Rating of
3/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 10/28/21
Entertaining sequel to the hit slasher that holds up better than it should. Even if a character doesn’t have much screen time, most of them are memorable. There’s even some social commentary on the media’s treatment of violence in popular culture.
There’s more winking meta humor than the original. Whether that’s on purpose or not to mock the trends that sequels do become softer, I can’t say.
Scream 2 is a fun horror sequel with some suspenseful moments. But the original does fare better thanks to its more acerbic wit and darker tone.
