Synopsis

At Alpine University, ambitious film students compete for the prestigious Hitchcock Award, a prize that could launch a career in Hollywood. When Amy Mayfield chooses urban legends as the subject of her thesis film, members of her crew begin dying in bizarre accidents. As the production spirals into real terror, Amy must determine who is manipulating the deadly events before she becomes the final victim.

Factoids & Trivia

• The film was released theatrically in the United States on September 22, 2000.

• Unlike the first film's traditional college setting, the sequel places its story inside a film school, allowing the production to play with filmmaking conventions and movie-within-a-movie suspense.

• The opening airplane sequence was originally written to take place on a boat. The location changed after the production team found an airplane set left over from Pushing Tin.

• Alpine University's bell tower was constructed specifically for the film. The exterior tower reportedly stood 150 feet tall, while its interior scenes were filmed on a separate stage.

• The movie was filmed in Toronto over 47 days during the fall of 1999.

• The screenplay draws attention to classic suspense cinema, including Alfred Hitchcock's work and Michael Powell's Peeping Tom.

• The film's premise centers on the Hitchcock Award, linking its central mystery to the idea that winning a student film competition can determine a young filmmaker's future.