Scream 2 (1997)

What happens when you have a successful horror movie? You make sequels, obviously. The meta-slasher is back at it again, poking fun at the genre and doing exactly what the rules say. This one had a bit more of a twist. You figure out one of the killers almost from the get-go, but the other killer you would never expect on first watch. Like the first movie, it was very meta with its rules, which did make it a bit more obvious who the killers are. I do appreciate they acknowledged the caller ID complaint I had with the first movie. There were also a lot of actors in the movie that I have actually seen in multiple projects. Sarah Michelle Gellar was even in this thing. It was a solid sequel that is on par with the first movie. It did go a little bigger in action. A few extra twists were thrown in this go-round because the audience understands the rules now. This movie did exactly what it needed to do. Not as classic as the original, but still worth a watch.

Story - 16%

Characters - 16%

Pacing - 15%

Spectacle - 18%

Entertainment - 18%

Total score: 83%

Grade scale:

90%-100% = must watch

80%-89% = solid, but could be better

70%-79% = Not terrible, watch if the characters or story interests you

60%-69% = only watch for completionist reasons

0%-59% = just skip it, I find the positives and they don't exist here