Two years after the tragic serial killing of Woodsboro, the killer seems to have returned to terrorize Neve and co. at college.

This is a sequel within a sequel, as Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson reunite to make a passably entertaining but fatally flawed sequel of their own. The film never really frightens, and is actually quite amiable despite the gruesomeness of the murders. Williamson's dialogue sparkles, almost making one forgive the laughable plot, and Wes Craven's direction is light and humorous with just the right touches. Still not really as well done as the first, but the fatal flaw that kills this film comes from the terrible last 20 minuites of the film when the identity of the killer is revealed and the resulting post-climactic mess. You could still do much worse than this as far as slasher flicks go, but I would personally get more thrills watching Scream 1 two times than Scream 2 once.

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