Scream 2 1997

Critics score:
81 / 100

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Susan Stark, Detroit News: If you liked Scream, you're going to like Scream 2, simple as that. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Scream 2 has so much tongue-in-cheek trickery that it virtually escapes the horror genre. Read more

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: If you liked Scream there's no reason you shouldn't like this sequel. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: There's enough ingenuity and scariness to please plenty of fans of the first film. Read more

Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: The rest of the cast of disposable archetypes deadpanned about why ''sequels suck'' -- a particularly funny joke, since this one didn't. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A yum-yum cast of pretties pull off the neat trick of affectionately counting the many ways available to horror sequels to suck, without making a sequel that sucks. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The movie is enjoyable. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Wes Craven was born to direct this material. One of the most successful of horror filmmakers. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Scream 2 is an ingenious, often hilarious, movie that does nothing to diminish the well-deserved cult reputation of its director. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Williamson's script is funny and smart. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: The film itself is stuck in a cycle of repetition, with slight variations. Read more

Leonard Klady, Variety: Visceral, witty and appropriately redundant... Read more