Billy Loomis and Stu Macher are, of course, Scream killer icons, but Timothy Olyphant truly deserves the title as the best in the franchise to do it.

When all else fails, go back to basics. Randy knew as much. “Mrs. Voorhees was a terrific serial killer,” he assured Dewey earlier in the film. This is what makes Scream 2 such a brilliant sequel.

Scream 2 digs deeper into that instinct. Deranged film student Mickey (Timothy Olyphant) is simply a (hotter) rehash of the originals.