia de Rossi (Ally McBeal).
• The original script has Cotton as one of the killers, Hallie and Derek were the others, being boyfriend and girlfriend. The script ended with Cotton and Sidney fighting among the rafters of the theatre.
• Mrs. Loomis' motivation for the killings was to avenge the murder of her son, Billy, one of the killers in Scream. This is a nod to Friday the 13th in which Mrs. Voorhees kills a number of people to avenge the death of her son, Jason Voorhees. This is referenced earlier in the film, when Randy is describing the horror film rules to Dewey.
• The scene in which Randy is killed in the news van is almost identical to a scene in 'Slumber Party Massacre'. Also the scene in which Derek is jumped for giving away his letters, is similar to a scene in 'Final Exam', (a movie that Randy mentions at one point in the film).

External links

• Scream 2 at IMDb
• Scream 2 at Box Office Mojo
• Scream-Movie.com
• Scream-Movie.net
• Scream Review