Ghostface gets in the driver’s seat and floors the gas pedal, crashing the car and sending the cop (now on the hood of the vehicle) straight into a pipe. When they arrive at a stoplight, Ghostface appears out of nowhere and immediately stabs one cop while another attempts to (unsuccessfully) fight him outside of the car. Knowing the campus may no longer be safe, they take her and her friend Hallie (Elise Neal) home, but they never get there. After Ghostface kills three college students, two officers are tasked with escorting Sidney and protecting from the ruthless murderer. Revealing that the killer is already in the car is a classic horror trick, but Scream 2 finds a way to up the thrills yet again. Sidney Prescott in the cop car, one of the best set pieces. On the 23rd anniversary of its release, here are five reasons why Scream 2 isn’t just a great scary movie, but the best sequel of all time (and yes, offense intended, Star Wars fans). How did Williamson and Craven pull it off? They sent their heroine Sidney Prescott (Neve Cambpell) to college. It had to match the quality of Kevin Williamson’s writing from the original, expand the Scream universe, and acknowledge its questionable status as a Hollywood sequel. So there was a lot of pressure for Scream 2. With a dose of winking meta-commentary, it became the new blueprint for the self-aware horror movies like Cabin in the Woods and Tucker & Dale vs. It reinvents the type of horror that went supernova in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. Scream is the perfect mix of teen drama with horror movie tropes.
But that was the challenge ahead of horror legend Wes Craven and the creators of Scream back in 1997. Following up a successful movie is no small feat, especially if that movie is credited with reviving a genre-gone-stale.
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