#TweetWithBGH Takes On "Scream 2"
After recuperating from our 9 week venture through the Hellraiser series, #TweetWithBGH is back on Fridays for the Scream sequels (we tweeted the first Scream for Sophie’s birthday earlier in the fall). This week brings us Scream 2, which sees survivors Sidney and Randy enrolled at Windsor College, trying to lay low in the midst of the furor surrounding the premiere of the film Stab -- an adaptation of Gale’s account of the Woodsboro murders. Their bubble is burst when a series of copycat murders done by a killer in a Ghostface mask threatens their illusions of safety. It’s heavy on the same self-awareness and wry humor that made the original so beloved among Horror geeks.
The movie opens, in meta, Scream-ly fashion, at a screening of Stab, the movie-within-a-movie based on Gale Weather’s book about the events from Scream.
Do you want to break it to this guy that people pay way more than $7.50 for Sandra Bullock these days, or should I? #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 30, 2015
Jada Pinkett is NOT having this whole horror movie thing y'all. #TweetWithBGH #Scream2
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
Literally the most intense film screening is in #Scream2 with the Stab opening. #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
I've always hated that milquetoast smirk the ticket girl gives Jada #TweetWithBGH
— S. G. Cherryhomes (@GreenSpe) October 30, 2015
I do love that the Stab version's of Casey's kill has these unwarranted shower scenes. Great commentary on horror nudity. #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
There are so many great writing choices with the opening of #Scream2 but it just doesn't reach the heights of #Scream #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
The casting is an interesting choice w/ how white-washed these movies r...but they die in the first 10 mins...so yea, #tweetwithbgh #Scream2
— Sophisticult (@Sophisticult) October 30, 2015
Reboot with Jada as the Final Girl #TweetWithBGH
— S. G. Cherryhomes (@GreenSpe) October 30, 2015
After Maureen and Phil’s deaths, we’re taken to Windsor College, where Sidney Prescott and Randy Meeks are students. The early scenes feature a slew of guest performers and we promptly lose our minds:
BUFFY!!!! #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 30, 2015
One of my favorite parts of #Scream2 is that Cotton (Liev Schreiber) is actually in it. Such a great actor. #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
Also, Joshua Jackson: Swoon for days #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 30, 2015
Honestly, Timothy Olyphant and @SarahMGellar in #Scream2 is another reason it's fantastic. #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
Lindsay Bluth say what! #TweetWithBGH
— Sophisticult (@Sophisticult) October 30, 2015
PORTIA! PORTIA! PORTIA! PORTIA! #TweetWithBGH
— S. G. Cherryhomes (@GreenSpe) October 30, 2015
I can't believe @jeremyfuzy and @StanD14 aren't here to see Jerry O'Connel as the perfect frat boy #Scream2 #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 30, 2015
So many Roseanne jokes I want to make w/ @EricBGH about Laurie Metcalf being in this but he's too busy being an adult #Scream2 #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
Don’t worry, we weren’t too busy stargazing to forget the most important part: talking about scary movies. We also audited Windsor College’s film studies class alongside our favorite characters.
Evil Dead 2! #TweetWithBGH
— S. G. Cherryhomes (@GreenSpe) October 30, 2015
If that film school class were today: DARK KNIGHT, DARK KNIGHT, DARK KNIGHT #tweetwithBgh #Scream2
— Sophisticult (@Sophisticult) October 30, 2015
The first time I saw this sequel discussion scene was when I knew I wanted to go to film school. Made it happen! #Scream2 #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
Jamie Kennedy looks a bit like a leprechaun in this movie….do I smell a crossover? @evanslead #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 30, 2015
I do think that making Sidney an acting major is the weirdest choice. Thankfully they make her a writer in part 4. #Scream2 #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
Maybe I shouldn’t let myself get carried away: there’s one thing more important than talking about scary movies, and that’s watching one. Soon enough, Scream 2 delivers more kills, though not everyone’s pleased with the execution.
Lucky @cc_riots gets to share a name with Sarah Michelle Gellar. #Scream2 #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
@EvanSlead If only she were as badass as Buffy in her scream role! #tweetwithbgh
— CC (@cc_riots) October 30, 2015
@evanslead I'm glad @cc_riots made it past 1997, though #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 30, 2015
How hard is it to lock yourself in a single room with a phone to call for help? #TweetWithBGH
— iRunOnBeer (@iRunOnBeer) October 30, 2015
It's hard to watch that and not wish she was Buffy. RIP CC #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 30, 2015
Ghost face falls over constantly when chasing victims but takes a potted plant to the face like a champ! #TweetWithBGH #Scream2
— iRunOnBeer (@iRunOnBeer) October 30, 2015
And true to form, Craven follows up Cici’s death with more cultural commentary, in the form of Randy-rules and another peek at the movie Stab (I think writers call this structure, appropriately, scene-and-sequel)
Omg! Donna Martin! Haha I do love that Tori Spelling plays Sidney in Stab. #Scream2 #90210 #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
David Schwimmer was Dewey in Stab? great throwaway. Also the Wilson as Billy is good casting. #TweetWithBGH
— S. G. Cherryhomes (@GreenSpe) October 30, 2015
It's fantastic when Randy says the name of the actual killer it's the only time he is in full frame. Nice job Craven. #Scream2 #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 30, 2015
Diggin how whacky Craven is going w/ the tone. It's way more in to playing w/ its metahumor than escalating violence #Scream2 #TweetWithBGH
— Sophisticult (@Sophisticult) October 30, 2015
After Sid survives a scary rehearsal, we arrive at what could be the tensest sequence in Scream 2. It begins when Gale, Dewey and Randy try to investigate the source of an anonymous phone call.
As soon as this scene starts I get sad. I don't like it, guys #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 31, 2015
RANDY NO #TweetwithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 31, 2015
A scene played for suspense in total daylight. Love the idea but don't know if the execution is there #TweetWithBGH #Scream2
— Sophisticult (@Sophisticult) October 31, 2015
(Meanwhile, Sidney does some sleuthing at the library)
"The terminals are all connected." anthropological evidence that getting computers wrong has been funny at least since 1997 #TweetWithBGH
— S. G. Cherryhomes (@GreenSpe) October 31, 2015
Hahaha. "Hit alt+M to read your message." *Sidney nods and hits 5 keys* #Scream2 #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 31, 2015
*Download Attachment* #Scream2 #tweetwithBgh
— Sophisticult (@Sophisticult) October 31, 2015
Gale and Dewey are pursued into a sound booth:
Oh, and can we talk about that sweet reverb guitar interlude playing when Dewey and Gale meet with sexy eyes? #TweetWithBGH #Scream2
— Sophisticult (@Sophisticult) October 31, 2015
Fun fact: the little jingle that plays whenever Gale and Dewey are getting romantic is my alarm sound. Very calming. #TweetWithBGH #Scream2
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 31, 2015
This might be one of my favorite sequences in the entire franchise #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 31, 2015
Oh I LOVE how they are playing with sound here when Dewey gets stabbed and grabs the mic #TweetWithBGH
— S. G. Cherryhomes (@GreenSpe) October 31, 2015
Still rocking the sweet steadi-chase-cam. A version of that is in the underrated MUTE WITNESS from Anthony Waller #TweetWithBGH #Scream2
— Sophisticult (@Sophisticult) October 31, 2015
Scream really is one of the rare horror series that consistently has characters that you want to see live. Dewey!#TweetWithBGH #Scream2
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 31, 2015
And it wouldn’t be a Scream movie without a killer finale
How is everyone getting voice changers that make the Ghost Face voice all the times? #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 31, 2015
"You're forgetting one thing about Billy Loomis.... I fucking killed him" #YasQueen #TweetWithBGH
— S. G. Cherryhomes (@GreenSpe) October 31, 2015
They shouldn't have cast Aunt Jackie as the killer because I reaaaaally want her to win #TweetWithBGH
— S. G. Cherryhomes (@GreenSpe) October 31, 2015
So it opens in a packed movie theater of kids & concludes in an empty theater for it's audience... #TweetWithBGH #Scream2
— Sophisticult (@Sophisticult) October 31, 2015
But the connection between these sequences and Sid’s attachment to acting tenuous at best #TweetWithBGH #Scream2
— Sophisticult (@Sophisticult) October 31, 2015
Those ropes are making me have The Gallows flashbacks, ugh #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 31, 2015
Fun fact: in one of the drafts of the script Cotton was the killer and actually shoots Sidney. #Scream2 #TweetWithBGH
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 31, 2015
I never noticed how much I love Cotton's character in 2. He is just a bit off in a way that is really charming #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 31, 2015
He goes total slime in the next movie though #TweetwithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 31, 2015
What do we think, everyone?
The ending of this movie feels SO much better than all the Hellraisers combined!! No "well" from me #TweetWithBGH
— Sophie Day (@philliesfemme) October 31, 2015
There we have it. #Scream2 is done as is another successful #TweetWithBGH. Join @philliesfemme, @GreenSpe, & myself next week for #Scream3!
— Evan Slead (@EvanSlead) October 31, 2015
Thanks to all the friends who stopped by! See you and then some this Friday when we live tweet Scream 3
Spencer
Contributor
A loophole in his parents' "anti-scary movie, pro-literacy" policy meant that Spencer had read Stephen King's entire body of work by the time he was in middle school. He soon discovered the horror and B-movie offerings on late night cable TV and was hooked for life. He currently lives, works, and writes in North Carolina.