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The Joy of Positivity: Scream 2 (1997)

The Joy of Positivity: Scream 2 (1997)

It's the rare quickie sequel that has endured.

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Oct 29, 2024
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Scream 2 doesn’t just bring back stars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Liev Schrieber, and Jamie Kennedy: it adds to an already potent mix Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jerry O’Connell, Timothy Olyphant, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Duane Martin, Omar Epps, Portia De Rossi, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson, David Warner as a darkly charismatic theater professor, Laurie Metcalfe and, as the stars of Stab, the movie-within-a-movie based on the events of Scream, Tori Spelling in the Neve Campbell role, a perfectly cast Heather Graham in the Drew Barrymore part and Luke Wilson as the killer Skeet Ulrich played in Scream. 

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