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Short Take: The best since the orginal. Genuinely clever.

Director: Wes Craven

Screenwriters: Kevin Williamson

Cast: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Alison Brie, Marley Shelton, Rory Culkin, Adam Brody, Anthony Anderson, Kristen Bell, Anna Paquin

Length: 1h 51m

Synopsis: The town of Woodsboro is under attack again. Sidney Prescott (Campbell) is revisiting her roots on her tour to promote her new self-help book about overcoming past tragedies, but it seems that tragedy just won’t leave her alone. A new ghost face killer has begun to replay all of the murders from the first Scream film, with Sidney’s teenage cousin Jill (Roberts) taking her “role.” Deputy Dewey is now Sheriff Dewey, who is married to Gale Weathers, who is trying to regain relevancy by writing a book about the investigation of the current murders. Details eventually arise that suggest the killer has motives that run deeper than just copycatting the crimes that started it all. But who could it possibly be this time?

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