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Scream 2 (1997)

Scream 2
Scream 2
R
Horror
Mystery

Release Date
December 9, 1997
Director
Wes Craven
Cast
Jada Pinkett Smith , Omar Epps , Paulette Patterson , Rasila Schroeder , Heather Graham , Roger Jackson
Runtime
120
Main Genre
Horror
Tagline
Someone has taken their love of sequels one step too far.
Franchise
Scream

Summary

Two years after the terrifying events that occurred in Woodsboro, Sidney is now attending Windsor College in Cincinnati, and Gale Weathers' best selling book on Sidney's life has now been made into a major motion picture. When two college students are killed in a theatre while watching the new film 'Stab', Sidney knows deep down that history is repeating itself.

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