The first “Scream” movie was a surprisingly good horror flick that managed to mix the scares with a healthy dose of comedy. I liked it more than I was expecting to. “Scream 2” is pretty much more of the same but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The horror elements are still done rather well and the script is still relatively smart.

The events of the first film have now become the subject of a new slasher movie, “Stab”. However, at an early screening of the film, two people are murdered. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell “Wild Things”) is now studying at university, hoping to put the events of the past behind her but she’s now being pursued by a new Ghostface killer.

All the main cast members are back including Campbell, David Arquette (“Eight Legged Freaks”), Courteney Cox (“Ace Ventura: Pet Detective”) and even Liev Schreiber (“Jakob The Liar”). There are also some other famous faces including Luke Wilson (“Bottle Rocket”), David Warner (“Tron”) and Sarah Michelle Gellar (“I Know What You Did Last Summer”). There is of course a new Ghostface killer out there. You spend most of the time trying to figure out who it could possibly be and this one does as good a job as the first one at keeping you guessing.

“Scream 2” is perhaps not as good as the first film because it is very reliant on you have watching the previous movie. If you were not a fan of the first one then there’s nothing here that will make you change your mind. However, I still think the movie is entertaining. It’s got the right combination of horror and comedy and it moves the plot along in an interesting way. I think the opening sequence where two students attend the “Stab” screening as probably the best part of the whole movie.