Scream 2 director Wes Craven's bold sequel to his 1996 suspense thriller raises the stakes for the survivors of the original Scream — and the new cast members. "The basic plan was to take it to a higher level." said Craven. "It's a continuation and an escalation," promised screenwriter Kevin Williamson.

The sequel has also given Craven another opportunity to collaborate with key members of the original Scream's creative team, including Williamson, Producers Cathy Konrad and Marianee Maddalena. Director of Photography Peter Deming, Editor Patrick Lussier and Composer Marco Beltrami. New to this production are Co-Producer Daniel Lupi, Production Designer Bob Ziembicki and Costume Designer Kathleen Detoro. Dimension Films released Scream 2 in theaters December 12, 1997.

Scream 2Scream survivors at Windsor College, a small Midwestern university, two years after the first movie ends. Heroine Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) has grown tougher, smarter and more mature since the murders that devastated her hometown.

David Arquette, who played Woodsboro deputy Dewey Riley, is also back, along with Jamie Kennedy, as Randy Meeks who is now a college student. Liev Schreiber repises his role as Cotton, a man wrongly convicted of murder. New caste members: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jada Pinkett, Jerry O'Connell, Timothy Olyphant, Elise Neal, Heather Grahm, Duane Martin, Omar Epps, Rebecca Gayheart, Portia DeRossi and Laurie Metcalf.

Wondsor College offers students a picturesque haven for higher learning — just what Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) needs. It's spring time, two years after the murders in Woodsboro, California, and a satisfying Freshman year is coming to an end.

Side has a great roommate (Elise Neal), a devoted boyfriend (Jerry O'Connell) and the lead in the school play. The snobbiest sorority on campus wants her to pledge. Smart-mouthed Randy (Jamie Kennedy), her old pal who also survived the Woodsboro killers, is enrolled in Windsor's film school. And he's fine now, just like Sid.

But the past never really goes away. In fact, it reaches out and kills someone on campus when a movie called "Stab" opens around the country. "Stab," based on the best-selling book by tabloid tease Gale Weathers, depicts the real-life account of the Woodsboro killings. The best-selling book not only topped the charts, but helped free Cotton Weary, the man Sidney accused of killing her mother. And now, the movie has unleashed a new killer at Windsor.

The new murders draw a swarm of reporters to the campus and plunge Sidney into a sickening state of deja vu. Gale Weathers storms into town as if she owns this story, with a jittery new cameraman (Duane Martin) at her side. These days, Gale not only covers the news, she is the news. Old news, if you ask Sidney.

Dewey Riley (David Arquette), on the other hand, is a sight for sore eyes, especially when Sidney becomes the killer's prime target. Suddenly, she hardly knows who to trust. Dewey has a bad limp now, and no longer wears a badge, but he's here to protect Sid — and is suspicious of everyone in her new world.

Dewey is leery of Gale for different reasons. Once upon a time, he thought they had something going — before she dissed him in her book. But that's Gale. The story always comes first. Of course, stories can change and sometimes people do, too. If you apply enough pressure. And as the body count climbs at Windsor, the pressure becomes unbearable. Anything could happen, and everyone's a suspect.

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