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Continuity mistake: After Elise wakes up, the way she pets her dog Warren changes between cuts. (She has both hands on him, but in the first shot she's petting him with her right hand, and in the next shot her left).

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Continuity mistake: After young Elise is locked in the basement, she cranks the generator to turn lights on. Instantly between cuts, the crank rotates about 180°, going from being all the way down to all the way up.

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Continuity mistake: When Elise's father is taking her down to the basement and he screams "I punish people for a living!" watch Elise's mother. Her hands (which were down by her waist in the previous few shots) are instantly up by her neck when it punches in to a closeup of her crying.

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Audio problem: In the opening scene, when Christian asks young Elise "How did you know that?!" after the talks about the man who was just executed, his mouth isn't moving. (True, he's out of focus in the background, but he's not speaking).

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Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, when we first see Gerald sitting down, there's a lamp on the table next to him. There is no visible cord coming out of the lamp. A few shots later, suddenly a cord appears on the table, coming out of the lamp. (It can be seen next to the yellow plate).

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Continuity mistake: At the Unity Day Festival, when Goblin says "Impressive!" and kicks Spider-Man away, watch closely. Goblin goes from standing on top of a bare ground to standing on top of some sort-of tarp instantly between cuts as Spider-Man hits the first table.

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Deliberate mistake: During the fight at the Unity Day Festival, at one point Goblin is confronted by some cops and beats them up. Watch closely... you can tell that the first and second shots are just different takes of the same stunt from a different camera angle. Goblin's movies are exactly the same (except slightly faster in the second shot), and you can also tell it's the exact same two cops he's hitting. They tried to artificially lengthen the scene by showing two slightly different takes of the stunt.

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Trivia: The opening scene at the evidence depository that shows things like Michael Myers' mask and Freddy Krueger's glove was originally written for "Child's Play 2," which was meant to open with a courtroom scene. The scene would have shown Chucky's remains being collected and taken to court. However, the scene was cut. Series creator and writer Don Mancini really loved the idea of an evidence locker full of references to other horror movies, so he reused it as the opening scene for this film.

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Question: In the 90's TV version, there's an extra scene where Tyler gives Andy a knife and says "A good soldier is always prepared" at the beginning. Later, they trade the knife back and forth. I could swear at the end of the TV version, when Tyler hands Andy the knife and he cuts Chucky's hand off, Tyler screamed "A good soldier is always prepared!" But that isn't on the "Deleted TV Scenes" on the new Shout Factory Blu-Ray. Anyone else remember that extra bit of dialogue, or am I misremembering?

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Trivia: MAJOR SPOILERS: Courtney Cox was heartbroken when she read the script and saw that Dewey got killed off, since he was such a likeable, positive character. She tried to talk the directors out of actually killing him by throwing in a last-minute twist that he was still alive, such as her getting a text from him at the hospital and revealing he wasn't the one in the body-bag. However, she ultimately agreed with their decision to kill him off, since it raised the stakes.

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Trivia: The final feature-film to feature Luke Perry, who tragically passed away a few months before its release after suffering two strokes.

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Trivia: SPOILER: There's a "blink and you'll miss it" clue to one of the killer's identities. When they discover Randy's body, there's a quick shot of his bloody hand. Among the smears of blood, you can also very briefly see a distinct red lipstick mark on his hand. It's similar to the lipstick shade Debbie Salt wears in a few scenes. Debbie is later revealed to be one of the killers, and mentions that she killed Randy. (Presumably he got her lipstick on his hand while they were struggling).

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Trivia: Gale's cameraman Joel leaving was actually an idea actor Duane Martin had. He pitched the idea to Wes Craven, saying that there's no way his character would actually stick around once the bodies started piling up. Craven asked him how he'd leave, and Martin replied that he'd "take a cab." Craven found this idea so funny that he actually worked it into the film, and also added the moment where Joel returns at the very end once the killers were dead.

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Trivia: Various endings were considered, including one where almost all the protagonists die, and an ending where it is revealed that there was another killer whose identity we never discover.

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Trivia: The film's title was originally "Scream: The Sequel" during filming. Other titles considered included "Scream Louder" and "Scream Again." Eventually, they settled on the simplest title: "Scream 2."

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Trivia: Originally, the ending was a bit different. Sidney's battle with Roman was shorter, with Sidney being more savage and easily killing him due to her trauma making her fight harder. Detective Kincaid was also absent. The studio felt that the ending was anticlimactic, and requested that it be reshot to show Sidney struggling more, and to give her a fake-out "death" to raise the stakes. They also added Kincaid to the final battle and last scene since they felt his character needed resolution.

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Trivia: The first "Scream" film not released around Christmas. It was meant to be released in December, 1999, but had to be delayed by two months due to reshoots.

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Trivia: Due to scheduling and casting issues, Patrick Dempsey was reportedly hired the night before he began filming and had to stay up most of the night trying to memorize lines for his first day.

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Trivia: When the film was released on home-video, it shattered the previous record and became the fastest-selling DVD ever, with 2 million units sold in its first week of release. This is actually a significant achievement, as DVD was still in the early stages of taking over, and more people bought VHS tapes than DVD's in 2001. Unfortunately, this record was very short-lived... it was surpassed by "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" only two weeks later, which beat it with 2.2 million units.

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Trivia: The film's title is derived from the 1963 song of the same name. Ironically, even though the song was featured in the movie's trailers, it wasn't featured in the film itself. Additionally, the title is a bit of a misnomer, as the two romantic leads weren't in a relationship until the very end of the film, so Johnny wasn't technically Missy's boyfriend when he came back from the grave.

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