"There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to create a successful sequel. Number one: the body count is always bigger. Number two: the death scenes are always much more elaborate - more blood, more gore - *carnage candy*. And number three: never, ever, under any circumstances, assume the killer is dead."
...yet the character who says that ends up dead! That is the schadenfreude of the SCREAM films, the characters know what not to do in horror films, but still end up doing them to escape Ghostface.
Wes Craven's sequel to his game-changing SCREAM is undeniably smart and enjoyable but the climax is so lame that it leaves what has gone before becalmed.
Kevin Williamson had to rewrite his script after it had been leaked online - a twist that out-meta'd him - which might explain the weak ending.
The returning cast outshine the anonymous new cast members.
Shelf or charity shop? I think SCREAM 2 can terrorise the charity shop shelves... As I said, it's enjoyable in itself and the original SCREAM cast - Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Kennedy - all deliver but most of the new characters have no time to make an impression so you just wait for them to be offed. The shame is Jada Pinkett, Omar Epps and Sarah Michelle Gellar do deliver before Ghostface attacks.
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